The rate per ton per mile charged for the various classes of Freight- First Class. Highest rate per ton per mile for the shortest distance freight is carried. 32 5-10 27 5-10 27 5-10 1375-100 Highest rate per ton per mile for distances of more than 5 and less than 15 miles... 35 General average rates.. 15 5-10 15 5-10 14 23-100 12 8-10 12 3-10 512-100 384-100 256-100 6 4-10 512-100 385-100 256-100 256-100 24 9-10 21 4-10 18 3-10 17 2-10 9 68-100 Second Class. Third Class. Fourth Class. Fifth Class. The United States Express run on the road, paying one and a half first class tariff rates. Do not "lease transportation to an extent that prevents the Company from carrying any or all wood, lumber, grain, or other freights offered." "Has not contracted away the control of any transportation." Neither the Company nor any of its officers "traffic in grain along the line of the road." No special or reduced rates of transportation are given to any person, firm, or corporation. No record is kept of trip passes-they are given to persons desiring to purchase lands-to employees, and as acts of charity, frequently. No record is kept of the amount of travel on free passes. .116,458.23 acres. The Company now (Aug. 31, 1872,) own: Congressional and State grants. Amount sold during the year ending August 31, 1872. Value per acre... Total receipts from sales of lands prior to Sept., 1871... No other lands sold or bargained by the company. $2 30 $232,438 98 17,666.29 acres. $4 85 $22,256 06 |