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common shipping point. Shipments received could be unloaded into 

 these warehouses immediately on arrival and cars released. Hauling 

 from the station could be done at the farmer's leisure. Freight for 

 forwarding could be concentrated in the warehouse and cars ordered, 

 loaded, and forwarded without delay when the entire shipment was 

 ready to move. 



Colorado, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas allow 72 hours 

 for unloading cars loaded in excess of 30 tons. Nebraska allows 60 

 hours for the same tonnage and Oklahomia makes it 72 hours for cars 

 containing more than 66,000 pounds. 



When a consignee receives in 1 day more than 3 cars of freight 

 taking track delivery, Florida allows 96 hours free time on each car 

 in excess of 3, Georgia 78 hours, and South Carolina 72 hours. This 

 is merely a variation of the provision in the national code in regard 

 to bunching in transit. 



When notice is given by mail, Arkansas allows 48 hours additional 

 free time. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, South Carolina, 

 and South Dakota each allow 24 hours additional free time under the 

 same circumstances. 



SPECIAL FEATURES OF STATE CODES. 



Other features of different State codes are worthy of note. Ala- 

 bama, California, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia exempt 

 private cars on private tracks, and thus make possible discrimination 

 in favor of owners and users of private cars which the national code 

 is very careful to forbid. 



Alabama allows 24 hours additional free time on certain commodi- 

 ties and additional specified time where the consignee is located 3 

 miles or more from the station. The fact that the additional free 

 time, plus 24 hours, is not given when the long distance consignee 

 receives one of the special commodities would seem to argue that 

 granting the consignee under 3 miles an additional 24 hours on one 

 of these commodities was not well founded. 



Arizona and California penalize a carrier for failure to move cars 

 received from a connecting line within 24 hours, but do not penahze 

 the originating carrier for failure to move a car within the same period 

 after receiving it from the consignor. 



The Arkansas statute contains a most conunendable section for- 

 bidding railroad employees to sohcit tips for placing cars and apply- 

 ing the same penalties to shippers who offer and give tips to employees 

 for prompt switching service. 



The Colorado statute is so drawn as to make the capacity of the 

 car rather than the quantity of its contents the determining feature 

 in allowing 72 hours for unloading. 



