Annual Report - Iowa State Commerce CommissionFourth report is accompanied by "Map and profiles of Iowa railroads, 1881". |
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Page 351 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience.
Page 335 - ... the continuance of a given rate is not conclusive evidence of the reasonableness of that rate; but when a railway company advances a rate which has been for some time in force, the fact of its continuance is in the nature of an admission against that company which tends to show the unreasonableness of the advance...
Page 241 - We believe this is in the interest of the public as well as that of the railway companies.
Page 339 - Shippers are not entitled as a matter of right to mill grain in transit and forward the milled product under the through rate in force on the grain from the point of origin to the place of ultimate destination, but allowance of the privilege by a carrier to shippers in one section must be without wrongful prejudice to the rights of shippers in another section served by its line.
Page 334 - That the test of the reasonableness of a rate is not the amount of profit in the business of the shipper or manufacturer, but whether the rate yields a reasonable compensation for the services performed. Carriers necessarily and justly participate in the prosperity of their patrons in the resultant enlargement of their own business.
Page 334 - That where an advance is made in rates which have been long maintained, and the evidence shows that the traffic affected is large, important, and constantly increasing, the advance will be held unjust, unless it is satisfactorily explained.
Page 321 - The conductor of the freight tniln had no knowledge of plaintiff's desire to take the train until she reached the track, and the station agent was not shown to have known of plaintiff's intentions in time to have advised him thereof. No train scheduled to stop at the station was due, so that there was no reason for keeping the approach free. As the engine was detached, and time was pressing, so that the freight train could not be separated, plaintiff had to climb over It, and In so doing fell and...
Page 328 - The statute in its original form also provided that "no contract which restricts such liability shall be legal or binding." Subsequent to this enactment the Railroad Company established its Relief Department, and the question was raised in the state court as to the legality of the provision then incorporated in the contract of membership, by which, in case of suit for damages, the payment of benefits was to...
Page 265 - All railway companies doing business in this State shall, upon the demand of any person or persons interested, establish reasonable joint through rates for the transportation of freight between points upon their respective lines within this State, and shall receive and transport freight and cars over such route or routes as the shipper shall direct.
Page 346 - Kansas City. An appendix to the decision shows the advances In detail. After considering cost to the carriers at originating and delivering points, cost and maintenance of equipment, expense of unloading and reloading In transit Incident to feeding, watering and resting the stock, character of the movement, number of cars In trains, average loading, volume and desirability of the traffic, return of empty cars, liability to damage, cost of carriage, Increased cost of producing live stock, decreased...