The Railroad Question / A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses

by William Larrabee

Miles.	merchandise in cents per 100 lbs.				special carload classes in cents per 100 lbs.
	First Class.	Second Class.	Third Class.	Fourth Class.	Fifth Class.	Class A.	Class B.	Class C.	Class D.	Class E.
5	14	11.9	9.34	7	4.9	5	4.9	4.2	3.5	2.8
10	14.8	12.58	10.1	7.4	5.18	5.3	5.18	4.44	3.7	2.96
15	15.6	13.26	10.4	7.8	5.46	5.6	5.46	4.68	3.9	3.12
20	16.4	13.94	10.94	8.2	5.74	5.8	5.74	4.92	4.1	3.25
25	17	14.45	11.34	8.5	5.95	6	5.95	5.1	4.25	3.4
30	17.6	14.96	11.73	8.8	6.16	6.2	6.16	5.28	4.4	3.52
35	18.2	15.47	12.1	9.1	6.37	6.4	6.37	5.46	4.55	3.64
40	18.8	15.98	12.5	9.4	6.58	6.6	6.58	5.64	4.7	3.76
45	19.4	16.49	13	9.7	6.79	6.8	6.79	5.82	4.85	3.88
50	20	17	13.34	10	7	7.05	7	6	5	4
55	20.4	17.34	13.6	10.2	7.14	7.2	7.14	6.12	5.1	4.08
60	20.8	17.68	13.87	10.4	7.28	7.4	7.28	6.24	5.2	4.16
65	21.2	18.02	14.14	10.6	7.42	7.6	7.42	6.36	5.3	4.25
70	21.6	18.36	14.4	10.8	7.56	7.8	7.56	6.48	5.4	4.32
75	22	18.7	14.67	11	7.7	8	7.7	6.6	5.5	4.4
80	22.4	19.04	14.94	11.2	7.84	8.2	7.84	6.72	5.6	4.48
85	22.8	19.38	15.2	11.4	7.98	8.4	7.98	6.84	5.7	4.56
90	23.2	19.72	15.47	11.6	8.12	8.6	8.12	6.96	5.8	4.64
95	23.6	20.06	15.73	11.8	8.26	8.8	8.26	7.08	5.9	4.72
100	24	20.4	16	12	8.4	9	8.4	7.2	6	4.8
105	24.8	20.89	16.35	12.33	8.69	9.35	8.63	7.4	6.17	4.96
110	25.6	21.38	16.7	12.66	8.98	9.7	8.86	7.6	6.34	5.12
115	26.4	21.87	17.05	12.99	9.27	10.05	9.09	7.8	6.51	5.28
120	27.2	22.36	17.4	13.32	9.56	10.4	9.32	8	6.68	5.44
125	28	22.85	17.75	13.65	9.85	10.75	9.55	8.2	6.85	5.6
130	28.8	23.34	18.1	13.98	10.14	11.1	9.78	8.4	7.02	5.76
135	29.6	23.83	18.45	14.31	10.43	11.45	10.01	8.6	7.19	5.92
140	30.4	24.32	18.8	14.64	10.72	11.8	10.24	8.8	7.36	6.08
145	31.2	24.81	19.15	14.97	11.01	12.15	10.47	9	7.53	6.24
150	32	25.3	19.5	15.3	11.3	12.5	10.7	9.2	7.7	6.4
155	32.8	25.79	19.85	15.63	11.59	12.84	10.93	9.39	7.87	6.56
160	33.6	26.28	20.2	15.96	11.88	13.18	11.16	9.58	8.04	6.72
165	34.4	26.77	20.55	16.29	12.17	13.52	11.39	9.77	8.21	6.88
170	35.2	27.26	20.9	16.62	12.46	13.86	11.62	9.96	8.38	7.04
175	36	27.75	21.25	16.95	12.75	14.2	11.85	10.15	8.55	7.2
180	36.8	28.24	21.6	17.28	13.04	14.54	12.08	10.34	8.72	7.36
185	37.6	28.73	21.95	17.61	13.33	14.88	12.31	10.53	8.89	7.52
190	38.4	29.22	22.3	17.94	13.62	15.22	12.45	10.72	9.06	7.68
195	39.2	29.71	22.65	18.27	13.91	15.56	12.77	10.91	9.23	7.84
200	40	30.2	23	18.6	14.2	15.9	13	11.1	9.39	8
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210	41.6	31.18	23.7	19.24	14.78	16.56	13.45	11.49	9.71	8.3
220	43.2	32.16	24.4	19.88	15.36	17.22	13.9	11.88	10.03	8.6
230	44.8	33.14	25.1	20.52	15.94	17.88	14.35	12.27	10.35	8.9
240	46.4	34.12	25.8	21.6	16.52	18.54	14.8	12.66	10.67	9.2
250	48	35.1	26.5	21.8	17.1	19.2	15.25	13.05	10.99	9.5
260	49.6	36.08	27.2	22.44	17.68	19.86	15.7	13.44	11.31	9.8
270	51.2	37.06	27.9	23.08	18.26	20.52	16.15	13.83	11.63	10
280	52.8	38.4	28.6	23.72	18.84	21.18	16.6	14.22	11.95	10.4
290	54.4	39.02	29.3	24.36	19.42	21.84	17.05	14.61	12.27	10.7
300	56	40	30	25	20	22.5	17.5	15	12.5	11
310	56.5	40.5	30.5	25.5	20.5	23	18	15.5	13	11.5
320	57	41	31	26	21	23.5	18.5	16	13.5	12
330	57.5	41.5	31.5	26.5	21.5	24	19	16.5	14	12.5
340	58	42	32	27	22	24.5	19.5	17	14.5	13
350	58.5	42.5	32.5	27.5	22.5	25	20	17.5	15	13.5
360	59	43	33	28	23	25.5	20.5	18	15.5	14
370	59.5	43.5	33.5	28.5	23.5	26	21	18.5	16	14.5
380	60	44	34	29	24	26.5	21.5	19	16.5	15
390	60.5	44.5	34.5	29.5	24.5	27	22	19.5	17	15.5
400	61	45	35	30	25	27.5	22.5	20	17.5	16
410	61.5	45.5	35.5	30.5	25.5	28	23	20.5	18	16.5
420	62	46	36	31	26	28.5	23.5	21	18.5	17
430	62.5	46.5	36.5	31.5	26.5	29	24	21.5	19	17.5
440	63	47	37	32	27	29.5	24.5	22	19.5	18
450	63.5	47.5	37.5	32.5	27.5	30	25	22.5	20	18.5
460	64	48	38	33	28	30.5	25.5	23	20.5	19
470	64.5	48.5	38.5	33.5	28.5	31	26	23.5	21	19.5
480	65	49	39	34	29	31.5	26.5	24	21.5	20
490	65.5	49.5	39.5	34.5	29.5	32	27	24.5	22	20.5
500	66	50	40	35	30	32.5	27.5	25	22.5	21

Note.—When rates are not shown in this table for the exact distance, the rates given for the next greater distance will prevail. When these rates and the classification conflict, these rates will govern.

KEY:
A = Wheat, flour, millet, flaxseed.
B = Corn, oats, barley, other grain and mill stuffs.
C = Hard and soft lumber, lath, shingles, sash, doors and blinds.
D = Salt, lime, cement, plaster, stucco.
E = Horses and mules in carloads—minimum weight 20,000 lbs., 31-foot cars, inside measurement.
F = Fat cattle in carloads—minimum weight 19,000 lbs., 31-foot cars, inside measurement.
G = Hogs (single deck) in carloads—minimum weight 15,000 lbs., 31-foot cars, inside measurement.
H = Sheep (single deck) in carloads—minimum weight 15,000 lbs., 31-foot cars, inside measurement.
I = Hard coal.
J = Soft coal, lump and nut.
K = Soft coal, pea and slack.

Miles.	CARLOAD CLASSES IN CENTS PER 100 LBS.				LIVE STOCK IN CENTS PER 100 LBS.				COAL IN CENTS PER TON OF 2,000 LBS.
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
5	4.5	3.75	3.5	3.25	5.37	5.13	5.67	8.4	.60	.30	.25
10	4.7	3.92	3.66	3.39	5.75	5.53	6	8.8	.64	.34	.28
15	4.9	4.09	3.82	3.53	6.12	5.92	6.33	9.2	.68	.38	.31
20	5.1	4.26	3.98	3.67	6.5	6.32	6.67	9.6	.72	.42	.34
25	5.3	4.43	4.14	3.81	6.87	6.71	7	10	.76	.46	.37
30	5.5	4.6	4.3	3.95	7.25	7.11	7.33	10.4	.80	.50	.40
35	5.7	4.77	4.45	4.09	7.62	7.5	7.67	10.8	.84	.54	.43
40	5.9	4.93	4.6	4.23	8	7.89	8	11.2	.88	.58	.46
45	6.1	5.09	4.75	4.37	8.37	8.29	8.33	11.6	.92	.62	.49
50	6.3	5.25	4.9	4.51	8.75	8.68	8.67	12	.96	.66	.52
55	6.5	5.4	5.04	4.65	9.12	8.95	9	12.4	1.00	.70	.55
60	6.7	5.55	5.18	4.79	9.5	9.21	9.33	12.8	1.04	.74	.58
65	6.9	5.7	5.32	4.93	9.87	9.47	9.67	13.2	1.08	.78	.60
70	7.1	5.85	5.46	5.07	10.25	9.74	10	13.6	1.12	.82	.62
75	7.3	6	5.6	5.2	10.62	10	10.16	14	1.16	.85	.64
80	7.5	6.15	5.74	5.33	11	10.26	10.32	14.4	1.20	.88	.66
85	7.7	6.3	5.88	5.46	11.37	10.53	10.48	14.8	1.24	.91	.68
90	7.9	6.45	6.02	5.59	11.75	10.79	10.64	15.2	1.28	.94	.70
95	8	6.6	6.16	5.72	12.12	11.05	10.8	15.6	1.32	.97	.72
100	8.1	6.75	6.3	5.85	12.5	11.32	10.96	16	1.36	1.00	.74
105	8.24	6.87	6.42	5.95	12.75	11.53	11.12	16.3	1.40	1.015	.755
110	8.38	6.99	6.52	6.05	13	11.74	11.28	16.6	1.44	1.03	.77
115	8.52	7.11	6.63	6.15	13.25	11.95	11.44	16.9	1.48	1.045	.785
120	8.66	7.23	6.74	6.25	13.5	12.16	11.6	17.2	1.52	1.06	.80
125	8.8	7.35	6.85	6.35	13.75	12.37	11.8	17.5	1.55	1.075	.815
130	8.94	7.46	6.96	6.45	14	12.58	12	17.8	1.58	1.09	.83
135	9.08	7.57	7.07	6.55	14.25	12.79	12.2	18.1	1.61	1.105	.845
140	9.22	7.69	7.18	6.65	14.5	13	12.4	18.4	1.64	1.12	.86
145	9.36	7.79	7.29	6.75	14.75	13.21	12.6	18.7	1.67	1.135	.875
150	9.5	7.9	7.4	6.85	15	13.42	12.8	19	1.70	1.15	.89
155	9.63	8.01	7.5	6.95	15.25	13.63	13	19.3	1.73	1.165	.905
160	9.79	8.12	7.6	7.05	15.5	13.84	13.2	19.6	1.76	1.18	.92
165	9.89	8.23	7.7	7.15	15.75	14.05	13.4	19.9	1.79	1.195	.935
170	10.02	8.34	7.8	7.25	16	14.26	13.6	20.2	1.82	1.21	.95
175	10.15	8.45	7.9	7.35	16.25	14.47	13.8	20.5	1.85	1.225	.965
180	10.28	8.56	8	7.44	16.5	14.68	14	20.8	1.88	1.24	.98
185	10.41	8.67	8.1	7.53	16.75	14.89	14.2	21.1	1.91	1.255	.995
190	10.54	8.78	8.2	7.62	17	15.11	14.4	21.4	1.94	1.27	1.01
195	10.67	8.89	8.3	7.71	17.25	15.32	14.6	21.7	1.97	1.285	1.025
200	10.8	9	8.4	7.8	17.5	15.53	14.8	22	2.00	1.30	1.04
210	11.07	9.23	8.61	8	17.87	16	15.22	22.3	2.04	1.32	1.06
220	11.34	9.46	8.82	8.2	18.25	16.47	15.64	22.7	2.08	1.34	1.08
230	11.61	9.69	9.03	8.4	18.62	16.95	16.06	23.1	2.12	1.36	1.10
240	11.88	9.92	9.24	8.6	19	17.42	16.48	23.5	2.16	1.38	1.12
250	12.15	10.15	9.45	8.8	19.37	17.89	16.9	23.9	2.20	1.40	1.14
260	12.42	10.37	9.66	8.99	19.75	18.37	17.32	24.3	2.24	1.42	1.16
270	12.69	10.59	9.87	9.18	20.12	18.84	17.74	24.7	2.28	1.44	1.18
280	12.96	10.81	10.08	9.37	20.5	19.32	18.16	25.1	2.32	1.46	1.20
290	13.26	11.03	10.29	9.56	20.87	19.79	18.58	25.5	2.36	1.48	1.22
300	13.53	11.25	10.5	9.75	21.25	20.26	19	25.9	2.40	1.50	1.24
310	13.8	11.48	10.71	9.95	21.6	20.53	19.13	26.7	2.44	1.52	1.25
320	14.07	11.71	10.92	10.15	21.95	20.79	19.25	27.1	2.48	1.54	1.26
330	14.34	11.94	11.13	10.35	23.3	21.05	19.37	27.5	2.52	1.56	1.27
340	14.61	12.17	11.34	10.55	22.65	21.32	19.5	27.9	2.56	1.58	1.28
350	14.88	12.4	11.55	10.75	23	21.58	19.62	28.3	2.60	1.60	1.29
360	15.15	12.62	11.76	10.94	23.35	21.84	19.75	28.7	2.64	1.62	1.30
370	15.42	12.84	11.97	11.13	23.7	22.11	19.87	29.1	2.68	1.64	1.31
380	15.68	13.06	12.18	11.32	24.05	22.37	20	29.5	2.72	1.66	1.32
390	15.94	13.28	12.39	11.51	24.4	22.63	20.5	29.9	2.76	1.68	1.33
400	16.2	13.5	12.6	11.7	24.75	22.89	21	30.3	2.80	1.70	1.34
410	16.47	13.72	12.81	11.89	25.1	23.15	21.12	30.7	—	—	—
420	16.73	13.94	13.02	12.08	25.45	23.41	21.25	31.1	2.88	1.74	1.36
430	17	14.16	13.23	12.22	25.80	23.67	21.37	31.5	—	—	—
440	17.27	14.38	13.44	12.46	26.15	23.93	21.5	31.9	2.96	1.78	1.38
450	17.54	14.60	13.65	12.65	26.5	24.19	21.62	32.3	—	—	—
460	17.80	14.82	13.86	12.84	26.85	24.45	21.75	32.7	3.04	1.82	1.40
470	18.06	15.04	14.07	13.03	27.2	24.71	21.87	33.1	—	—	—
480	18.33	15.26	14.28	13.22	27.55	24.97	22	33.5	3.12	1.86	1.42
490	18.60	15.48	14.49	13.41	27.9	25.23	22.12	33.9	—	—	—
500	18.87	15.70	14.70	13.60	28.15	25.49	22.25	34.3	3.20	1.90	1.44

* Stock cattle or feeders and calves take 75 per cent. of fat cattle rate; 31-foot car (internal measurement) is adopted as the standard for minimum weight, as per heading in table; 28-foot cars, 90 per cent. of above; 33-foot 6-inch cars, 108 per cent. of above; other lengths of cars to take same proportion as above.

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