Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, Volume 50L.K. Strouse, 1918 |
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... considered ( a ) the rates charged for the transportation of bituminous coal from mines in the states of Virginia , West Virginia , Kentucky , and Tennessee , to des- tinations in the southeast , principally in the states of North ...
... considered ( a ) the rates charged for the transportation of bituminous coal from mines in the states of Virginia , West Virginia , Kentucky , and Tennessee , to des- tinations in the southeast , principally in the states of North ...
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... considered the difference would be practically represented by the distance from the Dante and Appalachia mines in the southwest Virginia field on the one hand and the West Virginia field on the other . It is the further contention of ...
... considered the difference would be practically represented by the distance from the Dante and Appalachia mines in the southwest Virginia field on the one hand and the West Virginia field on the other . It is the further contention of ...
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... considered that for geo- graphical or transportation reasons Terrell ought to be included in group A. No such reasons have been shown , and the extension of group A rates to Terrell would inevitably result in the inclusion of Kaufman ...
... considered that for geo- graphical or transportation reasons Terrell ought to be included in group A. No such reasons have been shown , and the extension of group A rates to Terrell would inevitably result in the inclusion of Kaufman ...
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... considered it is alleged that the rates charged by defendants for the transportation of blackstrap molasses , in car- loads , shipped by complainant from Mobile , Ala . , to Memphis , Tenn . , are unreasonable and unduly prejudicial to ...
... considered it is alleged that the rates charged by defendants for the transportation of blackstrap molasses , in car- loads , shipped by complainant from Mobile , Ala . , to Memphis , Tenn . , are unreasonable and unduly prejudicial to ...
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... considered therein . To that view we adhere . See Silk Asso . of America v . P. R. R. Co. , 50 I. C. C. , 50 , this day decided . As a result of the Louisiana Sugar Planters ' Association Case , supra , shippers to St. Louis have been ...
... considered therein . To that view we adhere . See Silk Asso . of America v . P. R. R. Co. , 50 I. C. C. , 50 , this day decided . As a result of the Louisiana Sugar Planters ' Association Case , supra , shippers to St. Louis have been ...
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Page 454 - ... state separately all terminal charges, storage charges, icing charges, and all other charges which the Commission may require, all privileges or facilities granted or allowed and any rules or regulations which in any wise change, affect, or determine any part or the aggregate of such aforesaid rates, fares, and charges, or the value of the service rendered to the passenger, shipper, or consignee.
Page 608 - All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property or in the transmission of intelligence by wire or wireless as aforesaid, or in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable, and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service or any part thereof is prohibited and declared to be unlawful...
Page 518 - Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith...
Page 608 - ... shall be just and reasonable ; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service or any part thereof is prohibited and declared to be unlawful: PROVIDED, that messages by telegraph, telephone, or cable, subject to the provisions of this Act, may be classified into day, night, repeated, unrepeated, letter, commercial, press, government, and such other classes as are just and reasonable, and different rates may be charged for the different classes of messages...
Page 608 - ... from any state, territory, or district of the United States, to any other state, territory, or district thereof...
Page 489 - No common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, after January first, nineteen hundred and seven, directly or indirectly, issue or give any interstate free ticket, free pass, or free transportation for passengers, except to its employees and their families, its officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, and attorneys at law...
Page 45 - ... agreed upon ; and the commission is hereby empowered to make such order in cases where rates dependent upon and varying with declared or agreed values would, in its opinion, be just and reasonable under the circumstances and conditions surrounding the transportation. The term 'ordinary live stock...
Page 617 - There is no cast-iron line of uniformity which prevents a charge from being above or below a particular sum, or requires that the service shall be exactly along the same lines. But that principle of equality does forbid any difference in charge which is not based upon difference in service, and even when based upon difference of service, must have some reasonable relation to the amount of difference, and cannot be so great as to produce an unjust discrimination.
Page 489 - Provided, that this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the interchange of passes for the officers, agents and employees of common carriers and .their families ; nor to prohibit any common carrier from carrying passengers free with the object of providing relief in cases of general epidemic, pestilence, or other calamitous visitation...
Page 47 - Commission to establish and maintain rates dependent upon the value declared in writing by the shipper or agreed upon in writing as the released value of the property, in which case such declaration or agreement shall have no other effect than to limit liability and recovery to an amount not exceeding the value so declared or released...