ISBN: 9781130988277

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 368 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.8in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… Plus…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 368 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.8in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: . . . on sulphuric acid in tank-car loads from New Orleans to Beaumont, Tex. , lower than to Orange and other intermediate points was heard with the complaint. The Beaumont Chamber of Commerce intervened on behalf of the Magnolia Refinery at Beaumont. Rates will be stated in cents per 100 pounds. The shipment weighed 106, 500 pounds and moved over the lines of Morgans Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company, the Louisiana Western, and the Texas and New Orleans. Charges were collected in the sum of 372. 75 at a joint commodity rate of 35 cents. When the shipment moved defendants maintained a rate of 19 cents on sulphuric acid in tank cars from New Orleans over the same route to Beaumont, Houston, Texas City, and Galveston, Tex. , to which Orange is directly intermediate. The maintenance of lower rates to Houston and Texas City than to Orange was not protected by a fourth section application and was and is unlawful. Complainant contends that the rate to Orange should not exceed the rate to Beaumont and the other more distant points in Texas, and reparation is asked to that basis. Defendants concede that if there had been a substantial movement of sulphuric acid to Orange the 19-cent rate would have been published, but resist the claim for reparation on the ground that this is the only shipment to Orange during a considerable period of time. It is testified on behalf of complainant that the refinery at Orange has a capacity of 1, 000 barrels per day and that, although the plant is now closed down, it is expected to resume operation within a short time, and will then use at least two tank-car loads of sulphuric acid per month. Orange is 278 miles from New Orleans and the rate assessed yielded about 25 mills per ton-mile and 1. 34 per car-mile. The 19-c. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

1921, ISBN: 9781130988277

Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (… Plus…

Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: . . . on sulphuric acid in tank-car loads from New Orleans to Beaumont, Tex. , lower than to Orange and other intermediate points was heard with the complaint. The Beaumont Chamber of Commerce intervened on behalf of the Magnolia Refinery at Beaumont. Rates will be stated in cents per 100 pounds. The shipment weighed 106, 500 pounds and moved over the lines of Morgans Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company, the Louisiana Western, and the Texas and New Orleans. Charges were collected in the sum of 372. 75 at a joint commodity rate of 35 cents. When the shipment moved defendants maintained a rate of 19 cents on sulphuric acid in tank cars from New Orleans over the same route to Beaumont, Houston, Texas City, and Galveston, Tex. , to which Orange is directly intermediate. The maintenance of lower rates to Houston and Texas City than to Orange was not protected by a fourth section application and was and is unlawful. Complainant contends that the rate to Orange should not exceed the rate to Beaumont and the other more distant points in Texas, and reparation is asked to that basis. Defendants concede that if there had been a substantial movement of sulphuric acid to Orange the 19-cent rate would have been published, but resist the claim for reparation on the ground that this is the only shipment to Orange during a considerable period of time. It is testified on behalf of complainant that the refinery at Orange has a capacity of 1, 000 barrels per day and that, although the plant is now closed down, it is expected to resume operation within a short time, and will then use at least two tank-car loads of sulphuric acid per month. Orange is 278 miles from New Orleans and the rate assessed yielded about 25 mills per ton-mile and 1. 34 per car-mile. The 19-c. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

ISBN: 9781130988277

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