Ratemaking Rule--ICC Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3778, to Amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as Amended, So as to Strengthen and Improve the National Transportation System, and for Other Purposes, May 20 and 21, 1958 |
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... Barge Line Co. , St. Louis , Mo. , accompanied by Harry C. Ames , attorney , May 21 , 1958- Weiss , Abraham , economist , International Brotherhood of Teamsters , 25 Louisiana Avenue NW . , Washington , D. C. , May 20 , 1958 ...
... Barge Line Co. , St. Louis , Mo. , accompanied by Harry C. Ames , attorney , May 21 , 1958- Weiss , Abraham , economist , International Brotherhood of Teamsters , 25 Louisiana Avenue NW . , Washington , D. C. , May 20 , 1958 ...
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... barges and trucks would lose their inherent advantages . And so we wrote in lan- guage for that purpose not only as a policy , but in the rate - making provisions in the Motor Carrier Act of 1935 . Then , when the 1940 Transportation ...
... barges and trucks would lose their inherent advantages . And so we wrote in lan- guage for that purpose not only as a policy , but in the rate - making provisions in the Motor Carrier Act of 1935 . Then , when the 1940 Transportation ...
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... barge lines did . The Commis- sion did not grant the suspension . It did grant out of hand the fourth section relief . Why did it ? Seatrain's petition pointed out the very kind to the Commission the very kind of a situation which was ...
... barge lines did . The Commis- sion did not grant the suspension . It did grant out of hand the fourth section relief . Why did it ? Seatrain's petition pointed out the very kind to the Commission the very kind of a situation which was ...
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... barge operation has taken away busi- ness that by reason of their cost structure they are not entitled to ; as a matter of fact , it cuts both ways , Mr. Chairman . The dredging of certain waterways farther into the hinterland permits barge ...
... barge operation has taken away busi- ness that by reason of their cost structure they are not entitled to ; as a matter of fact , it cuts both ways , Mr. Chairman . The dredging of certain waterways farther into the hinterland permits barge ...
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... barge lines and truck lines , Mr. DEWEY . My recollection from the recommendations , sir , is that this would be the one , other than section 5 of the act . Senator LAUSCHE . My recollection is that then all that we will have done is ...
... barge lines and truck lines , Mr. DEWEY . My recollection from the recommendations , sir , is that this would be the one , other than section 5 of the act . Senator LAUSCHE . My recollection is that then all that we will have done is ...
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Page 199 - The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations issued hereunder and for that purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act...
Page 47 - 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. 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...
Page 199 - ... as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such Act, as amended, are extended to include any purchases of such notes and obligations.
Page 7 - Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each; to promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service and foster sound economic conditions in transportation and among the several carriers...
Page 165 - ... to encourage the establishment and maintenance of reasonable charges for transportation services, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, or unfair or destructive competitive practices...
Page 1 - ... (4) Whenever in any such investigation the commission, after full hearing, finds that any such rate, fare, charge, classification, regulation, or practice causes any undue or unreasonable advantage, preference, or prejudice as between persons or localities In Intrastate commerce on the one hand and interstate or foreign commerce...
Page 197 - For purposes of subsection (b) , the term "regulated public utility" also includes a common parent corporation which is a common carrier by railroad subject to part I of the Interstate Commerce Act...
Page 2 - ... the Commission pursuant to this paragraph, the laws or constitution of any state, or the decision or order of, or the pendency of any proceeding before, any court or state authority to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 44 - As Congress enacted separately stated rate-making 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 ngoney.
Page 94 - Differences in the classifications, rates, fares, charges, rules, regulations, and practices of a water carrier in respect of water transportation from those in effect by a rail carrier with respect to rail transportation shall not be deemed to constitute unjust discrimination, prejudice, or disadvantage, or an unfair or destructive competitive practice, within the meaning of any provision of this Act.