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Ju n e , 1920 « Docket No. 11.—Bedding Charges, Uniform Live Stock rules, from and to all points. Present and proposed, 'see Docket Advice No. 11 dated April 19, 1920. (See Standing Rate Committee’s report dated May 28, 1920.) Approved recommendation of the Standing Rate Committee as modified by the meeting, which will have effect of establishing the following rules: (a) Cars to be loaded with Live Stock, in carloads, must be provided with suitable bedding. (b) When the shipper furnishes the material a’nd performs the service, no charges will be made. (c) When the material is furnished and the service is performed by the carrier, the charge shall be $1.00 per single deck car, or $1.50 per double deck car. (d) When Live Stock is transferred en route for carrier’s convenience, bedding will be furnished by carrier without charge. (e) When Live Stock is stopped for feed, water and rest, and cars rebedded, and the Live Stock moves out in same cars in,which received, the cost of such lebedding shall be borne by the shipper. (f) When Live Stock is reconsigned or given market privilege and a newly bedded car is furnished by carrier, charges will be in accordance with paragraph “ c.” (g) Charges for bedding when not paid by shipper must be entered on Live Stock conti act and way-billed as “ Bedding Charges.*’, (h) When the shipper performs the service he must also furnish the material. (i) The material will not be furnished by the carrier unless the carrier performs the service. See Rate Advice'No. 3 advising that date effective will be announced later. Docket No. 15.—Lumber for Manufacture and Reshipment, Winchester, Wis., to Blackwell, Wis. Proposed, 8 cents per 100 lbs. Ironwood, Mich., to Blackwell, Wis. Present, 5 cents per 100 lbs.; proposed, 8 cents per 100 lbs. (See Standing Rate Committee’ s report dated May 28, 1920.) Approved recommendation of the Standing Rate Committee, which contemplates establishment of rate of 11 cents per 100 lbs. on Lumber for manufacture and reshipment from Winchester, Wis., and Ironwood, Mich., to Blackwell, Wis. See Rate Advice No. 3, announcing October 25, 1920, as date effective on interstate traffic, and date of effectiveness withheld as to intrastate traffic. Docket No. 16..— Alcohol, Wood, Ashland, Wis., to Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis and common points. Present, when in tank cars, class basis; proposed, 22H cents to Chicago, 25 cents to Peoria, 3 2 , cents to St. Louis and common points. Minimum weight per Western Classification. (See Standing Rate Committee’s report dated May 28, 1920.) Approved recommendation of the Standing Rate Committee as follows: That Item 170 of Western Trunk Line Taiiff 5-1 be amended to include W ood Alcohol, shipped in tank cars, at rates in effect on shipments in wood or iron drums, subject to Rule 35 of the Consolidated Classification. Effective October 25, 1920, as announced in Rate Advice No, 3. 4 JUNE, 1920 Docket No. 17.-—Wrapping Paper, carloads, Winona, Minn., to Oshkosh, Wis., Grand Rapids, Wis., Menominee, Mich., and points taking same rates. Present, 18 cents; proposed, 16J-3 cents. (See Standing Rate Committee’s report dated June 14, 1920.) Approved recommendation of the Standing Rate Committee, which contemplates establishment of rate of 21 cents per 100 lbs, from Winona, Minn., to Oshkosh, Grand Rapids, Wis., Menominee, Mich., and points taking same rates. Effective October 25, 1920, as announced in Rate Advice No. 3. Docket No. 18.— Iron and Steel Scrap, C. L., minimum weight 50,000 lbs., Winona and La Crosse, Wis., to Duluth, Minn. Present, 21iH cents per 100 lbs. (Class D ); proposed, 13 cents per 100 lbs., via C. & N. W. and C. St. P. M. & O. R’ys. (See Standing Rate Committee’ s report dated May 28, 1920.) Recommended that rate of 17 Vi cents per 100 lbs. be established on Iron or Steel Scrap (see Note) including —Axles (Old)........ ........................, , ............. • . • • • • • • - 1 Cai Wheels (Old) . . . . . . I. . . . . . . . . - ........... v . , . . . . . Iron or Steel Borings......... .................................. . lion or Steel Turnings...................V . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Tin Plate Scrap...................................................................j Cable (Old), in pieces not exceeding 50 feet in length.. also Second-hand Rails, in mixed cai loads with foregoing aiticles., . . . . .s. .............................................................| Minimum weight 50,000 lbs., except Scrap Tin Plate, straight cailoads, 35,000 lbs. NOTE.— Rates apply on scraps or pieces of iron or steel having value for remelting purposes only. between Winona, Minn., and La Crosse, Wis., and Duluth, Minn., via all lines except that the rate via the C. & N. W. and C. St. P. M. & Q. R ’ys will only apply on interstate traffic. * Effective October 25, 1920, as announced in Rate Advice No. 3. Docket No. 19.— Cheese, any quantity,' for Concentration and Reshipment, Galena, 111., to Cobb, Wis. Present, no concentration rate in effect; proposed, 15 cents per 100 lbs. (See Standing Rate Committee’s report dated June 1, 1920.) Approved recommendation of the Standing Rate Committee contemplating rate of 20 J^ cents per 100 lbs. on Cheese, any quantity, for concentration and reshipment, from Galena, 111., to Cobb, Wis. Effective October 25, 1920, as announced in Rate Advice No. 3. Docket No. 21.— Live Stock, stations on C. St. P. M. & O., C. & N. W. and W. & N. W. R ’ys in Nebraska on and north of the line of the C. & N. W. R.’y (from Sioux City, la., to Lander, W yo.), to Chicago or points east thereof. Present, no arrangement in effect at Sioux City, la.; proposed, to permit reconsigning at Sioux City, la., on shipments originally billed to that point, after testing the market at Sioux City, on-basis of current tariff rates' from point of origin to destination. (See Standing Rate Committee’s report dated May 28, 1920.) Approved recommendation of the Standing Rate Committee as follows: That we approve the application to publish-rules allowing the stoppage of Live Stock at Sioux City, Iowa, from and to the territory described, for the privilege of testing that market. Rules to provide that the identity of each shipment shall be maintained and a pro­vision incorporated in tariffs that Live Stock received at and reconsigned from Sioux City, within the meaning of the general rule of reoonsignment, shall be subject to the conditions and provisions of such rules. . Further recommended that consideration be given to the matter of reviewing immediately the rules in effect throughout Western Trunk Line territory for the purpose of establishing uniform rules and practices, and to adopt an arrangement under which a charge commensurate with the additional service be assessed and collected foi the use of the privilege, also that the rules be so devised as to clearly distinguish between the market privilege and ordinary leeonsignment. Rate Advice No. 3 announces October 25, 1920, as date effective for publication of rules referred to in first paragraph of pommittee report above quoted.