Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1906 — Kentucky Cuts Rail Rates. [ARTICLE]

Kentucky Cuts Rail Rates.

Frankfort. Ky., June 21.—The state railway commission issued an order for a general reduction of freight rates in Kentucky that will effect a saving of $1,800,000 a year to shippers. The cut in the case of the Louisville and Nashville Is 25 per cent. The Illinois Central also Is singled out for censure and Is forbidden to charge more than the rate fixed for the Louisville and Nashville.