Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, Volume 16L.K. Strouse, 1909 |
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account of excessive account of misrouting alleged April Ariz Arkansas Atchison Burlington & Quincy carriers Central Railroad Company cents per 100 charges Chicago Chicago & St Cincinnati class rates coal Commission commodity rate competition complainant complainant's crates defendants destination differential distance East St effect excessive rate Fe Railway Company freight grain Hattiesburg haul I. C. C. Rep Illinois Central Railroad Indianapolis Island & Pacific June 28 Kalispell Kansas City less than carload Louis & San Louisville Lumber Company miles mills Milwaukee & St minimum weight Minneapolis Mississippi River Missouri River Missouri River points Nebr Northern Pacific Railway Ohio Omaha Orleans Pacific Railway Company pany Paul Railway Company Pennsylvania Railroad Company Peoria Pittsburg pounds Rail reasonable Refund Rock Island route Santa Fe Railway shipped shipper Shreveport Southern Pacific Company Southern Railway Company Spokane group tariff territory Texas Topeka & Santa traffic transportation Walsenburg Western Railway Company
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Page 210 - ... the terms and conditions under which such through routes shall be operated...
Page 212 - ... 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, and shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such connecting lines; but this shall not be construed as requiring any such common carrier to give the use of its tracks or terminal facilities to another carrier engaged in like business.
Page 211 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic...
Page 211 - ... upon reasonable terms a switch connection with any such lateral, branch line of railroad, or private side track which may be constructed to connect with its railroad, where such connection is reasonably practicable and can be put in with safety and will furnish sufficient business to justify the construction and maintenance of the same...
Page 239 - So long as the public are served to their reasonable satisfaction, it is a matter of no importance who serves them. The railroad company performs its whole duty to the public at large and to each individual when it affords the public all reasonable express accommodations.
Page 383 - The rate per ton per mile rule brings rates down to the narrowest point of scrutiny, and for that purpose is valuable; but it excludes consideration of other circumstances and conditions which enter into the making of rates, no matter how compulsory or imperious they may be, and it can not, therefore, be accepted as controlling in determining the reasonableness of rates.
Page 136 - Allegheny mountains, the inland spread would, very lagrely at least, be restricted to the area lying between the eastern slope of these mountains and the coast, thus leaving the whole area to the west to be occupied by the northward tide of migration instead of that from the east. East of the Mississippi River and south of the Ohio River, the country is more heavily timbered and the prairies are lacking, so that forest fires would here take the place of prairie fires ; but in the Southern States...
Page 44 - ... 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 xxxiii - JUDSON C. CLEMENTS, of Georgia. CHARLES A. PROUTY, of Vermont. FRANCIS M. COCKRELL, of Missouri. FRANKLIN K. LANE, of California. EDGAR E. CLARK, of Iowa. JAMES S. HARLAN, of Illinois. EDWARD A. MOSELEY, Secretary.
Page 44 - ... a greater or less or different compensation" for the transportation of persons or property, or for any service in connection therewith, than the rates, fares and charges specified in the tariff filed and in effect at the time.