Classification of Property: Application of Principles

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Elvin Sydney Ketchum, Edward G. Ward (Jr.), Thomas D. Fitzgerald
American Commerce Association, 1915 - 323 pages
 

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Page 306 - And it is hereby made the duty of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act to establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable classifications of property for transportation, with reference to which rates, tariffs, rules, regulations, or practices are or may be made or prescribed...
Page 307 - The Commission may also, after hearing on a complaint, establish through routes and joint rates as the maximum to be charged and prescribe the division of such rates as hereinbefore provided, and the terms and conditions under which such through routes shall be operated...
Page 306 - ... and just and reasonable regulations and practices affecting classifications, rates, or tariffs, the issuance, form, and substance of tickets, receipts, and bills of lading, the manner and method of presenting, marking, packing, and delivering property for transportation, the facilities for transportation, the carrying of personal, sample, and excess baggage, and all other matters relating to or connected with the receiving, handling, transporting, storing, and delivery of property...
Page 307 - ... to make an order that the carrier or carriers shall cease and desist from such violation...
Page 307 - Act. the commission is hereby authorized and empowered to determine and prescribe what will be the just and reasonable individual or joint rate...
Page 306 - ... or charges whatsoever demanded, charged, or collected by any common carrier or carriers subject to the provisions of this Act for the transportation of persons or property or for the transmission of messages by telegraph or telephone as defined in the first section of this Act, or that any individual or joint classifications...
Page 307 - The Commission may, after hearing, on a complaint or upon its own initiative without complaint, establish reasonable rules, regulations and practices with respect to car service by...
Page 306 - That every common carrier by water in interstate commerce shall establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable rates, fares, charges, classifications, and tariffs, and just and reasonable regulations and practices relating thereto and to the issuance, form, and substance of tickets, receipts, and bills of lading, the manner and method of presenting, marking, packing, and delivering property for transportation, the carrying of personal, sample, and excess baggage, the facilities for transportation,...
Page 306 - ... and delivering property for transportation, the facilities for transportation, the carrying of personal, sample, and excess baggage, and all other matters relating to or connected with the receiving, handling, transporting, storing, and delivery of property subject to the provisions of this...
Page 288 - The constant increase of traffic interchanged with railroads in the populous states, together with the legal requirements as to the publication of joint tariffs, emphasize the desirability (no less than the necessity) of at least approximating uniformity in freight classification. Without such reform In the territories wherein dissimilar classifications overlap, It is impracticable to avoid discriminations such as are forbidden.

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