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common shipping point. Shipments received could be unloaded into j 
these warehouses immediately on arrival and cars released. Hauling | 
from the station could be done at the farmer's leisure. Freight for |i 
forwarding could be concentrated in the warehouse and cars ordered, j 
loaded, and forwarded without delay when the entire shipment was 
ready to move. 
Colorado, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas allow 72 hours 1 
for unloading cars loaded in excess of 30 tons. Nebraska, allows 60 
hours for the same tonnage and Oklahoma makes it 72 hours for cars j 
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. 9 
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 penalize 
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 commendable section for- ; 
bidding railroad employees to solicit 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. 
