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Extract from Proceedings of Southern Rail Road
Convention |
| Columbia So Ca Sept 4th 1862 |
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| The committee on transportation submitted this report
which after discussion & amendments, was finally adopted as
follows. Voting by Roads, The Cheraw & Darlington only dissenting. |
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| Report |
| 1st That the rate of 2 cents per mile for
the Transportation of troops be adhered to on the main or thoroughfare
roads, and that the rage be increased to three cents per mile on the
side line, not thoroughfares. Side lines are those having no
connection at one end. {Last sentence found on
R. R. Cuyler copy.} |
| 2d That the amount to be paid by soldiers
on furlough and discharged soldiers who have no transportation allowed
by government should be 2 cents per mile on main thoroughfares and 3
cents per mile on side lines not thoroughfares, Commissioned officers
on furlough to pay full fare. |
| 3d That in respect of the transportation
of things for the Government all the Rail Roads should adopt the rate
which the Government offers where the carriage is by freight
trains, viz |
| on 1st Class
Percussion Caps. Powder & fixed ammunition 40 cents per 100 pounds
per 100 miles. |
| on 2d Class All
the freight shipped for Government except the stock, hay, bran and the
articles enumerated in 1st Class 20 cents per 100 pounds per 100
miles. |
| on 3d Class Live
Stock per Car Load $20 per Car per 100 miles. |
| on 4th Class Hay
or Bran per Car Load $15 per Car per 100 mile. For less than a Car
Load of live stock, the local rates of each road to be charged. |
| The labor and expense of
loading and unloading and the detention of Cars for the same being as
much for short as for long distances, less than 100 miles should be
charged as 100 miles. |
| The Government should be
required to specify on which Train, whether Passenger or Freight the
carriage is to be performed and if the carriage is required on
Passenger Trains the rate should be fifty per centum higher. |
| 4th Through tickets should be
furnished to wounded officers or soldiers and discharged men at the
above rates. |
| 5th That in respect of the carriage
of Bodies of men killed in battle or who died in the service, each
Rail Road should adopt and furnish its own regulations. |
| R. R. Cuyler {President,
Central (of Georgia) RR and South Western RR} |
| Chas. G. Pollard {President,
Montgomery & West Point RR} |
| Thos. C. Perrin {President,
Greenville & Columbia RR} |
| Wm Johnston {President,
Charlotte & South Carolina RR and Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio
RR} |
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| On motion of Mr. Cuyler. Resolved, That the rates
reported & adopted this day to go into operation on the 1st
proximo. |
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| A true extract from the minutes. |
| Saml. G. Jones {Superintendent,
Alabama & Florida (of Alabama) RR} |
Secretaries
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| Alfred L Taylor {Superintendent,
Macon & Western RR} |
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| S. S R Rd {South
Side RR} |
not represented |
| V & Ten {Virginia
& Tennessee RR} |
| E T & Va {East
Tennessee & Virginia RR} |
| E T & Ga {East
Tennessee & Georgia RR} |
| {The not
represented information is found on the copy of this document
filed under R. R. Cuyler in the National Archives.} |
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