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Page 500 - ... in the mode of operating its road and conducting its business is reasonable and expedient in order to promote the security, convenience and accommodation of the public...
Page 485 - Total freight revenue Average amount received for each ton of freight Average receipts per ton per mile Total freight earnings Freight earnings per mile of road...
Page 242 - Freight traffic : Number of tons carried of freight earning revenue. Number of tons carried one mile...
Page 503 - Commissioners shall give to the petitioners and railroad company reasonable notice, in writing, of the time and place of entering upon the same. If upon such an examination it shall appear to said Commissioners that the complaint alleged by the applicants or petitioners be well founded, they shall so adjudge; and...
Page 500 - Into any neglect or violation of the laws of this State by any railroad corporation doing business therein, or by the officers, agents or employes thereof and shall also from time to time carefully examine and inspect the condition of each railroad In the State and of Its equipment, and the manner of its conduct and management with reference to the public safety and convenience.
Page 501 - It shall be the duty of any railroad company, when within its power so to do, and upon reasonable notice, to furnish suitable cars to any and all persons who may apply therefor for the transportation of any and all kinds of freight, and to receive and transport such freight with all reasonable dispatch, and to provide and keep suitable facilities for the receiving and handling of the same at any depot on the line of its road...
Page 248 - Total Maintenance of equipment: ..... Repairs and renewals of locomotives . Repairs and renewals of passenger cars Repairs and renewals of freight cars . Shop machinery, tools, etc. ..... Other expenses...
Page 505 - ... hundred dollars, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the State.
Page 501 - September, such returns, in the form which they may prescribe, as will afford the information required for their said official report ; such returns shall be verified by the oath of the officer making them...
Page 485 - Passenger earnings per mile of road — Passenger earnings per train mile Freight traffic : Number of tons carried of freight earning revenue Number of tons carried one...

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