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
A few further concrete illustrations from recent years may be of
interest. 1. Refusal of free cartage to a manufacturer though another
mill further away had the benefit of free delivery. 2. Refusal of
allowance for loading, etc., on private siding though such allowance was
made to a rival firm. 3. Rates on coal from mines at Leigh and Abram to
Winnington, 26 miles, were 50 cents a ton against 42 cents from the mine
at Haydock, 29 miles. 4. Complaints of delay, insufficient facilities,
etc. 5. Fourteen complaints of increased charges for conveyance of small
parcels in freight-train transportation and that companies were not
following a decision of the Railway Commission. One of the complaints on
the ground just stated was filed against the railways generally by the
Co-operative Wholesale Society with practically 10,000,000 people back
of it in interest and sympathy. The companies revised the schedule and
reduced the rates. 6. Refusal to grant complainant the same facilities
for warehousing traffic as are granted to their competitors. The Board
succeeded in removing the preference without trial. 7. A rate of $11.25
on india-rubber goods from Birmingham to Newcastle-on-Tyne against $8.95
on the same goods intended for export. 8. One shipper stated that he was
charged $9.75 for a carload of coal (6 tons) from Cork to Baltimore,
while the Baltimore Fishery Schools were charged only $5.10 for the same
service. After the usual correspondence by the Board of Trade the matter
was settled by the railroads agreeing to give the plaintiff the same
rate as the Fishery Schools. 9. Another shipper alleged that since he
had sent his traffic from Methven via the North British route from Perth
instead of the Caledonian, the company had delayed his traffic at Perth
while other traffic was sent on; that the company had deprived him of
the use of facilities formerly enjoyed, and had stopped his credit. This
reads almost like an American case.
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