Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, Volume 81L.K. Strouse, 1923 - Interstate commerce |
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... consideration . In Cape Girardeau Portland Cement Co. v . St. L. & S. F. R. R. Co. , 35 I. C. C. , 109 , decided in 1915 , we prescribed rates from Cape Girar- deau to certain points in southern Illinois generally south of the Baltimore ...
... consideration . In Cape Girardeau Portland Cement Co. v . St. L. & S. F. R. R. Co. , 35 I. C. C. , 109 , decided in 1915 , we prescribed rates from Cape Girar- deau to certain points in southern Illinois generally south of the Baltimore ...
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... consideration should be given the Hannibal mills . The St. Louis complainants urge that if key - point rates be established from Han- nibal and La Salle , St. Louis should also be accorded a key - point rate lower than the scale . The ...
... consideration should be given the Hannibal mills . The St. Louis complainants urge that if key - point rates be established from Han- nibal and La Salle , St. Louis should also be accorded a key - point rate lower than the scale . The ...
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... consideration . The maximum specific distance covered by that scale was 780 miles . Com- plainants desire it extended , prior to the addition of the general increases , by increases of 1 cent per 100 pounds for each additional 30 miles ...
... consideration . The maximum specific distance covered by that scale was 780 miles . Com- plainants desire it extended , prior to the addition of the general increases , by increases of 1 cent per 100 pounds for each additional 30 miles ...
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... consideration . Defendants ' evidence dealt with the reasonableness of the factors as well as of the aggre- gate charges . In determining the reasonableness of a through charge it is proper to consider its components , notwithstanding ...
... consideration . Defendants ' evidence dealt with the reasonableness of the factors as well as of the aggre- gate charges . In determining the reasonableness of a through charge it is proper to consider its components , notwithstanding ...
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... consideration rates on live hogs to North Fort Worth from South St. Paul , Sioux City , South Omaha , and South St. Joseph . Except from South St. Joseph , which took the Kansas City rate , the rates assailed were based on the Kansas ...
... consideration rates on live hogs to North Fort Worth from South St. Paul , Sioux City , South Omaha , and South St. Joseph . Except from South St. Joseph , which took the Kansas City rate , the rates assailed were based on the Kansas ...
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Page 209 - That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing in this Act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter, or thing in this Act required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation of the provisions of this Act...
Page 287 - ... where the joint rate, fare, or charge was established pursuant to a finding or order of the Commission and the divisions thereof are found by it to have been unjust, unreasonable, or inequitable, or unduly preferential or prejudicial, the Commission may also by order determine what would have been the just, reasonable, and equitable divisions thereof to be received by the several carriers, and require adjustment to be made in accordance therewith. The order of the Commission...
Page 287 - ... expenses, taxes, and a fair return on their railway property held for and used in the service of transportation, and the importance to the public of the transportation services of such carriers; and also whether any particular participating carrier is an originating, intermediate, or delivering line, and any other fact or circumstance which would ordinarily, without regard to the mileage haul, entitle one carrier to a greater or less proportion than another carrier of the joint rate, fare or...
Page 218 - Act. (4) Whenever in any such investigation the Commission, after full hearing, finds that any such rate, fare, charge, classification, regulation, or practice causes any undue or unreasonable advantage, preference, or prejudice as between persons or localities in intrastate commerce on the one hand and interstate or foreign commerce...
Page 287 - The existence of the varying needs of the several lines and of their widely varying earning power was fully realized. It was necessary to avoid unduly burdensome rate increases and yet secure revenues adequate to satisfy the needs of the weak carriers. To accomplish this two new devices were adopted: The group system of rate making and the division of joint rates in the public interest.
Page 191 - 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 297 - The names of the several carriers which are parties to any joint tariff shall be specified therein, and each of the parties thereto, other than the one filing the same, shall file with the Commission such evidence of concurrence therein or acceptance thereof as may be required or approved by the Commission...
Page 209 - ... or permit to be done, any act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who shall aid or abet therein, or shall willfully omit or fail to do any act, matter or thing in this act required to be done...
Page 287 - ... the division of Joint rates in the public Interest. Through the former, weak roads were to be helped by recapture from prosperous competitors of surplus revenues. Through the latter, the weak were to be helped by preventing needed revenue from passing to prosperous connections. Thus, by...
Page 287 - Commission shall by order prescribe the just, reasonable, and equitable divisions thereof to be received by the several carriers, and in cases where the joint rate, fare, or charge was established pursuant to a finding or order of the Commission and the divisions thereof are found by it to have been unjust, unreasonable, or inequitable, or unduly preferential or prejudicial, the Commission may also by order determine what (for the period subsequent to the filing of the complaint or petition or the...