178 BULLETIN 711, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTUKE. 



At the time the above rates were in effect, the Northern Pacific Rail- 

 road Co. quoted distance rates as follows, the special rates mentioned 

 above to be applied when less than the distance rates. These distance 

 rates deal with all main and branch line stations in the State of 

 AVashington west of and including Ellensburg, Wash., except the 

 liaul between Granite Falls and Eobe, Wash., on the Monte Cristo 

 Branch. 



Table 29. — Distance, freight tariffs. 



[Minimum, 7,000 feet per car.] 



Rate in dollars 

 Distance. per 1,000 feet. 



10 miles or less $1.00 



Over 10 miles and not over 15 miles 1.25 



Over 15 miles and not over 20 miles I 1. 35 



Over 20 miles and not over 25 miles . 1.40 



Over 25 miles and not over 30 miles 1. 45 



Over 30 miles and not over 35 miles 1. 50 



Over 35 miles and not over 40 miles 1.55 



Over 40 miles and not over 45 miles 1.60 



Over 45 miles and not over 50 miles 1. 65 



Over 50 miles and not over 55 miles 1.70 



Over 55 miles and not over 60 miles 1. 75 



Over 60 miles and not over 65 miles 1.80 



Over 65 miles and not over 70 miles 1. 85 



Over 70 miles and not over 75 miles 1.90 



Over 75 miles and not over 80 miles 1.95 



Over 80 miles and not over 85 miles 2. 00 



Over 85 miles and not over 90 miles 2.05 



Over 90 miles and not over 95 miles 2.10 



Over 95 miles and not over 100 miles 2. 10 



Over 100 miles and not over 110 miles 2. 15 



Over 110 miles and not over 120 miles - - 2. 20 



Over 120 miles and not over 130 miles 2. 25 



Over 130 miles and not over 140 miles 2.30 



Over 140 miles and not over 150 miles 2.35 



It should be noted in connection with the special rates that the 

 rates depend on the amount shipped ; also that the rates are applied 

 in connection with a carload minimum. In a specific case it is easy 

 to measure the effect of the former, while the latter is difficult to 

 get at. If the logs are large and sound, the latter will have the effect 

 of increasing the quoted rate but little, if any. Where the logs are 

 small and extreme care is not used in loading, the actual rate per 

 thousand feet may be 10 or 15 per cent higher than the quoted rate. 

 One company, operating in small second-growth timber and paying 

 a quoted rate of $1 per thousand feet, found at the end of a year that 

 they had actually paid $1.15 per thousand feet, the increase being 

 due to the fact that a large number of the cars did not contain the 



