Annual Report - Iowa State Commerce Commission

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Fourth report is accompanied by "Map and profiles of Iowa railroads, 1881".

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Page 111 - any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property subject to the provisions of this act, than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person
Page 115 - or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the dutj of the said commissioners to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as said commissoners shall deem proper and said commissioners whenever they may have
Page 113 - and no break of bulk, stoppage or interruption made by such common carrier shall prevent the carriage of freights from being and being treated as one continuous carriage from the place of shipment to the place of destination, unless such break stoppage or interruption was made in good faith for some necessary purpose and without any
Page 569 - of tons carried of freight earning revenue. Number of tons carried one mile Average distance haul of one ton, miles Total freight revenue Average amount received for each ton of freight ... Average receipts per ton per mile •Estimated cost of carrying one ton one mile Freight earnings per mile of road Freight earnings per train mile
Page 115 - it shall be their duty to make a report in writing in respect thereto, which shall include the findings of fact upon which the conclusions of the commissioners are based, together with its or their recommendation or orders as to what reparation, if any, should
Page 111 - to the provisions of this act to enter into any contract, agreement or combination with any other common carrier or carriers for the pooling of freight of different and competing railroads, or divide between them the aggregate
Page 414 - one mile Average distance haul of one ton, miles Total freight revenue '. Average amount received for each ton of freight Average receipts per ton per mile Estimated cost of carrying one ton one mile Freight earnings per mile of road Freight earnings per train mile
Page 123 - 28, §26. Any such railroad corporation guilty of extortion or making any unjust discrimination as to passenger or freight rates for the use and transportation of railroad cars or in receiving, handling or delivering freights shall upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five
Page 381 - TRAFFIC: Number of passengers carried earning revenue Number of passengers curried one mile Average distance carried, Total passenger revenue Average amount received from each passenger Average receipts per passenger per mile Estimated cost of carrying each passenger one mile Passenger earnings per mile of road, miles
Page 117 - 17. The board of railroad commissioners of this state are hereby empowered and directed to make for each of the railroad corporations, doing business in this state, as soon as practicable, a schedule of reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of freight and cars on

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