Railways in the United States in 1902; A Twenty-Two Year Review of Railway Operations; A Forty-Year Review of Changes in Freight Tariffs; A Fifteen-Year Review of Federal Railway Regulation; A Twelve-Year Review of State Railway Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...The same plan is applied when making rates from Chicago and other western points to the seaboard cities and points in the vicinity thereof, the rates to which are made with regard to the seaboard rates. When a change is made in the Chicago rates, all other points are similarly affected. Therefore a statement of the changes in the rates from Chicago to New York will serve to illustrate the changes which have taken place from other western points to the seaboard cities. Such a table here follows, showing the class During the period covered there have been several changes in the character of the classification which applied to these rates. Prior to 1880 it is shown that the traffic was confined to four classes; from 1880 to 1887 the traffic was distributed among eleven or twelve classes, and subsequent to 1887 the classification governing provided for six classes only. Since 1887 the rates for all classes are shown to be on a considerably lower basis than prior to that year. This result was brought about by the adjustment at that time, by which the rates, both eastward and westward, were made alike, and further by the adoption of the Official Classification for eastward traffic. It is again mentioned that similar reductions were made from all points north of the Ohio, east of the Mississippi, and west of Buffalo and Pittsburg to the principal seaboard points, and further, that traffic originating west of the territory indicated has also received the benefit of these lower rates. Table XLIII.--Freight Rates Charged For Toe Transportation Of Classified Traffic From Chicago, Ill., To New York, N. Y., From October 22, 1871, To April 1, 1902. 1 New Classification. New Official Classification. Note.--For changes in the minimum carload weights governing...