Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, Volume 235L.K. Strouse, 1940 - Interstate commerce |
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... average cost of the grain - door service at the principal markets as follows , the cost being higher at St. Louis , and lower at Omaha , than the average : Installation . Reclamation Depreciation ---- Interest on investment _ - _- Total ...
... average cost of the grain - door service at the principal markets as follows , the cost being higher at St. Louis , and lower at Omaha , than the average : Installation . Reclamation Depreciation ---- Interest on investment _ - _- Total ...
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... average 77 percent of the lumber rates . Evansville has net rates 1 cent over the scale basis from 10 of the origins , and Louisville has net rates which approximate the scale from 11 origins . The net rates to Memphis , Tenn . , average ...
... average 77 percent of the lumber rates . Evansville has net rates 1 cent over the scale basis from 10 of the origins , and Louisville has net rates which approximate the scale from 11 origins . The net rates to Memphis , Tenn . , average ...
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... average earnings of 9 mills per ton- mile and 33 cents per car - mile , based on an average haul of 453 miles and an average loading of 73,600 pounds for 90 shipments received by complainant from the origins considered . The rates ...
... average earnings of 9 mills per ton- mile and 33 cents per car - mile , based on an average haul of 453 miles and an average loading of 73,600 pounds for 90 shipments received by complainant from the origins considered . The rates ...
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... average loading is 11.13 cords , or approximately 77,000 pounds . The wrapping paper and pulpboard shipped by protestant are valued at about $ 65 and $ 47 per ton , respectively , at destination . The average weights of the shipments ...
... average loading is 11.13 cords , or approximately 77,000 pounds . The wrapping paper and pulpboard shipped by protestant are valued at about $ 65 and $ 47 per ton , respectively , at destination . The average weights of the shipments ...
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... average weights from Detroit , Pontiac , and Flint being 3,000 , 3,300 , and 3,500 pounds , respectively . The average of these rates was then used as the rate from each point and also from Toledo . From Lansing the rail rates were made ...
... average weights from Detroit , Pontiac , and Flint being 3,000 , 3,300 , and 3,500 pounds , respectively . The average of these rates was then used as the rate from each point and also from Toledo . From Lansing the rail rates were made ...
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Page 493 - That it shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, either directly or indirectly, to discriminate in price between different purchasers of commodities of like grade and quality...
Page 68 - ... any other cause arising without the actual fault and privity of the carrier, or without the fault or neglect of the agents or servants of the carrier, but the burden of proof shall be on the person claiming the benefit of this exception to show that neither the actual fault or privity of the carrier nor the fault or neglect of the agents or servants of the carrier contributed to the loss or damage.
Page 69 - Such water carriage shall be performed subject to all the terms and provisions of, and all the exemptions from liability contained in the Act of Congress of the United States, approved on February 13, 1893, and entitled "An act relating to the navigation of vessels, etc.
Page 493 - States, and where the effect of such discrimination may be substantially to lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce, or to injure, destroy, or prevent competition with any person who either grants or knowingly receives the benefit of such discrimination, or with customers of either of them: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent differentials which make only due allowance for differences in the cost of manufacture, sale, or delivery resulting from the...
Page 168 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this act, than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited...
Page 70 - The notice in writing need not be given if the state of the goods has, at the time of their receipt, been the subject of joint survey or inspection.
Page 69 - States, or in case of goods not shipped in packages, per customary freight unit, or the equivalent of that sum in other currency, unless the nature and value of such goods have been declared by the shipper before shipment and inserted in the bill of lading.
Page 69 - Neither the carrier nor the ship shall in any event be or become liable for any loss or damage to or in connection with goods in an amount exceeding 100/. per package or unit, or the equivalent of that sum in other currency, unless the nature and value of such goods have been declared by the shipper before shipment and inserted in the bill of lading.
Page 725 - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic...
Page 68 - Either the number of packages or pieces, or the quantity, or weight, as the case may be, as furnished in writing by the shipper.