Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the Year Ending ..., Volume 17State of Iowa, 1895 |
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... Commission for the past year , a topical index of the decisions of the railroad commis- sioners of Iowa from the organization of the system to the present time , together with matters of interest on the subject of transportation and its ...
... Commission for the past year , a topical index of the decisions of the railroad commis- sioners of Iowa from the organization of the system to the present time , together with matters of interest on the subject of transportation and its ...
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... commission that will be entirely reliable unless some power is given to elicit the facts necessary to make it correct , and this must go far enough to require books to be kept in such manner as to enable the information to be furnished ...
... commission that will be entirely reliable unless some power is given to elicit the facts necessary to make it correct , and this must go far enough to require books to be kept in such manner as to enable the information to be furnished ...
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... Commissions Insurance Expense of fast freight lines Expense of traffic associations Expenses of stock yards Rents of track yards and terminals Rents not otherwise provided for Legal expenses Stationery and printing . Other general ...
... Commissions Insurance Expense of fast freight lines Expense of traffic associations Expenses of stock yards Rents of track yards and terminals Rents not otherwise provided for Legal expenses Stationery and printing . Other general ...
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... commission for the purpose either of making evidence as to what shall be just and reasonable rates , or they may appoint this commission and delegate to it the power of fixing the rates absolutely . This last proposition is of a good ...
... commission for the purpose either of making evidence as to what shall be just and reasonable rates , or they may appoint this commission and delegate to it the power of fixing the rates absolutely . This last proposition is of a good ...
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... commission under instruction from the board to do so , and which are still pending . My last report on this subject was made on December 5 , 1893. Two new cases have been brought since that report which are the first two cases in the ...
... commission under instruction from the board to do so , and which are still pending . My last report on this subject was made on December 5 , 1893. Two new cases have been brought since that report which are the first two cases in the ...
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Page 365 - SEC. 5. That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject 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 freights of different and competing railroads, or to divide between them the aggregate or net proceeds of the earnings of such railroads, or any portion thereof ; and in any case of an agreement for the pooling of freights as aforesaid, each day of its continuance shall be deemed a separate...
Page 204 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 204 - All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property as aforesaid, or in connection therewith, or for the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of such property, shall be reasonable and just; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 173 - 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 between their respective lines...
Page 204 - ... 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 or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby...
Page 19 - ... railroads for which said schedules may have been respectively prepared. Said commissioners shall from time to time, and as often as circumstances may require, change and revise said schedule.
Page 207 - ... greater amount of toll or compensation than it shall at the same time charge, collect, or receive from any other person or persons for receiving, handling, or delivering freight of the same class and like quantity at the same point upon its railroad...
Page 207 - ... a greater distance of the same railroad; or if it shall charge, collect, or receive from any person or persons, for the use and transportation of any railroad car or cars upon its railroad, a...
Page 172 - Whenever a commodity has begun to move as an article of trade from one state to another, commerce in that commodity between the states has commenced.
Page 220 - It is unnecessary to decide, and we do not wish to be understood as laying down as an absolute rule that in every case a failure to produce some profit to those who have invested their money in the building of a road is conclusive that the tariff is unjust and unreasonable.