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Public Utilities Reports, Volum 2 Henry Clifford Spurr,Ellsworth Nichols Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1915 |
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abstract actual additional allowance amount appears application authority basis Board capital cars cent charges charter company's complaint connection consideration considered Constitution construction consumers contract corporation cost court decision defendant depreciation determine earnings effect Electric entire equipment established estimated evidence existing fact fair fare Fargo filed fixed franchise furnished further given granted hearing heating held income increase interest investment issue July jurisdiction less Light limits maintenance matter miles months municipal necessary operating expenses opinion passenger period petition petitioner plant practice present proper proposed Public Service Commission Public Utilities question Railroad Railroad Commission rates reasonable regulation rendered result rule schedule securities served shows statute steam street railway supply taking telephone tion town track United valuation
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Side 691 - 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, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Side 763 - 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 earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Side 413 - ... charge, demand, collect Or receive from any person, firm or corporation a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered...
Side 286 - Assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies, and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of individuals...
Side 723 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Side 446 - The ascertainment of that value is not controlled by artificial rules. It is not a matter of formulas, but there must be a reasonable judgment having its basis in a proper consideration of all relevant facts.
Side 245 - This power of regulation is a power of government, continuing in its nature, and if it can be bargained away at all it can only be by words of positive grant, or something which is in law equivalent. If there is reasonable doubt, it must be resolved in favor of the existence of the power.
Side 168 - Act over or by means of such additional or extended line of railroad, unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require the construction, or operation, or construction and operation, of such additional or extended line...
Side 152 - ... or equipment within this state, for the transportation or conveyance of passengers, or express matter, or freight of any kind, including crude oil, or for the transmission of telephone or telegraph messages, or for the production, generation, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of heat, light, water, or power or for the furnishing of storage or wharfage facilities, either directly or indirectly, to or for the public...
Side 467 - The legislature undoubtedly has a wide range of discretion in the exercise of the power to prescribe reasonable charges, and it is not bound to fix uniform rates for all commodities, or to secure the same percentage of profit on every sort of business.