Shipments shall be through way billed from point of origin to destination and way bill must show through what junction shipments are to be moved, and full name and address of consignor, and telegraph address, if different, in consignor's column. Carriers must route shipments so that the lowest rates that can be made via any line or lines shall be applied, unless shipper specifically directs, in writing, a different route, and states therein that the higher rate shall be applied for movement via that line; except, that where two or more routes are available between point of origin and destination and shipper does not specifically designate either of said routes, as outlined above, the originating line may route shipments over either of said routes, applying the lowest rate applicable via any of said routes. The mere delivery of a shipment at point of origin to other than the short line shall not be considered as specifying such route at the higher rate. RULE NO. 6. Expired January 1st, 1909. RULE NO. 7. Covers printing and posting tariffs and division of through rates. RULE NO. 8. Rates named in Column Four shall apply on calcined gypsum, laccined plaster, cement plaster, ellastic pulp plaster, finishing wall plaster, land plaster, moulding plaster, plaster of paris, plaster boards, plaster building blocks, stucco, wall plaster, boards, mouldings, building blocks and analogous articles made from cement, plaster or stucco, in straight or mixed carloads. Straight carloads, minimum weight 30,000 pounds; mixed carloads, minimum weight 33,000. Appealed to the Supreme Court and further record in the case is the same as that under Proposed Order No. 2. PROPOSED ORDER NO. 25. IN RE, PROPOSED ORDER to ALL RAILROAD AND RAILWAY COMPANIES IN Issued April 27, 1908, proposing rates on fruits, vegetables and canned goods. Order No. 63 issued July 29, 1908, was published in Commission's annual report for 1907-08 and is as follows: CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA: ORDER NO. 63. To All Railroads and Railways Operating and Doing Business in the State of Oklahoma and to All Whom it May Concern: Pursuant to publication of Proposed Order No. 25 relating to rates on vegetables, fruits, berries, canned goods, and other articles named, in the Guthrie Daily Leader, a newspaper of general circulation, published in the City of Guthrie, County of Logan, State of Oklahoma, and said contemplated order having appeared therein for once each week for four consecutive weeks, as required by law, and pursuant to hearing held in the City of Guthrie on the twenty-second day of June, 1908, the following order shall be in full force and effect: No railroad or combination of railroads doing business in the State of Oklahoma, shall charge for transportation of articles or commodities named herein, in carload lots, between points in the State of Oklahoma, a greater or different rate of freight than provided. for in this tariff, without first securing the permission of this Commission. LOCAL AND JOINT DISTANCE TARIFF. Applying on Vegetables, berries, fruits, canned goods, and other articles named, between all stations in Oklahoma on the railroads and railways operating in said State. (Subject to and governed by the rules named herein, and other rules of this Commission). Rates named in the foregoing tariff on vegetables shall apply on the following described articles, in straight or mixed carloads: Apples, beans, beets, cabbage, cantaloupes, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, dried beans, egg plant, green corn, horseradish, melons, muskmelons, onions, onion sets, oyster plant, parsnips, peas, potatoes, radishes, tomatoes, turnips, and vegetables (all kinds, not canned goods). The following articles when consigned to canning industries, for canning or preserving: Blackberries, blueberries, cherries, dewberries, gooseberries, grapes, peaches, pears, plums, rasberries and strawberries. The minimum weight on the foregoing articles, in straight or mixed carloads, shall be 20,000 pounds. NOTE:-Straw, not to exceed 1,500 pounds, shall be carried free as a preservative with each carload shipment. RULE NO. 2. Rates mentioned in the foregoing tariff as applying on canned goods, shall apply on the following named articles: Apples, apricots, beans, beets, blueberries blackberries, cauliflower, cherries, cranberries, clam broth, clam juice, corn, cucumbers, dewberries, egg plants, fish (all kinds), fruits (all kinds), gooseberries, grapes, hominy, horseradish, jellies, melons, mushrooms, okra, oysters (pickled or cove), peaches, pears, peas, pickles, plums, pork and beans, preserves, rasberries, rhubarb, sour kraut, squash, soups, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and vegetables (all kinds), in glass, tin, or wood (when in glass or tin to be boxed), straight or mixed carloads, minimum weight shall be 30,000 pounds. RULE NO. 3. Rates named in the foregoing tariff as applying on fruit, shall apply on the following named articles: Apricots, cherries, grapes, peaches, pears, plums, blackberries, dewberries, gooseberries, rasberries, strawberries, in straight or mixed carloads, minimum weight shall be 20,000 pounds. RULE NO. 4. In making joint rates over two or more lines, which are not under the same management or control, either directly or indirectly, the following differential shall be added to the one-line rates named herein: An arbitrary of three (3) cents per one hundred pounds shall be added to the one-line rates named herein, provided, that: Twenty-four (24) cents per 100 pounds shall be the maximum rate for any haul in the State of Oklahoma on articles mentioned as taking the Vegetable Rate. Twenty-five (25) cents per 100 pounds shall be the maximum rate for any haul within the State of Oklahoma on articles mentioned as taking the Canned Goods Rate. Thirty-one and one-half (312) cents per 100 pounds shall be the maximum rate for any haul in the State of Oklahoma on articles mentioned as taking Fruit Rates. RULE NO. 5. When the minimum carload weight on one or more of the articles mentioned in this tariff is shipped in one day by one consignor to one consignee, covered by one bill of lading, the established carload rate shall apply on the entire lot, although it may be less than two or more full carload lots. The first car or cars shall be loaded to visible capacity, and shall contain not less than the minimum weights named herein, actual weight of the balance, provided, it is loaded in a box. car, shall be charged for at the carload rate, reference being made on the way bill for the balance of the lot to the way bill for the full carload or loads. RULE NO. 6. For the purpose of concentrating articles mentioned in Rules Nos. One and Three, in order to make carload lots of such commodities for re-shipment, the rate on any single line of railroad for the transportation of less than carload lots of five hundred pounds and more to points of concentration from points distant fifty miles or less shall be five cents per 100 pounds on articles mentioned in Rule No. One, and seven cents per hundred pounds on articles mentioned in Rule No. Three; provided, regular rate shall be charged from point of origin to such concentrating points when said shipments are actually re-shipped in carload lots, to a station within the State of Oklahoma, inbound expense bills shall be surrendered and difference between rate paid and rates mentioned herein shall be immediately refunded to consignee. RULE NO. 7. Carload shipments of articles mentioned in Rule No. One and Three may be stopped in transit at not more than three points intermediate between point of origin and destination, for the purpose of finishing loading and for unloading portions of such shipments, at a cost of Five ($5.00) Dollars for each stop. When stop-overs are for the purpose of unloading, the freight charges must be prepaid, or guaranteed by the line originating the business, or full charges from point of origin to destination including cost of stop-overs must be paid at first point stopped. RULE NO. 8. During cold weather, when articles mentioned herein are liable to be damaged by frost, a pass may be given to one person who may be in charge of and accompanying shipments of one or more carloads of items mentioned in Rules One and Three; when a stove is used in such car or cars for the protection of such property from freezing. When stoves requiring stove-pipes are used, the stove-pipe must be run through a board securely fastened at one side of the car door, and be fitted with an elbow projecting above the car not more than twenty-four inches; the wood-work must also be protected from fire by sheet iron or tin facing. The stove, lumber and material used in fitting up a car or cars as above, shall be returned at the rate named herein as applying on vegetables, subject to a minimum charge of twenty-five (25) cents over one line and thirty-five (35) cents over two or more lines. RULE NO. 9. When ice is furnished by shippers for the preservation of articles mentioned in Rules One and Three, when same is loaded in refrigerator cars, not to exceed three thousand pounds shall be carried free for each car used. RULE NO. 10. When freight is consigned to places not located on a line of railroad, the shipper must state the name of the railroad station at which consignee will accept delivery. |