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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... percent , or something of the kind had been denied . Well , if that is true , I can't see why the truckers should have much objection to this bill , if that is the only amount that will be affected by it . Senator MONRONEY . Of course ...
... percent , or something of the kind had been denied . Well , if that is true , I can't see why the truckers should have much objection to this bill , if that is the only amount that will be affected by it . Senator MONRONEY . Of course ...
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... percent . During the same period , railroad tonnage increased 42 percent . I understand that your committee's hearings are primarily directed toward the problems of the railroads , for which I have the greatest sympathy . I was born ...
... percent . During the same period , railroad tonnage increased 42 percent . I understand that your committee's hearings are primarily directed toward the problems of the railroads , for which I have the greatest sympathy . I was born ...
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... percent of the all - rail cost between New York and Houston . Now , the Interstate Commerce Act recognizes , and the decisions of the Commission and the courts have held , that the public is entitled to the benefits of the lower costs ...
... percent of the all - rail cost between New York and Houston . Now , the Interstate Commerce Act recognizes , and the decisions of the Commission and the courts have held , that the public is entitled to the benefits of the lower costs ...
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... percent on the total . So we have a- let's just take the example of a 50 percent increase . This rate has now become 45 cents , this rate which was 40 has now become 60 cents , and maybe , while they are at it , over the years , they ...
... percent on the total . So we have a- let's just take the example of a 50 percent increase . This rate has now become 45 cents , this rate which was 40 has now become 60 cents , and maybe , while they are at it , over the years , they ...
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... percent of the tonnage handled by class I railroads . The total revenues of Pan - Atlantic and Seatrain combined last year from regulated freight were about $ 24 million as compared with $ 9 billion for the railroads . Surely Congress ...
... percent of the tonnage handled by class I railroads . The total revenues of Pan - Atlantic and Seatrain combined last year from regulated freight were about $ 24 million as compared with $ 9 billion for the railroads . Surely Congress ...
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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.