Practitioners' Journal, Volume 26, Issue 10Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners., 1959 - Carriers |
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Page 1180
... equipment and a partial return on the fixed property . That is after income taxes . Mr. Shinn : Next question , please . Mr. Robert Burchmore ( Burchmore , Good and Bobinette , Chicago ) : Mr. Langdon has given us his idea of what rate ...
... equipment and a partial return on the fixed property . That is after income taxes . Mr. Shinn : Next question , please . Mr. Robert Burchmore ( Burchmore , Good and Bobinette , Chicago ) : Mr. Langdon has given us his idea of what rate ...
Page 1187
... equipment weight to carrying capacity of the rails is two to one , on the barges it is five to one , and the equipment cost in relationship to carrying capacity on the rails is $ 120.00 a ton as against $ 320.00 for barges . The diesel ...
... equipment weight to carrying capacity of the rails is two to one , on the barges it is five to one , and the equipment cost in relationship to carrying capacity on the rails is $ 120.00 a ton as against $ 320.00 for barges . The diesel ...
Page 1190
... equipment , and the use of electronic data computers as a new tool in the modern traffic de- partment . In view of the recent , widespread interest in piggyback and fishy- back service , as illustrated by the number of shippers who ...
... equipment , and the use of electronic data computers as a new tool in the modern traffic de- partment . In view of the recent , widespread interest in piggyback and fishy- back service , as illustrated by the number of shippers who ...
Page 1191
... equipment is costly , and could probably be used advantageously by only a few of the larger industries at the present time , there is reason to hope that as newer and less expensive electronic equipment becomes available , and as the ...
... equipment is costly , and could probably be used advantageously by only a few of the larger industries at the present time , there is reason to hope that as newer and less expensive electronic equipment becomes available , and as the ...
Page 1206
Greater flexibility Greater interchangeability Greater handling speed Greater cargo protection Greater theft protection Greater equipment utilization Easier storage - much warehous- ing within the container Reduced shipper inventories ...
Greater flexibility Greater interchangeability Greater handling speed Greater cargo protection Greater theft protection Greater equipment utilization Easier storage - much warehous- ing within the container Reduced shipper inventories ...
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administrative agencies amendment American Bar Association applicant applicant's Arkansas-Best Freight System Association barge lines certificate charges Chicago Co.-Discontinuance Commission's Committee commodities common carrier compensatory Congress considered Consolidated Freightways Cont contract carrier convenience and necessity Corp cost destructive competitive practice effect Eldon Miller equipment establish ex-barge existing carriers found not shown Francisville Freight Lines grant of authority Greyhound Corp hearings inherent advantages Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission Intrastate Langdon legislation linehaul mode of transportation motor carrier National Transportation Policy Ohio operating authority out-of-pocket costs Pinkney points ports present prior report proceeding proposed rates Proposed reduced proposed service public convenience public interest Q. R. Co rail rates railroads reasonable regulated revenue section 15a Senate shipments Stock subcommittee T.L. rates Tank Lines territory Texas tion traffic Transp Truck Lines unfair or destructive United Parcel Service unjust water carriers Wildman
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Page 1140 - ... so that carriers as a whole (or as a whole in each of such rate groups or territories as the Commission may from time to time designate) will, under honest, efficient and economical management and reasonable expenditures for maintenance of way, structures and equipment, earn an aggregate annual net railway operating income equal, as nearly as may be, to a fair return upon the aggregate value of the railway property of such carriers held for and used in the service of transportation...
Page 1151 - States for the purpose of destroying competition, or eliminating a competitor in such part of the United States ; or, to sell, or contract to sell, goods at unreasonably low prices for the purpose of destroying competition or eliminating a competitor.
Page 1142 - Rates of a carrier shall not be held up to a particular level to protect the traffic of any other mode of transportation, giving due consideration to the objectives of the national transportation policy declared in this act.
Page 1140 - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall initiate, modify, establish or adjust such rates so that carriers as a whole (or as a whole in each of such rate groups or territories as the Commission may from time to time designate) will, under honest, efficient and economical management and reasonable expenditures for maintenance of way, structures...
Page 1142 - ... developing, coordinating, and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the Postal Service, and of the national defense. All of the provisions of this Act. shall be administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy.
Page 1160 - In a proceeding involving competition between carriers of different modes of transportation subject to this Act, the Commission, in determining whether a rate is lower than a reasonable minimum rate, shall consider the facts and circumstances attending the movement of the traffic by the carrier or carriers to which the rate is applicable.
Page 1152 - As Congress enacted separately stated ratemaking rules for each transport agency, it obviously intended that the rates of each such agency should be determined by us in each case according to the facts and circumstances attending the movement of the traffic by that agency. In other words, there appears no warrant for believing that rail rates, for example, should be held up to a particular level to preserve a motor-rate structure, or vice versa.
Page 1222 - Simple fairness to those who are engaged in the tasks of administration, and to litigants, requires as a general rule that courts should not topple over administrative decisions unless the administrative body not only has erred but has erred against objection made at the time appropriate under its practice.
Page 1139 - The outlook of the Commission and its powers must be greater than the interest of the railroads or that which may affect those interests. It must be as comprehensive as the interest of the whole country.
Page 1221 - ... there shall, at the time of issuance and from time to time thereafter, be attached to the exercise of the privileges granted by the certificate such reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations as the public convenience and necessity may from time to time require...