Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce CommissionThe Commission, 1927 |
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Page 21 - Act to regulate commerce," and the various Acts amendatory thereof, and in all judicial proceedings brought to enjoin, set aside, annul, or suspend, in whole or in part, any order of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Page 62 - 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 81 - USC 36, 37), to investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway operation...
Page 11 - ... (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 21 - The so-called order here complained of is one which does not command the carrier to do, or to refrain from doing, anything ; which does not grant or withhold any authority, privilege, or license; which does not extend or abridge any power or facility ; which does not subject the carrier to any liability, civil or criminal; which does not change the carrier's existing or future status or condition; which does not...
Page 25 - The Commission may, after hearing, on a complaint or upon its own initiative without complaint, establish reasonable rules, regulations, and practices with respect to car service...
Page 4 - Commission, by one of such carriers of the control of any other such carrier or carriers either under a lease or by the purchase of stock or in any other manner not involving the consolidation of such carriers into a single system for ownership and operation...
Page 21 - If upon the trial of any action involving a final value fixed by the Commission, evidence shall be introduced regarding such value which is found by the court to be different from that offered upon the hearing before the Commission, or additional thereto...
Page 216 - Commission is hereby directed to effect with the least practicable delay such lawful changes in the rate structure of the country as will promote the freedom of movement by common carriers of the products of agriculture affected by that depression, including livestock, at the lowest possible lawful rates compatible with the maintenance of adequate transportation service...
Page 15 - When property may be or is transported from point ^ to point in the United States by rail and water through the Panama Canal or otherwise, the transportation being slonby a common carrier or carriers, and not entirely within the limits of a single State...