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Page 19
... average length of haul of the entire traffic for a given period and apply the rate to the distance so obtained . Four hundred and forty miles was the average length of haul for the traffic of 1888 ; $ 3.25 per ton is the rate . No ...
... average length of haul of the entire traffic for a given period and apply the rate to the distance so obtained . Four hundred and forty miles was the average length of haul for the traffic of 1888 ; $ 3.25 per ton is the rate . No ...
Page 20
... average length of haul from the mines for the 1888 traffic was 268 miles . Applying the rates now in force , as shown by the joint schedules of the two roads , and $ 2.13 is the average rate per ton , and 79-100 cents is the average ...
... average length of haul from the mines for the 1888 traffic was 268 miles . Applying the rates now in force , as shown by the joint schedules of the two roads , and $ 2.13 is the average rate per ton , and 79-100 cents is the average ...
Page 21
... average haul of the traffic under the $ 2.25 rate is 440 miles from Denver . The rate per ton per mile is one - half cent . This road , like the Union Pacific , adopts a uniform rate for this east - bound business for stations hundreds ...
... average haul of the traffic under the $ 2.25 rate is 440 miles from Denver . The rate per ton per mile is one - half cent . This road , like the Union Pacific , adopts a uniform rate for this east - bound business for stations hundreds ...
Page 24
... average rate per ton per mile for all railroads in the state , on all classes of goods carried by them in 1888 , was but a small frac- tion in excess of one cent , and that the average length of haul was less than one hundred and fifty ...
... average rate per ton per mile for all railroads in the state , on all classes of goods carried by them in 1888 , was but a small frac- tion in excess of one cent , and that the average length of haul was less than one hundred and fifty ...
Page 30
... average of say , eighteen tons , is loaded in a car . Eighteen tons at thirty cents a ton is an initial charge of five dollars and forty cents ( $ 5.40 ) . The maximum switching service necessary in trans- porting a car of coal between ...
... average of say , eighteen tons , is loaded in a car . Eighteen tons at thirty cents a ton is an initial charge of five dollars and forty cents ( $ 5.40 ) . The maximum switching service necessary in trans- porting a car of coal between ...
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Page 5 - ... whereupon a statement of the charges thus made shall be forwarded by the commission to such common carrier, who shall be called upon to satisfy the complaint or to answer the same in writing within a reasonable time, to be specified by the commission.
Page 77 - All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property and for the transmission of messages by telegraph, telephone, or cable, 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: Provided.
Page 5 - ... it shall be the duty of the Commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.
Page 76 - 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, 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...
Page 76 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act 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...
Page 6 - Commission may conduct its proceedings in such manner as will best conduce to the proper dispatch of business and to the ends of justice.
Page 5 - That any person, firm, corporation, or association, or any mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society, or any body politic or municipal organization complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act in contravention of the provisions thereof...
Page 75 - Railways heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter be constructed in this state, are hereby declared public highways, and shall be free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property thereon, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law.
Page 51 - State, persons and property are subjected to all kinds of restraints and burdens, in order to secure the general comfort, health and prosperity of the State ; of the right of the legislature to do which, no question ever was, or upon acknowledged general principles, ever can be made, so far as natural persons are concerned.
Page 76 - 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...