Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, Volume 38L.K. Strouse, 1916 |
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alleges Astoria average basis Bonners Ferry Cape Charles carloads carriers central freight association cents per 100 Chicago Cincinnati class rates coal Coalmont Colorado COMMISSION commodity rates competition complainant complainant's Decided March destination dismissed distance Duluth effect Evansville exceeded filed Fort Worth fourth section freight association territory Galveston grain haul Illinois intermediate points intermediate rates involved Iowa iron joint rates Kansas City less-than-carload loading Louis lumber Mason City Memphis miles Milwaukee minimum Minn Minneapolis Mississippi River Missouri Nebr Norfolk North official classification Ohio Ohio River Okla Oklahoma Omaha Orleans Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia Port Arthur Portland pounds present rates printing paper rail Railroad Company Railway Company rate applicable rate assailed rate charged reasonable reconsigned Reparation is asked REPORT respondents River route Santa Fe shipped shippers Shreveport sixth-class South Southern Railway Spokane Steubenville Submitted switching tariff Tenn Texarkana Texas tion ton-mile traffic transportation unjustly discriminatory Walsenburg weight York
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Page 91 - ... any information concerning the nature, kind, quantity, destination, consignee, or routing of any property tendered or delivered to such common carrier or other person subject to this act for transportation in interstate or foreign commerce, which information may be used to the detriment or prejudice of such shipper or consignee, or which may improperly disclose his business transactions to a competitor...
Page 67 - flammable liquid" means any liquid which gives off flammable vapors (as determined by flashpoint from an open-cup tester, as used for test of burning oils) at or below a temperature of 80° F. Flammable liquids having lethal qualities are those having the characteristics of class "B" or "C" poisons as defined in §§ 146.25-10 and 146.25-15, of Subchapter N (Dangerous Cargoes) of this chapter.
Page 92 - ... such shipper or consignee, any information concerning the nature, kind, quantity, destination, consignee, or routing of any property tendered or delivered to such common carrier for interstate transportation which information may be used to the detriment or prejudice of such shipper or consignee...
Page 44 - ... between the points named in such tariffs than the rates, fares, and charges which are specified in the tariff filed and in effect at the time; nor shall any carrier refund or remit in any manner or by any device any portion of the rates, fares, and charges so specified, nor extend to any shipper or person any privileges or facilities in the transportation of passengers or property, except such as are specified in such tariffs: Provided, That wherever the word 'carrier' occurs in this Act it shall...
Page 514 - It is the right of the public to use the road's facilities and to demand service of it rather than the extent of its business which is the real criterion determinative of its character.
Page 648 - The test of the discrimination is the ability of one of the carriers participating in the two through routes from the two points of origin to the same point of destination to put an end to the discrimination by its own act.
Page 91 - ... which information may be used to the detriment or prejudice of such shipper or consignee, or which may improperly disclose his business transactions to a competitor; and it shall also be unlawful for any person or corporation to solicit or knowingly receive any such information which may be so used...
Page 366 - ... at the rates found to have been unreasonable; that complainant has been damaged to the extent of the difference between the amount which he did pay...
Page 562 - Rep., 675), it was held that shippers are not entitled as a matter of right to mill grain in transit and forward the milled product under the through rate in force on the grain from the point of origin to the place of ultimate...
Page 240 - Commission should not, by relief from the fourth section, authorize carriers to go any further in meeting water competition than is necessary to meet the competition afforded by water routes, because to do so would give a permanent advantage to some localities to the disadvantage of competing localities.