Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, Volume 319U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966 - Interstate commerce |
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... miles from Houston , and Benjamin , Tex . , 547 miles , remain at 42.5 cents , and the rate from Lawn , Tex . , 405 miles , remains at 41 cents . The revenue derived under the reduced rate is $ 320 per carload of 80,000 pounds , 49.2 ...
... miles from Houston , and Benjamin , Tex . , 547 miles , remain at 42.5 cents , and the rate from Lawn , Tex . , 405 miles , remains at 41 cents . The revenue derived under the reduced rate is $ 320 per carload of 80,000 pounds , 49.2 ...
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... Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Abilene , Tex --- 499 425 378 474 429 70 Amarillo , Tex 744 643 595 673 637 107 Enid , Okla --- 670 577 529 602 569 101 Farwell , Tex-- 734 661 613 714 663 71 Fort Worth , Tex- 408 307 259 338 301 107 ...
... Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Abilene , Tex --- 499 425 378 474 429 70 Amarillo , Tex 744 643 595 673 637 107 Enid , Okla --- 670 577 529 602 569 101 Farwell , Tex-- 734 661 613 714 663 71 Fort Worth , Tex- 408 307 259 338 301 107 ...
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... miles to Houston , 796 miles to both Galveston and Port Arthur , and 893 miles to Corpus Christi , the latter distance exceeding those to Hoston and Galveston - Port Arthur by 97 and 145 miles , respectively . Finally , in Nueces County ...
... miles to Houston , 796 miles to both Galveston and Port Arthur , and 893 miles to Corpus Christi , the latter distance exceeding those to Hoston and Galveston - Port Arthur by 97 and 145 miles , respectively . Finally , in Nueces County ...
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... miles , respectively , and from Hooker and Ponca City , Okla . , to Galveston , 963 and 646 miles , respectively . These illustrative differences in distance are 290 and 317 miles , respectively , and substantially exceed the ...
... miles , respectively , and from Hooker and Ponca City , Okla . , to Galveston , 963 and 646 miles , respectively . These illustrative differences in distance are 290 and 317 miles , respectively , and substantially exceed the ...
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... miles . Four rate scales , corresponding to the various jumbo car sizes , were designed for application on a mileage basis placing shippers and receivers on the same mile - for - mile basis . Re- spondents selected the rate scales in ...
... miles . Four rate scales , corresponding to the various jumbo car sizes , were designed for application on a mileage basis placing shippers and receivers on the same mile - for - mile basis . Re- spondents selected the rate scales in ...
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Page 498 - Commission, in determining whether a rate is lower than a reasonable minimum rate, shall consider the facts and circumstances attending the movement of the traffic by the carrier or carriers to which the rate is applicable. Eates of a carrier shall not be held up to a particular level to protect the traffic of any other mode of transportation, giving due consideration to the objectives of the national transportation policy declared in this Act.
Page 268 - ... either upon complaint or upon its own initiative without complaint, at once, and if it so orders without answer or other formal pleading by the interested carrier or carriers, but upon reasonable notice...
Page 443 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith, and shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such connecting lines...
Page 467 - At a General Session of the Interstate Commerce Commission, held at its office In Washington, DC, on the 19th day of May AD 1914.
Page 282 - The fundamental basis upon which all rules of evidence must rest — if they are to rest upon reason— is their adaptation to the successful development of the truth.
Page 81 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this act, than it charges, demands, collects, or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby...
Page 449 - ... (c) To establish maximum proportional rates by rail to and from the ports to which the traffic is brought, or from which it is taken by the water carrier, and to determine to what traffic and in connection with what vessels and upon what terms and conditions such rates shall apply. By proportional rates are meant those which differ from the corresponding local rates to and from the port and which apply only to traffic which has been brought to the port or is carried from the port by a common...
Page 156 - Act, is or will be unjust or unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential or prejudicial, or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this Act...
Page 276 - Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the carrier or carriers for which the rates are prescribed; to the need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient transportation service at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of such service...
Page 565 - Rates of a carrier shall not be held up to a particular level to protect, the traffic of any other carrier or mode of transportation, giving due consideration to the objectives of the National Transportation Policy declared in this Act.