Railway Tariffs and the Interstate Commerce LawGinn, 1887 - 413 páginas |
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... course is legitimate and praiseworthy . But in so far as the railway forms our public highway , it is a public matter . The objective point now is the general welfare , the interests of the community . It aims not at the greatest ...
... course is legitimate and praiseworthy . But in so far as the railway forms our public highway , it is a public matter . The objective point now is the general welfare , the interests of the community . It aims not at the greatest ...
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... course , with each line . A careful calculation on the different branches of a single road found the interest charges to vary from 26 per cent to 59 per cent of the total expenses.1 But in a rough way it may be said that fixed charges ...
... course , with each line . A careful calculation on the different branches of a single road found the interest charges to vary from 26 per cent to 59 per cent of the total expenses.1 But in a rough way it may be said that fixed charges ...
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Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman. of course vary with the widely different characteristics of each line ; but in general it may be affirmed that about one - half of the operating expenses are constant or invariable.1 The total constant ...
Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman. of course vary with the widely different characteristics of each line ; but in general it may be affirmed that about one - half of the operating expenses are constant or invariable.1 The total constant ...
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... course this is true only within certain limits , and subject to serious qualifications . The success of a decrease of rates in attracting additional busi- ness will operate only up to that point where increased traffic does not imply ...
... course this is true only within certain limits , and subject to serious qualifications . The success of a decrease of rates in attracting additional busi- ness will operate only up to that point where increased traffic does not imply ...
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... course perfectly legitimate , whether from the standpoint of value or from that of cost of service . The better service benefits the goods and increases the expenses of the railway . 1 The word discrimination is not always used in the ...
... course perfectly legitimate , whether from the standpoint of value or from that of cost of service . The better service benefits the goods and increases the expenses of the railway . 1 The word discrimination is not always used in the ...
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Página 41 - 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...
Página 33 - ... no such company shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to, or in favor of, any particular person or company, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Página 66 - ... 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 prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Página 37 - ... of either of them, a greater sum than is at the time charged or received for the transportation of the like kind and quantity of freight, from the same original point of departure and under similar circumstances, to a station at a greater distance on the road of either of them in the same direction.
Página 41 - Provided, however, that upon application to the commission appointed under the provisions of this Act such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the commissioner be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this Act...
Página 66 - to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Página 22 - ... (c) It would compel a company to carry for the same rate over a line which has been very expensive in construction, or which from gradients or otherwise is very expensive in working, at the same rate at which it carries over less expensive lines.
Página 69 - All persons paying the toll aforesaid may, with suitable and proper carriages, use and travel upon the said railroad, subject to such rules and regulations as the said corporation are authorized to make by the 9th section of this act.
Página 66 - ... shall be just and reasonable, and every unjust and unreasonable charge is prohibited and declared to be unlawful...
Página 33 - The courts held that this demand for equality of treatment applies only to persons ; but that nothing prevents the railways from favoring one class of traders, or one town, or one portion of their traffic, provided the conditions are the same for all persons, and for the benefit of the railway. See the decisions in Shelford, Law of Railways, (4th ed.), i, 166-174. Cf. also the English Parliamentary Report for 1872 (Joint Select Committee on Railway Companies Amalgamation), p. xiii. illicit motives...