[REFERENCES ARE TO SECTIONS.] PERCENTAGE OF RETURN-Continued. lowest current rate of interest, 383. five per cent., 392, 394. six per cent., 381, 394. seven per cent., 394.. eight per cent., 381, 395. fifteen per cent., 402. reduction from eighteen to six per cent., 385. PETROLEUM, See DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN PERSONS. classification of, 726, 931. rates on, 747, 934. PHOSPHATE ROCK, classification of, 931. rates on, 934. PINEAPPLES, classification of, 577, 601. rates on, 601, 934. PIPE LINES, pipe lines are in public employment, 43. pipe lines within Interstate Commerce Act, 891. PLANT, See CAPITALIZATION, COST OF CONSTRUCTION, REPRODUCTION OF PLANT, PLEADINGS, PORTERS, VALUATION. See PROCEDure. See PASSENGERS. rates on, 934. PRESS OF BUSINESS, lack of vehicles, 262. if adequate provision is made for usual business, 264. [REFERENCES ARE TO SECTIONS.] PRESS OF BUSINESS-Continued. unexpected demand for carriage, 263. when usual business is provided for, 264. emergency must be met, 265. no part of the system should be given preference, 270. order of preference as between different classes of goods, 266. perishable goods go first, 266. supplies for the railroad, 267. no preference justifiable between goods of same nature, 268. [REFERENCES ARE TO SECTIONS.] PROCEDURE BEFORE COMMISSION-Continued. finding of the Commission, 1079-1088. reparation, 1080-1084. reopening, 1085-1088. PROFESSION TO SERVE PUBLIC, advertisement of a carrier, 101. by whom the profession must be made, 104. 1. Extent of the profession. carrier of goods, 128. carrier of live stock, 127. carrier of money, 126. carrier of newspapers, 130. carrier of passengers, 128. carrier of rolling stock, 129. 2. Nature of the employment. distinction between public branch and private spur, 114. employment in private business, 106. establishment of regular charges, 134. excursion train, 123. express and implied profession of public employment, 103, 104. individual transactions, 118. intermittent employment, 115. lateral branches, 110. nature of public profession, 101 obligation to carry all goods of a class, 132. operation of branch track, 106. permanent profession, 135. particular description of goods, 125-132. private ferry, 107. private railroad, 108. private spur track, 109. professes to take goods of different sorts, 128. public profession as an assumption of a public trust, 102. public spur tracks, 111. railroad not opened for passengers, 117. 3. Special arrangements. regular business, 132. ship chartered by the owner, 116. scheduled train, 124. special agreement, 133. special arrangements as to the carriage, 118, 120. circus train, 122. special train, 122. tap lines, 113. [REFERENCES ARE TO SECTIONS.] PROFESSION TO SERVE PUBLIC-Continued. undertaking to carry for any one, 105. whether the transaction is upon a public or private basis, 120. public callings and private callings, 2, 5, 11, 27, 32, 54, 66, 67. Associated Press, 30. barber, 16. bridges, 17, 20, 27, 44, 47, 84, 402, 528. canals, 17, 19, 20, 178. cemeteries, 44. cold storage, 88. cotton press, 23. dining-cars, 205. drovers of cattle, 90. conduits, 27, 53. electric light plants, 27, 60, 428. electrical subways, 53. docks, 43, 65, 88, 105, 428, 828. gas works, 15, 21, 59, 60, 344, 345, 428. grain elevators, 28, 88, 306, 819. grist mills, 3, 47. innkeeper, 9, 10, 16, 20, 102, 202. irrigation systems, 27, 46. log drivers, 89. log slides, 87. private cars, 806. refrigerator cars, 95. sewerage system, 27, 64. [REFERENCES ARE TO SECTIONS.] PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT-Continued. sleeping cars, 80, 95, 96, 205, 813. smith, 8, 10, 16. stockyards, 24, 27, 818. surgeon, 6, 16. tailor, 7, 16. telegraph lines, 20, 27, 43, 60, 62. telephone systems, 15, 27, 60, 63, 823. ticker service, 31. turnpikes, 17, 20, 43, 47, 84, 178. victualler, 9, 16, 20, 814. warehouses, 27, 29, 88, 178, 422, 428. waterways, 17, 19, 20. water works, 22, 27, 57, 60, 314, 340, 342, 354, 357, 365, 366, 367, 368, 370, 385, 387, 404, 527, 751. wharves, 43, 65, 88, 105, 428. See COMMON CARRIERS, PROFESSION TO SERVE PUBLIC. PUBLIC PROFESSION, See PROFESSION TO SERVE PUBLIC. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES, See COMMON CARRIERS, PROFESSION TO SERVE PUBLIC, PUBLIC EMPLOY- R. RADIATORS, classification of, 931. rates on, 934. RAILROADS, the railroad problem, 33. public employment of the railroads, 41, 48, 55, 61. industrial railways, 112. private railroads, 108. leased railways, 93, 973. branch railways, 110. railroad system, 441. See, also, ACCEPTANCE OF PASSENGERS, BAILMENT OF GOODS, CONSTITU- RAISINS, classification of, 931. rates on, 570. RATE OF RETURN, See PERCENTAGE OF RETURN. |