Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the Year Ending ..., Volume 34State of Iowa, 1912 |
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Page 18
... elevator was only 5 feet below the trolley . Violation of Sec . 4 . " At pole No. 902 the company telephone again crosses the track and has a very long span wire , and is supported from single brackets and the poles are not back guyed ...
... elevator was only 5 feet below the trolley . Violation of Sec . 4 . " At pole No. 902 the company telephone again crosses the track and has a very long span wire , and is supported from single brackets and the poles are not back guyed ...
Page 19
... Elevator Co. , two blocks east of the depot at Boone , Iowa , the feed wire clears rail but 16 feet over side track . Violation of rule 4 . " This feed wire also terminates on elevator in violation of rule 7 . " The side track trolley ...
... Elevator Co. , two blocks east of the depot at Boone , Iowa , the feed wire clears rail but 16 feet over side track . Violation of rule 4 . " This feed wire also terminates on elevator in violation of rule 7 . " The side track trolley ...
Page 20
... elevator clears rails but 19 % feet . All in violation of Sec . No. 4 . " Company telephone lines cross the track at this point on poles that are not double armed , and poles 180 feet apart , with no protection from the high tension ...
... elevator clears rails but 19 % feet . All in violation of Sec . No. 4 . " Company telephone lines cross the track at this point on poles that are not double armed , and poles 180 feet apart , with no protection from the high tension ...
Page 21
... elevator clears side track 191⁄2 feet . This is at Alleman . None of them in lines or side at this point complies with our rules . " At pole No. 1333 feeder crosses track on poles that are not double cross armed . Violation of Sec . 2 ...
... elevator clears side track 191⁄2 feet . This is at Alleman . None of them in lines or side at this point complies with our rules . " At pole No. 1333 feeder crosses track on poles that are not double cross armed . Violation of Sec . 2 ...
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... Elevator there is a tap from our trolley wire to the Farmers Elevator to supply them with power at their request . " Item 80. No violation ; wires paralleling track . " Item 81 . Broken hanger wire which was repaired in ordinary course ...
... Elevator there is a tap from our trolley wire to the Farmers Elevator to supply them with power at their request . " Item 80. No violation ; wires paralleling track . " Item 81 . Broken hanger wire which was repaired in ordinary course ...
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Page 32 - ... stations or station houses, or any change in its rates of fare for transporting freight or passengers, or any change in the mode of operating its road and conducting its business is reasonable and expedient in order to promote the security, convenience and accommodation of the public...
Page 80 - The question is not how much he makes out of his volume of business, but whether in each particular transaction the charge is an unreasonable exaction for the services rendered. He has a right to do business. He has a right to charge for each separate service that which is reasonable compensation therefor, and the legislature may not deny him such reasonable compensation, and may not interfere simply because out of the multitude of his transactions the amount of his profits is large.
Page 30 - ... to be recovered In a civil action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction...
Page 90 - Texas shall have power, and it shall be its duty to fix and establish reasonable and just rates of charges for each class or kind of property, money, papers, packages and other things to be charged for, and received by each express company on all such property, money, papers, packages and things which by the contract of carriage are to be transported by...
Page 9 - You are, doubtless, uninformed how disproportionate the amount to be paid is to the work contracted for. I need not expatiate upon the sincerity of my course, when you reflect upon the fact that I have resigned the best position in my profession this country has ever offered to any man.
Page 74 - Companies, will run a car through from Boston to New York and vice versa, via Stonington, with the mail train daily, for the purpose of transporting specie, small packages of goods, and bundles of all kinds. Packages sent by this line will be delivered on the following morning, at any part of the city, free of charge. A responsible agent will accompany the car, who will attend to purchasing goods, collecting drafts, notes and bills, and will transact any other business that may be intrusted to him.
Page 80 - Pursuing this thought, we add that the state's regulation of his charges is not to be measured by the aggregate of his profits determined by the volume of business, but by the question whether any particular charge to an individual dealing with him is, considering the service rendered, an unreasonable exaction. In other words, if he has a thousand transactions a day, and his charges in each are but a reasonable compensation for the benefit received by the party dealing with him, such charges do not...
Page 10 - ... which office he continued to fill until the time of his death, which took place two years ago, at the age of seventy-four years.
Page 30 - Penalty enforcement. Any person or corporation who string or maintain any wire across any railroad track In this state at a different height or In a different manner from that prescribed by the said board, of railroad commissioners shall forfeit and pay to the State of Iowa...
Page 72 - may be changed or modified by said Commissioners from time to time in such manner as may become necessary." We are required by law to "fix and establish reasonable, fair and just rates of charges, including schedule of maximum Joint rates.