Goods in classes A, B, and C, are only charged at those rates if the consignments exceed 5 tons.
Goods belonging to Classes B, C, and D, and to the Special Class are carried in open wagons, the railway not being compelled to provide covers; but the consignor may cover the trucks at his own expense and risk, or give instructions in the freight-note for having the goods rated according to Class A, in which case they are treated in the same manner as goods belonging to that class. An exception is made, however, in the case of those goods which, according to law, must be carried in open trucks.
The consignor may also give directions that the goods belonging to Class A are to be carried at the rates of Class B, in which case they are conveyed in open trucks. Those goods, which although paying the rates of Class A, must be carried in open trucks, are excluded from this regulation.
At the special request of senders, tarpaulins are supplied by some of the railway companies, if there are any available, upon payment of fl. 1.60 (2s. 8d.) each, for distances up to 225 kilometres, with an additional charge of fl. 0.80 (1s. 4d.) for each additional 225 kilom. The Dutch Rhenish and Holland Railway Companies do not supply tarpaulins under any circumstances.
The railway companies undertake no responsibility whatever for damage arising from goods being carried in open trucks.
The following charges are allowed by law in addition to the foregoing rates and terminals: and with few exceptions they are the same on all railways.
For loading or unloading goods carried under the conditions of the truck load classes, if the service is performed by the railway company—
Dutch States and Central Railways, 5d. per ton.
Holland Railway, 4d. per ton for ordinary sized goods, for articles weighing 1 ton or more 1s. 2d. per ton.