The heart of the railroad problem: The history of railway discrimination in the United States, the chief efforts at control and the remedies proposed, with hints from other countriesParsons, Frank
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The heart of the railroad problem: The history of railway discrimination in the United States, the chief efforts at control and the remedies proposed, with hints from other countries
Parsons, Frank
Railroads -- Freight -- Rates -- United States; Railroads and state -- United States
Instructions to agents to deduct a certain percentage from the face of
the bill when collecting for specified shippers.
Payment of fictitious claims for damage, delay, or overcharge.
Making a low joint rate (or single rate either) on a given commodity
when shipped for a purpose confined to a few shippers, while other
shippers using the same commodity for other purposes have to pay
much higher rates.
False billing,—
false weight—underbilling,
false number—billing a larger number of packages than are sent and
claiming pay for the difference,
false description—putting goods in a lower class than the one to
which they belong,
false destination—billing for export and changing destination in
transit.
Not billing at all—carrying goods free.
Excessive difference in the rates for large and small shipments.
Unfair discrimination between shipments in different form—barrels and
tanks for example.
Charging more when the freight is loaded in one than when it is loaded
in another way practically identical so far as the railway is
concerned.
Favoritism in switching charges, demurrage, etc.
Direct overcharges, causing loss through delay and expensive
litigation, or through excessive payments.
Withholding cars.
Delay in carriage and delivery.
Refusal to deliver at a convenient place.
Difference in time allowed for unloading.
Refusing privileges accorded others,—
milling-in-transit,
division of rates,
credit, or payment of freight at destination,
station and track facilities,
special speed.
Selling or leasing terminal or other rights or properties to favored
shippers so as to exclude others absolutely.
Refusing shipments to or from certain persons or certain places.
Failing to run advertised trains or taking other special action in
order to interfere with plans of an opponent, _e. g._, to keep
people from going to mass meeting at which he is to speak.
Unfair difference in the service accorded different places.
Cutting off part or whole of a customary service.
Side-tracking cities and towns, or depriving them entirely of railroad
facilities.
Arranging stop-overs so as to drive business to other cities.
Arbitrary routing of shipments.
Payments for routing.
Guarantee by railroad against loss upon shipments over its line.
Unreasonable differences in the commodity rates on different articles.
Prohibitive rates on special commodities or special shipments.
Unreasonable differences between the rates on the same goods going and
coming between the same places.
Special rates on goods for export.
Special rates on imports.
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