...requirements of the state charters that are to be considered ; all interstate railroads are now forbidden to ' abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad or the operation thereof without the approval and certified consent of the Commission. If they should attempt to quit without...

...the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience 121 Opinion of the Court. and necessity require or will require the construction,...operation, of such additional or extended line of railroad . . ." The paragraph also declares that no carrier shall abandon the operation of any portion of a...

...the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience 121 Opinion of the Court. and necessity require or will require the construction,...operation, of such additional or extended line of railroad . . ." The paragraph also declares that no carrier shall abandon the operation of any portion of a...

...unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...and operation, of such additional or extended line or circuit. SEC. 214. (e) The authority conferred upon the Commission by this section shall not extend...

...unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...and operation, of such additional or extended line or circuit. (b) Upon receipt of an application for any such certificate, the Commission shall cause...

...unless and until there shall have, been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...and operation, of such additional or extended line : Provided, That no such certificate shall be required under this section of (1) a line within a single...

...Court. The Interstate Commerce Act provides in Paragraph 18 of Section 1 that no interstate carrier "shall abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad,...until there shall first have been obtained from the [Interstate Commerce] Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity...

...until there shall first have been obtained from the •Commissioner a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...operation, of such additional or extended line of railroad. * * * The purpose of this act is to develop and maintain adequate railway system, and to prevent wasteful...

...and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commissioner a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...operation, of such additional or extended line of railroad. * * * The purpose of this act is to develop and maintain adequate railway system, and to prevent wasteful...

...unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...and operation, of such additional or extended line : Provided, That no such certificate shall be required under this section for the construction, acquisition,...