Annual Report of the Board of Railroad CommissionersWright & Potter, State Printers, 1888 - Railroads |
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A. R. Co aldermen Amherst Anon appeared baggage Barre & Gardner Beach Bel Air M'f'g Blakie BOARD OF RAILROAD Board refused Boston Brookline Cambridge & S. B. R. Cape Cod charge Charles River St CHARTER CERTIFICATE common carrier complaint CONNECTING ROADS consent construction contract convenience county commissioners crossing at grade discrimination duty existing express business facilities FARES AND FREIGHTS Fitchburg grade crossing granted Hankey Haven & Northampton held highway Housatonic INTERSECTING ROADS jurisdiction land London Northern Medford Medway Metrop Middleborough miles N. E. R. Co Nant operation parties passengers Pet'rs petition asking petitioners Pittsfield poration public necessity Public Statutes quære question R. B. & Lynn RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS railroad corporation rates of fare reasonable accommodations recommend relocation route S. B. R. Assoc Salisbury Beach selectmen station street railway company terminus tickets tion town tracks traffic TRAINS AND CARS unreasonable Wareham Winthrop
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Page 100 - ... may purchase and hold such real and personal estate as may be necessary to...
Page 95 - ... stations or station houses, or any change in its rates of fare for transporting freight or passengers, or any change 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 50 - All sums exacted from the community for transportation, whether of persons or of property, constitute an exaction in the nature of a tax, — just as much a tax as water rates, or the assessments on property, or the tariff duties on imports. . . . The reduction of this tax to the lowest possible amount paid for the greatest possible service rendered, always observing of course the precepts of good faith and the conditions of a sound...
Page 86 - ... for the carriage of milk under contract or in large quantities are furnished by the corporation operating such railroad, and to compare the same with the tariff of said corporation for the carriage of milk from and to the same places by the single can, including a reasonable compensation for the care of the same; and if the tariff for the care and carriage of such milk by the can is found to be unreasonably more than the rate charged for its carriage under contract, or in larger quantities...
Page 53 - ... freight tariff in respect to a particular commodity, it is necessary for the petitioner to prove at least one of three propositions : — (a) That the charge by the corporation respondent in regard to the commodity in question is excessive as compared with the charge made by other companies ; or...
Page 50 - The reduction of this tax to the lowest possible amount paid for the greatest possible service rendered, always observing, of course, the precepts of good faith and the conditions of a sound railroad system — this must be the great object the [railroad] commissioners retain always in view.
Page 21 - The most that can be done is, to prescribe some general rules as to the character, description, and purposes of articles which may be taken as baggage. It may be said, in general terms, that baggage includes such articles as are of necessity or convenience for personal use, and such as it is usual for persons travelling to take with them.
Page 25 - If the railroad is constructed to pass under the way, the railroad corporation shall build such bridges, with their abutments and suitable approaches thereto, as will accommodate the travel upon the way; but no bridge for any purpose shall be constructed over a railroad at a height less than eighteen feet above the track of such railroad, except by the consent in writing of the board of railroad commissioners. The supreme judicial court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce compliance with...
Page 59 - Ml, s lio. or the price of tickets above the rate or price established for a locality by agreement made as a condition of location or otherwise, between a company or its directors and the mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town, except by a mutual arrangement with such mayor and aldermen or selectmen.
Page 98 - ... or by the acts of the legislature concerning the same, and upon such petition, after an examination of the assets of the company and its liabilities other than capital stock, and a hearing of the petitioners, the board of railroad commissioners may allow such necessary increase as they may see fit, to an amount which shall not exceed the value of the property of the company, and a certificate showing the amount of such increase shall forthwith be filed in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth.