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Note 436 — Chapter XI · SPECIAL RATE PROBLEMS: THE SOUTHERN BASING POINT SYSTEM; TRANSCONTINENTAL RATES; PORT DIFFERENTIALS, ETC.

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Among the best references on the subject are the following: McPherson, Railway Freight Rates, pp. 85-92, especially on the Virginia-Carolina cities; Rep. U. S. Internal Commerce, 1876, App., pp. 1-20; U. S. Senate (Elkins) Committee Hearings, 1905, Digest, App., III. The principal I.C.C. cases are as follows: 1891. Social Circle; 4 I.C.C. Rep., 744.—1892. Georgia R. R. Com.; 5 Idem, 324.—1893. Troy, Ala.; 4 Int. Com. Rep., 348. In Railway Problems.—1894. Summerville, Ga.; 4 Idem, 521.—1894. Cordele, Ala.; 6 I.C.C. Rep., 343.—1895. Tifton, Ga.; 6 Int. Com. Rep., 343.—1897. Lagrange, La.; 7 Idem, 431.—1897. Griffin, Ga.; 7 Idem, 224.—1899. Dawson, Ga.; 8 Idem, 142. In Railway Problems.—1899. Aberdeen, S. C.; 10 I.C.C. Rep., 289.—1899. Wilmington, S. C.; 9 Idem, 118.—1900. Piedmont; 6 Int. Com. Rep., 588.—1900. Hampton, Fla.; 8 Idem, 503.—1900. Danville, Va.; 8 Idem, 409. In Railway Problems.

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