Biennial Report: Report of the State Railroad Commission of Colorado from ..., Volume 2The Commission, 1911 |
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15 Authorizing 15 cents 23 Authorizing 50 cents 9 Authorizing accidents apply Attorney Auditor Authority Date Authorizing Colorado Midland Authorizing D Authorizing Denver Authorizing Globe Express Authorizing Union Pacific Boulder Burlington & Quincy Canon City cents per cwt charge Colo Colorado & Southern Colorado Address Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Denver Colorado Springs COMMISSION OF COLORADO Commissioners common carrier complainant Court Crested Butte Crystal River Dated at Denver defendant Denver & Rio depot District Dotsero employes filed Grand Junction Greeley Gunnison haul Interstate Commerce Commission July June jurisdiction Leadville Littleton miles minimum weight Minnequa passengers petition petitioner points President Vice-President Pueblo rado RAILROAD COMMISSION rate of 15 rate of 50 Rio Grande R. R. road Secretary Sept Silverton slack coal Southern Railway Company stations switching Tariff tion train transportation Treasurer Trinidad Union Pacific R. R. Union Pacific Railroad value not exceeding Walsenburg York City
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Page 14 - ... 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 20 - ... may apply to said commission by petition, which shall briefly state the facts; whereupon a statement of the charges thus made shall be forwarded by the commission to such common carrier, who shall be called upon to satisfy the complaint or to answer the same in writing within a reasonable time, to be specified by the commission.
Page 17 - That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing in this Act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Page 21 - All orders of the Commission, except orders for the payment of money, shall take effect within such reasonable time, not less than thirty days, and shall continue in force for such period of time, not exceeding two years, as shall be prescribed in the order of the Commission, unless the same shall be suspended or modified or set aside by the Commission or be suspended or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Page 16 - ... rates, fares, or charges will go into effect; and the proposed changes shall be shown by printing new schedules, or shall be plainly indicated upon the schedules in force at the time and kept...
Page 20 - The testimony of any witness may be taken, at the instance of a party in any proceeding or investigation pending before the Commission, by deposition, at any time after a cause or proceeding is at issue on petition and answer.
Page 16 - ... all terminal charges, storage charges, icing charges, and all other charges which the Commission may require, all privileges or facilities granted or allowed and any rules or regulations which in any wise change, affect, or determine any part or the aggregate of such aforesaid rates, fares, and charges, or the value of the service rendered to the passenger, shipper, or consignee.
Page 19 - States ; and for the purposes of this act the commission shall have power to require, by subpoena, the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all books, papers, tariffs, contracts, agreements, and documents relating to any matter under investigation.
Page 19 - Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created ; and the Commission is hereby authorized and required to execute and enforce the provisions of this act ; and, upon the request of the Commission, it shall be the duty of any district attorney of the United States to whom the Commission may apply to institute in the proper court and to prosecute under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States all necessary proceedings for the enforcement of the provisions...
Page 79 - That any person, firm, corporation, or association, or any mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society, or any body politic or municipal organization complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act in contravention of the provisions thereof...