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Rate Revision Hearings Opened by Georgia Railroad Commission
The Georgia Railroad Commission outlined in Atlanta on August 17 1916 the scope of its rate revision hearings. It details prior petition by carriers for intra state rate changes and a nationwide data gathering effort comparing present class rates with proposed scales across numerous routes and commodities. The commission prepared extensive rate charts maps and traffic studies to inform its record without bias or conclusions at this stage.
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Atlanta
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Baets
Thomasville
Central of Georgia Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
Athens
Savannah
Safford
Chattanooga
Western & Atlantic
Central of Georgia
Columbus
Albany
Elberton
Seaboard Air Line
Montgomery
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Lawrenceville
Tifton
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
Bainbridge
Florida
Waycross
Southern Railway
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway
Augusta
Americus
Cordele
Dalton
Dawson
Macon
Fitzgerald
Hawkinsville
Rome
Quitman
Valdosta
Milledgeville
Brunswick
LaGrange
Dallton
Cornelia
Rupert
Jakin