"Third.—That, after such deduction, the rate per mile, which the remainder, or 19 cents per 100 pounds, produces from Chicago to New York, shall be charged per mile from all common points named in the first section, according to the percentages of distance shown by the table adopted at Chicago, April 30, 1876, to which result so computed the 6 cents per 100 pounds of fixed charges first above deducted shall be again added, and the percentage of the Chicago rate of 25 cents, produced by such additions, shall thereafter constitute the percentage of the Chicago rate, which shall be subsequently charged from the points named in first section.
For Illustration
| Chicago to New York, per 100 lbs. | 25c. |
| Less fixed charges, per 100 lbs. | 6 |
| Basis of rate for computation | 19 |
| Columbus, Ohio, as at present 70 per cent. of Chicago net rate, will be | 13.3c |
| To which add the fixed charges | 6 |
| And the new percentage from Columbus will hereafter be 77-2/10 per cent. of Chicago, in lieu of 70 per cent., as at present." | 19.3c |
[409] Hepburn Committee, p. 3104. A hypothetical instance will serve as illustration. Suppose a point with an 80 per cent. rate on the old schedule. When Chicago paid 25 cents, the rate to this point would be 20 cents. Under the new scheme the intermediate rate would be 80 per cent. of 19 cents, or 15.2 cents, plus 6 cents terminal charge, making a total of 21.2 cents. This is 84.8 per cent. of the Chicago rate instead of 80 per cent. as before. Compare table, p. [373], infra.
[410] Thus from Ironton, in the 87 per cent. zone south of Columbus, Ohio, the distance to Columbus is 127 miles, added to 638 miles from Columbus to New York makes a total of 765 miles. Multiplying this by 00.0206 makes it 87 per cent. of the Chicago rate.
[412] Cf. Industrial Commission, IV, p. 556.
[413] Record, Detroit Board of Trade case.
[414] Consult p. [195], supra.
[415] Computed apparently by regular rules, but on the basis of only 4 cents terminal charges instead of the usual 6.