Report of the Tennessee Railroad and Public Utilities CommissionAlbert B. Tavel, 1899 |
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... show in such manner as the Com- mission may deem proper , that his witness fees may be lawfully allowed under section 10 of the Railway Commis sion Act . E. L. BULLOCK , Chairman . N. H. WHITE , F. M. THOMPSON . REPORT . To His ...
... show in such manner as the Com- mission may deem proper , that his witness fees may be lawfully allowed under section 10 of the Railway Commis sion Act . E. L. BULLOCK , Chairman . N. H. WHITE , F. M. THOMPSON . REPORT . To His ...
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... shows all lines operated for railway earning purposes , with the earnings , gross and net , of each line , per mile , with total and average of same per mile . Said 7,368.04 miles of line earned for the fiscal year ending in 1896 ...
... shows all lines operated for railway earning purposes , with the earnings , gross and net , of each line , per mile , with total and average of same per mile . Said 7,368.04 miles of line earned for the fiscal year ending in 1896 ...
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... shows a marked increase of railway earnings for subsequent periods . We have endeavored to obtain the yearly fiscal report of all railways operating in the State . Many of the railroads have , in pursuance of notifications from the ...
... shows a marked increase of railway earnings for subsequent periods . We have endeavored to obtain the yearly fiscal report of all railways operating in the State . Many of the railroads have , in pursuance of notifications from the ...
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... shows on 10th of January , 1897 , outstanding railroad bonds secured by mortgage of Tennessee lines , together with such other lines as are securities for the same jointly with Tennessee lines . It does not set out any bonds except such ...
... shows on 10th of January , 1897 , outstanding railroad bonds secured by mortgage of Tennessee lines , together with such other lines as are securities for the same jointly with Tennessee lines . It does not set out any bonds except such ...
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... shows the entire outstanding stock and bond capital- ization of railway lines in Tennessee ; and lines omitted from said Table No. 2 have no stock or bonds representing the same . There are 259.95 miles of railway in operation in Ten ...
... shows the entire outstanding stock and bond capital- ization of railway lines in Tennessee ; and lines omitted from said Table No. 2 have no stock or bonds representing the same . There are 259.95 miles of railway in operation in Ten ...
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actual value aggregate amount assessments basis Big Stone Gap Bon Air bonded debt Bristol cents per mile charter Chattanooga circumstances and conditions coal common carrier company's competition complaint controverted rate cost of construction court dissimilarity earnings Elizabethton evidence extortion facts fair return fair value fictitious capitalization filed four cents free transportation freight Greeneville gross haul interest Interstate Commerce Commission Johnson City Knoxville Main Stem McMinnville Branch McMinnville to Sparta mileage Mobile & Ohio Nashville and Memphis Ohio Railroad Company Ooltewah operating expenses opinion pany par value passenger fare persons petition petitioners proceedings profit provides question rail Railroad Commission railroad corporation Railway Company railway properties railway regulation reasonable rate reasonableness of rates respondent road Sandy Hook shipper Southern Railway Southern Railway Company stocks and bonds Telegraph Company Tenn three cents tion Total Tracy City Tullahoma unjust discrimination unlawful violation Western Union
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Страница 119 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Страница 76 - It is alleged here that the rates prescribed are unreasonable and unjust to the company and its stockholders. But that involves an inquiry as to what is reasonable and just for the public. . . . The public cannot properly be subjected to unreasonable rates in order simply that stockholders may earn dividends.
Страница 74 - We hold, however, that the basis of all calculations as to the reasonableness of rates to be charged by a corporation maintaining a highway under legislative sanction must be the fair value of the property being used by it for the convenience of the public. And, in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable...
Страница 37 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Страница 78 - It from maintaining rates or charges for transportation adequate to all those ends will deprive It of Its property without due process of law, and deny to It the equal protection of the laws. This contention was the subject of elaborate discussion ; and, as It bears upon each case In Its Important aspects, It should not be passed without examination.
Страница 38 - ... 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 and declared to be unlawful.
Страница 77 - ... controlling a public highway are, as an entirety, so unjust as to destroy the value of Its property for all the purposes for which It was acquired, Its duty is to take Into consideration the Interests both of the public and of the owner of the property, together with all other circumstances that are fairly to be considered In determining whether the legislature has, under the guise of regulating rates, exceeded its constitutional authority, and practically deprived the owner of property without...
Страница 38 - ... special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of...
Страница 51 - The State cannot justify unreasonably low rates for domestic transportation, considered alone, upon the ground that the carrier is earning large profits on its interstate business, over which, so far as rates are concerned, the State has no control.
Страница 77 - Each case must depend upon its special facts; and when a court, without assuming itself to prescribe rates, Is required to determine whether the rates prescribed by the legislature for a corporation controlling a public highway are, as an entirety, so unjust as to destroy the value of Its property for all the purposes for which it was acquired, its duty is to take into consideration the Interests both of the...