Railroad Commission tariffs 1890-1985 bulk 1914-1984

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Railroad Commission tariffs, 1890-1985, bulk 1914-1984

Railroad Commission tariffs 1890-1985 bulk 1914-1984

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The Railroad Commission of Texas had jurisdiction over the rates and operations of railroads, terminals, wharves and express companies. These records are tariffs issued by the Railroad Commission of Texas, dating 1890-1985, bulk dating 1914-1984. Tariffs are publications of rates, rules and regulations that concern common carriers, in this case railroads. The 1891 act that created the Railroad Commission empowered it to adopt the necessary rates, regulations, and charges in connection with railroad freight and passengers. The Railroad Commission promulgated the tariffs for intrastate commerce on railroads but did not itself publish them. The Commission required railroad companies to publish and submit the companies' proposed general and specific tariffs. The Commission would then issue the approved tariffs and keep copies of the proposed general and specific tariffs as reference tools. This series includes loose intrastate tariffs and accompanying division sheets issued directly by the Railroad Commission,1890-1929, and several bound volumes of tariffs issued by the Railroad Commission, including railroad freight circulars, 1901-1984; Texas Lines tariffs (later became Texas-Louisiana Lines tariffs, then Southwestern Freight Bureau), 1913-1985; Western classification tariffs, 1918-1962; and Texas-Louisiana Lines routing circulars, 1937-1953.

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