Freight Rates and Charges (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...or face, and paving brick from certain producing points in Ohio to New York, N. Y., and other eastern destinations. In Metropolitan Paving Brick Co. v. Ann Arbor R. R. Co., 17 I. C. C., 197, with which was consolidated a rehearing of the Stowe-Fuller case, supra, this question was again considered on a very complete record and the same conclusion reached. The record in this proceeding emphasizes the correctness of that conclusion. Following those decisions, the carriers in the eastern district have generally applied the same rates on a long list of other clay products, including hollow building tile and the other articles named in complainants' proposed classification. This list has been modified from time to time to meet the demands of various shippers for the inclusion of their products, and embraces flue lining and other articles which are more fragile and do not load as heavily as brick and hollow building tile, but which complainants do not ask to have included in a uniform list. "Silo, radial-chimney, and segment block, conduit, and condensing rings or block, are forms of hollow building tile designed for particular purposes and should take the same rate as hollow building tile. Silo block, segment block, and radial-chimney block are slightly curved so as to form a complete circle when laid. Silo block has numerous apertures and a groove in the top to hold a reinforcing iron. Segment block is similar to silo block and is used in the construction of sewers over 36 inches in diameter. Radial-chimney block is used in the construction of chimneys and stacks. Condensing blocks usually weigh from 6 to 7 pounds each and are made in square or cylindrical form, reinforced with partitions or spirals. They are used in the oil and acid...