Classifications, Rates & Division of Rates

To Take Effect on Southern Railroads January 1, 1862

Prepared by Campbell Wallace

President East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad

Spirits Turpentine, Camphene, Burning Fluid and Varnish, will only be transported at owner's risk.

Gunpowder, and other combustibles, will be at local rates of each Road, and at Road's convenience.

Ale and Porter, in glass 1 Lemons, in boxes, canvassed 1
Ale, in wood 3 Lightning Rods, in bundles 3
Alum, in bbls and bhds 3 Lime, in casks 5
Antimony, crude 2 Lithographing Stones, owner's risk 2-1
Anvils 4 Liquorice 2
Apples, dried 3 Liquors, in glasses 1
Apples, green, in barrels 2 Liquors, in wood 1
Axes 3 Locomotives, loaded on cars 5
    Locomotive Tire 4
Bacon 2 Looking Glasses, boxed 2-1
Bags 2    
Bagging 2 Machinery, boxed 2
Baking Powders 2 Madder, in hhds 3
Bark and Cob Mills 3 Mahogany Logs 4
Bath Tub 1 Mahogany Boards and Planks 2
Bath Bricks, in bbls 4 Manila 3
Bellows, smiths' 1 Marble, in block, undressed 4
Beef and Pork, in bbls, estimated at 100 lbs 2 Marble, dressed, owner's risk 1
Beer, in wood 3 Marble Slabs, unwrought, owner's risk 2
Beeswax 2 Mats and Rugs 1
Beets, in bbls 1 Mattresses 1
Berries 2 Measures and Tubs 1
Billiard Tables 2-1 Medicines 1
Black Lead, in bbls 3 Mill Gearing 3
Bleaching Salts 4 Mill Stones, in rough 4
Blinds 2 Mill Stones, finished 3
Boiler Flues 3 Mineral Water, in glass 1
Bones 3 Molasses 2
Bonnets 2-1 Moss, pressed in bales 3
Borax, in bbls and boxes 3 Mouldings and Picture Frames 2-1
Bottles, packed 2 Musical Instruments 1
Books 1 Muskets 2
Boots 1    
Brass and Copper Vessels 1 Nuts, in bags 1
Bread 1 Nuts, in barrels and casks 2
Brimstone, in bbls and bhds 4 Nails, in bags 3
Brinstone, in boxes and kegs 2 Nails and Nail Rods 3
Broom Corn, pressed 1    
Brushes and Brooms 1 Oakum 2
Buffalo Robes 1 Oil, in glass 1
Burr Blocks, rough 4 Oil, in hhds and bbls 1
Burlaps 2 Oil Cake 5
Burning Fluid, owner's risk of leakage 1 Oil Cloth, boxed 2
Burial Cases 1 Onions, in bbls 2
Butter 1 Oranges, boxed, not canvassed 2-1
    Oranges, boxed and canvassed 1
Cabinet-ware, set up and boxed 2-1 Oysters, in kegs and cans 1
Cabinet-ware, knocked down and boxed 1 Oysters and Clams, in shell, pre-paid 3
Caloric Engines 2    
Camphene, owners' risk of leakage 1 Paints, in boxes and cans 2
Candles 2 Paints, dry and in oil 3
Caps 2-1 Paintings and Pictures, well boxed 2-1
Capstans 2 Palm Leaf 1
Carboys acids and other chemicals 2-1 Palm Leaf, pressed 2
Cards 1 Palm Oil 1
Carriages, well boxed 1 1/2-1 Paper, in boxes 2
Carriages, unboxed -- local charge of each Road   Paper Hangings, not boxed 2-1
Carriage Springs, Boxes and Axles 2 Paper Hangings, boxed 2
Carpeting 1 Pasteboards 3
Car Springs, boxed 4 Peaches, dried 3
Car Wheels and Axles 4 Peltries 1
Cassia, in mats, bags and boxes 1 Pepper 2
Cement 5 Piano Fortes 1
Chains, loose 3 Pickles, in glass, owner's risk 1
Chain Cables and Chains in casks 4 Pickles, in bbls 4
Chairs, boxed 2-1 Picture Frames, boxed 1
Chairs, split and wooden bottom 1 Pipes 2
Chair Stuff, rough 2 Pitch 4
Chalk 4 Plaster 5
China Ware, in casks and boxes 1 Pork and Beef, in bbls, estimated at 300 lbs to bbl 2
Cheese, in boxes and casks 1 Porter and Ale, in glass 1
Cider, in bbls and hhds 2 Potatoes, in bbls 2
Cigars, boxed and stripped 1 Preserves, in glass, owner's risk 1
Clay 4 Printers' Ink, in kegs and bbls 2
Clocks 1 Printing Presses 1
Clock Weights 3 Printing Paper 3
Clover and Grass Seeds 1 Prunes, in casks 2
Cob and Bark Mills 3 Pumice Stone, in casks 3
Cocoa and other Matting 1 Putty 4
Cocoa Oil 1    
Cocoa and Chocolate 2 Quicksilver, in iron flasks 1
Cod Fish, in tierces and boxes 2    
Coffee and Chickory 1 Rags, in sacks 2
Coffee, Ground, in boxes and barrels 1 Rags, pressed in bales 4
Confectionery 1 Railroad Chairs and Spikes 4
Copper and Brass Vessels 1 Raisins, strapped 1
Copper Bottoms 2 Rattan 1
Copper Plates, sheets, bolts, pigs, wire, and rod 2 Refrigerators 1
Copying Presses 2 Rice 3
Corks 1 1/2-1 Rigging 4
Cotton, compressed 4 Rope 2
Cotton, uncompressed 3 Rosin 4
Cotton Gins 1 Rubber Belting 3
Cotton Waste 3 Rubber Car Springs, loose 2
Cotton Yarn 2 Rubber Car Springs, in boxes, casks, and bundles 3
Covers 1 Rubber Packing and Hose 2
Crockery, in boxes and bbls 1 Russia Bristles 1
Crockery, in crates 2    
Crucibles 2 Saddlery 1
Currants, dried 1 Saleratus, in boxes 2
Cutlery 1 Saleratus, in kegs, bbls, and casks 3
    Salt 5
Dates, in frails 1 Saltpetre 2
Demijohns, owner's risk 2-1 Sardines, in boxes 2
Deer Skins, pressed 2 Scales and Scale Beams, boxed 2
Drugs, in bales and boxes 1 Scales and Scale Beams, not boxed 1
Drugs, in casks 2 Scythes, in boxes and bundles 3
Dry Goods, in boxes, bales & trunks 1 Scythe Snaths 1
Duck 2 Sieves 2-1
Dye Woods, in bags and bbls 2 Sewing Machines, boxed 1
Dye Wood, in stick 3 Sewing Machines, unboxed 2-1
    Sheep and other Skins, in bales 2
Earth Paints 3 Shingle and Hemp Machines 1
Earthen and Stone Ware, in crates and hhds 3 Shoes 1
Eggs, packed 1 Shoe Blacking, in barrels 3
Epsom Salts, in barrels 2 Shoe Pegs, in barrels 2
    Shot, in bags 2
Farm Wagons, in pieces 1 Shot, in kegs 3
Feathers 1 Shovels and Spades 2
Fence Wire 3 Sizing 1
Figs, in casks and boxes 2 Sleighs, boxed 2-1
Figs, in drums 1 Snuff, in jars, unboxed 1
Fire Crackers and Fire Works 2-1 Snuff, in barrels and boxes 2
Fish, fresh, pre-paid 1 Soap, Fancy 2
Fish, salted, in bbls and half-bbls 3 Soap, common 3
Fish, salted, in kegs and kits 2 Soda, in kegs, bbls, and casks 3
Flax, boxed 2 Soda, in boxes 2
Flax Seed 1 Soda Ash 3
Flour, in barrels, estimated at 200 lbs each 5 Saltpeter 3
Flour, in sacks, estimated at 100 lbs each 3 Spices 2
Forks, hay and manure 2 Spikes 4
Friction Matches 2-1 Spirits Turpentine 1
Furniture, set up and boxed 2-1 Starch 2
Furniture, knocked down and boxed 1 Stationery 1
Furs 1 Steam Boilers, 30 feet and under 2
    Steam Boilers, over 30 feet 1
Garden Seeds 1 Steel, Cast 2
Gas Pipe 3 Steel, other than Cast Steel 3
Gas Fixtures, boxed 2 Stone, unwrought 4
Ginger 2 Stoves, at owner's risk 1
Glass Plate 2-1 Stove Blacking 2
Glass Ware and Window Glass 1 Stove Pipe and Stove Furniture 1
Glue 2 Stove Plates, at owner's risk 1
Grapes, in kegs 1 Sugar, in hhds 3
Grass Seed 1 Sugar, in bbls and boxes 2
Grindstones 3 Sumac 4
Groceries, assorted 2    
Ground Peas 2 Tallow 3
Guano 5 Tar 4
Gum Copal 2 Tea 1
Gum Shellac 2 Telegraph Wire 4
Guns, Rifles, and other Fire-arms, boxed 2 Terre Japonica 3
Gunny Bags, in bales 2 Tin, in pigs 3
    Tin Plate, boxed 2
Hair, pressed 2 Tin Ware, boxed 1
Hair, in sacks 1 Tobacco, in bales 2
Hats 2-1 Tobacco, cut, in bbls and boxes 2
Hardware 2 Tobacco, in boxes and kegs 2
Hay, in bales, less than a car load 3 Tobacco, in hhds, unmanufactured 2
Hemp 2 Tow 4
Hemp and Shingle Machines 1 Toys, boxed 2-1
Herring, in kegs 2 Trees and Shrubbery, baled, owner's risk 2-1
Herring, in boxes 2 Trunks, empty 2-1
Hides, green 3 Twine 2
Hides, dry, loose 1 Type 2
Hides, dry, in bales, compressed 2    
Hoes 3 Umbrellas, boxed 1
Hollow Ware 2    
Honey, in bbls and casks 2 Varnish 1
Hoofs and Horns 3 Veneering, not boxed 2-1
Hooks and Hinges 3 Veneering, boxed 1
Hops, baled 2 Vinegar 3
Horse Shoes, in packages 3    
Household Goods (not Furniture) boxed 1 Wagons, Children's, unboxed 2-1
    Wagons and Hobby Horses, boxed 1 1/2-1
Indigo 1 Wagon Felloes and Bows 1
Ink, boxed 1 Water Pipe, cast 4
Ink, in bbls 2 Wheelbarrows 1
Iron Bar, Band and Boiler 3 Whips and Whalebone 1
Iron Castings, unboxed 3 Whiskey, in bbls 1
Iron Castings, heavy 4 White Lead 3
Iron Facings 3 Whiting 4
Iron, Hoop and Sheet 2 Willow Reeds, in bundles 2
Iron Nuts and Rivets 4 Willow Ware 2-1
Iron, Pig 4 Window Glass 1
Iron, Railroad 5 Wine, in boxes and baskets 1
Iron Railing, boxed 2 Wire 2
Iron Safes 3 Wire Cloth 1
Iron Shutters 3 Wire Fencing 3
    Wire Rope 4
Junk 3 Wood, in shapes 1
Jute 3 Wooden Wares 1
    Wool, in bales 1
Lampblack, in casks and bbls 2 Woolen Yarn 1
Land Plaster 5 Wrapping Paper 2
Lard 1    
Lard and other Oils not enumerated, in barrels and casks 1 Yarn, pressed in bales 2
Lead, Pipe, Bar, and Sheet 2    
Lead, in casks and pigs 4 Zinc, in pigs 3
Leather, unfinished, in rolls 3 Zinc, in rolls and sheets 2
Leather, in boxes 2 Zinc, Sheet, in casks and cases 3
Lemons, in boxes, not canvassed 2-1    

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