A STANDARD SCHEDULE "Just and Reasonable" Passenger and Freight Rates and Classification; -ALSO, RULES AND REGULATIONS Made by the Railroad Commission, as required by the "General Railroad Act," approved February 9th, 1882, and amendments thereto, approved December 21st, 1882, to be observed (with modifications as set forth in Circulars Nos. 2 to 9 inclusive, and such changes as may hereafter be made) by the Railroad Companies doing business in the State of South Carolina. PASSENGER RULES AND TARIFFS. STANDARD PASSENCER TARIFF. For a passenger with not over 100 pounds of baggage the rate per mile shall not exceed the following, viz.: 1. A charge of 25 cents as a minimum full rate and 15 cents as half rate may be made when the fare falls short of those amounts. 2. An advance of cent per mile on full rates and 4 cent on half rates may be added to the fare of passengers without tickets, provided the ticket office shall have been opened for a reasonable time before the departure of the train. A charge of 10 cents as a minimum may be made when the penalty falls short of that amount. In addition to these rates, passengers unprovided with tickets may be required by the railroads to pay to the conductor who takes his or her fare twenty-five (25) cents upon receiving from such conductor ticket good for twenty-five (25) cents upon presentation at any ticket station of the company. 3. The fare shall always be made that multiple of five nearest reached by multiplying the rate by the distance. Thus: For 33 cents for 11 miles collect 35 cents; for 42 cents for 14 miles collect 40 cents. 4. For berths on sleeping cars not exceeding $1.00 for 100 miles or less shall be charged, and for distances over 100 miles the rate shall not exceed one cent per mile. 5. Upon a corpse the regular passenger fare of its class may be charged. If not in good condition, or improperly packed, or not accompanied by a person in charge, the railroad company may decline to receive it. 6. There shall be no unjust discrimination as to passenger rates in favor of or against any individual or locality: Provided, however, That this rule shall not be so construed as to prevent railroad companies" from issuing commutation, excursion or thousand mile tickets as the same are now issued." 7. On each passenger car shall be carried, in a conspicuous place, one good hand-saw and one good club-axe for use in case of accident. 8. Notice of change in the Schedule time of Passenger Trains must be conspicuously posted at each of the Stations along the line of road for at least three days before the change is to take effect. 9. General Statutes, Section 1450, provides that "Any Baggage Master or other person whose duty it is to handle, remove or take care of the baggage of passengers, who shall willfully or recklessly injure or destroy any trunk, valise, box, package or parcel while loading, transporting, unloading, delivering or storing the same shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days." 10. General Statutes, Section 1503, provides that "Every railroad corporation, when requested, shall give checks to passengers for their baggage when delivered for transportation in good shipping order, and shall re-deliver the same to the passengers upon the surrender of their checks." * * For the purpose of fixing Passenger Rates, the Railroads in this State are divided into three Classes, as follows: FREICHT RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. The Commission is required by the "General Railroad Act" to determine what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances," and 10 miles has therefore been fixed as the usual limit for a change of freight rates; but the railroads may, if they so desire, for intermediate distances, adopt rates also intermediate between those given in the table. Stations not over two (2) miles beyond the upper limits of any ten (10) mile group may be included in such group. 2. Each railroad company shall make a Table showing the distances between all its stations, by name, and shall post the same, together with the "Standard Freight Tariff" and classification prescribed by the Commission, in a conspicuous place at their respective stations. 3. In the application of the "Standard Freight Tariff" for purposes of transportation, main lines, branches and connecting railroads, when operated together or controlled by one company, shall be regarded as parts of one road, and the rates shall be computed as upon parts of one and the same road. 4. For a like service, for equal distances, more shall not be charged to one than to another person, nor shall the same or more be charged for a shorter than for a longer distance; it being understood, however, that this rule shall not be so construed as to interfere with the provisions of Rules 9 and 10. 5. There shall be no discrimination by any railroad company chartered by this State in favor of or against any railroad company with which it may connect, but each road shall deal with all its connections at any one point on the same terms, and shall afford the like usual customary facilities for the interchange of freight between all of its connections at the same point, any contract, combination, joint ownership or management to the contrary notwithstanding. 6. No rebate, bonus, drawback or other advantage in any form shall be allowed, directly or indirectly, upon shipments made or service rendered to any person, but the rates shall be the same to all, and public. 7. The rates fixed by the "Commissioners' Standard Freight Tariff" are maximum rates, which the railroads shall not exceed. They may adopt lower rates; but if they do so for one they shall for a like service adopt the same reduced rates for all persons; and if they fix less freight rates from one station they shall make a reduction of the same per cent. at all stations along the line of road, (except as provided for by Rules 9 and 10,) so as not to discriminate against any person or locality. 8. The rate of freight by regular passenger train shall not exceed the rate allowed by ordinary freight trains for first class freight with 50 per cent. added thereto, and no railroad company shall, by reason of any contract with any Express or other company, decline or refuse to transport any article proper for transportation on the train for which it is offered. 9. The railroads are authorized to charge twenty-five cents on any single shipment, although by the tariff the rate may be less than that amount. 10. The railroads will not be required to "regulate their charges for shorter distances by their proportion of through rates between terminal or junctional competitive points." 11. Prompt notice shall he given to the Commission of any reduction of rates, and the reduced rates shall be posted conspicuously near the "Standard Freight Tariff." 12. Applications to the Commission for Joint Rales between stations on different railroads, not controlled by the same company, must be made in writing. 13. A ton is 2,000 pounds. A car load is 20,000 pounds, unless otherwise provided for in classification. For loads over 20,000 pounds pro rate at car load rates. Where rates are fixed for articles of freight in less than car loads the aggregate amount charged shall not exceed the car load rates for such articles. Nore. Shippers may be required to load and unload car loads of articles opposite to which "See Note 1" appears in the classification. NOTE 2. EXTRA HANDLING.-The charges for handling extra heavy single articles may be as follows, viz.: For any article weighing 2,000 pounds or less, no extra charge; from 2,000 10 3,000, $3: 3,000 to 4,000, $5; 4,000 to 5,000, $7; 5,000 to 6,000, $8; 6,000 to 7,000, $10; over 7,000, rate by special contract. NOTE 3. FERTILIZERS.—This term embraces the following and like articles when intended to be used as Fertilizers: Bone, ground or dissolved; Bone Black, South Carolina Lump and Ground Phosphate. NATURAL GUANOS.-Fish, Bird, Peruvian, Alto Vela, Navassa, lump and ground; Soluble Pacific, Fine Ground Plaster, Plaster of Paris, Sulphate of Ammonia, Blood, Dried Flesh, Fish Scrap, Castor Pomace, Tankage. POTASH.-German Salts of, (Kainit), Muriate of, Sulphate of, SODA.-Nitrate of, Sulphate of. Nitre Cake, Salt Cake, Super Phosphates, with or without Potash; Ammoniated Phosphates, with or without Potash. COMPLAINTS.-All complaints presented to the Railroad Commission must be clearly set forth in writing, giving such particulars of time, place and circumstances as may enable the defendants to answer the same intelligently. DEFENSES.-In like manner all defenses must be distinctly set forth in writing. |