Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Volume 40U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 With appendices. |
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Asso Calif canceled and proceeding carriers cars cent Chicago class rates coal common-carrier pur common-carrier purposes Complaint dismissed County defendant destinations Director District Court Docket Eastern filed Final value found applicable found justified found not justified found not unreasonable found unreasonable Fourth-section freight guilty entered Illinois indictment charging interstate commerce act Interstate Commerce Commission intrastate Iowa June 30 less than carloads locomotives Louis miles Missouri Nebr Northern O. R. R. Co October 31 Ohio Okla Oklahoma operating otherwise unlawful overcharged Pacific passenger points proceeding discontinued Proposed increased rates Railroad Company Railway Company Rate charged rate-making purposes Reasonable rates prescribed reconsigned Reparation awarded Reparation denied Revenue River schedules ordered canceled shippers South Southern steam railways Suit in equity Suspended schedules ordered tariff Tenn territory Texas tion traffic transportation undue prejudice United unjustly discriminatory unreasonable or otherwise value for rate-making Western R. R.
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Page 167 - Commission may from time to time designate) will, under honest, efficient and economical management and reasonable expenditures for maintenance of way, structures and equipment, earn an aggregate annual net railway operating income equal, as nearly as may be, to a fair return upon the aggregate value of the railway property of such carriers held for and used in the service of transportation...
Page 53 - Cases brought to enjoin, set aside, annul, or suspend in whole or in part any order of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Page 78 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 23 - ... (12) After December 31, 1921, it shall be unlawful for any person to hold the position of officer or director of more than one carrier, unless such holding shall have been authorized by order of the Commission, upon due showing, in form and manner prescribed by the Commission, that neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected thereby.
Page 16 - Act, in so far as deemed by it available, and shall give due consideration to all the elements of value recognized by the law of the land for ratemaking purposes, and shall give to the property investment account of the carriers only that consideration which under such law it is entitled to in establishing values for rate-making purposes.
Page 271 - That where a carrier delivers goods to one who is not lawfully entitled to the possession of them, the carrier shall be liable to anyone having a right of property or possession in the goods if he delivered the goods otherwise than as authorized by subdivisions (b) and (c) of the preceding section ; and, though he delivered the goods...
Page 52 - The mere admission by an administrative tribunal of matter which under the rules of evidence applicable to judicial proceedings would be deemed incompetent does not invalidate its order.
Page 72 - ... upon any persons who shall hereafter endanger their own lives in saving, or endeavoring to save lives from perils of the sea, within the United States, or upon any American vessel...
Page 42 - This report shall contain such information and data collected by the Commission as may be considered of value in the determination of questions connected with the regulation of commerce, together with such recommendations as to additional legislation relating thereto as the Commission may deem necessary; and the names and compensation of the persons employed by said Commission.
Page 37 - ... or for the purpose of rectifying inequalities in existing rate structures, carriers should propose no advances in the rates on products of agriculture, including livestock, except where particular rates on such products may need adjustment to remove inconsistencies, or where it can be shown that the product in question is not affected by depression.