Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the Year Ending ..., Volume 10State of Iowa, 1888 - Public utilities |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
Page 16
... December 31 , 1886 , 137,986.19 miles . He gives at the close of the year 1884 , the total mileage of Europe , 108,056 ; of Asia , 13,216 ; of Africa , 4,282 ; of Australia , 7,727 ; of America , outside of the United States , 24,809 ...
... December 31 , 1886 , 137,986.19 miles . He gives at the close of the year 1884 , the total mileage of Europe , 108,056 ; of Asia , 13,216 ; of Africa , 4,282 ; of Australia , 7,727 ; of America , outside of the United States , 24,809 ...
Page 133
... December 3 , 1887 . To the Honorable Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Iowa , Des Moines , Iowa : GENTLEMEN - In reply to yours of the 26th ult . , requesting this company to show " the cost and present cash value of its ...
... December 3 , 1887 . To the Honorable Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Iowa , Des Moines , Iowa : GENTLEMEN - In reply to yours of the 26th ult . , requesting this company to show " the cost and present cash value of its ...
Page 144
... December , 1887 , all the railroad and property formerly be- longing to the Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad Company , and is now the owner of about seven hundred and eighty - three and eight one - hundreths miles of completed railroad ...
... December , 1887 , all the railroad and property formerly be- longing to the Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad Company , and is now the owner of about seven hundred and eighty - three and eight one - hundreths miles of completed railroad ...
Page 145
... .4,224.733 As this equipment is inter - changeable to a great extent between the different States , a close distribution cannot now be given . OFFICE OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS , DES MOINES , December 2 19 ACTUAL CASH VALUE OF ROADS . 145.
... .4,224.733 As this equipment is inter - changeable to a great extent between the different States , a close distribution cannot now be given . OFFICE OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS , DES MOINES , December 2 19 ACTUAL CASH VALUE OF ROADS . 145.
Page 146
... December 5 , 1887 . W. W. AINSWORTH , ESQ . , Secretary lowa Railroad Commissoiners : DEAR SIR - Yours of the 2d is at hand , and we would say that the question of actual value of our property is made up of so many elements , its cost ...
... December 5 , 1887 . W. W. AINSWORTH , ESQ . , Secretary lowa Railroad Commissoiners : DEAR SIR - Yours of the 2d is at hand , and we would say that the question of actual value of our property is made up of so many elements , its cost ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Amount of stock amount paid Average number brakeman Burlington & Quincy carried one mile cars hauled east Cedar Rapids Central Iowa cents charge Chicago & Northwestern coal common carrier complaint cost of road Council Bluffs Coupling cars Dubuque Earnings per train employes empty freight cars ENDING JUNE 30 engine expenses and taxes express company feet fences Fort Dodge freight cars hauled freight cars west freight trains injured Interest paid Island & Pacific JUNE 30 Keokuk Kirkville Mason City mile of road mileage Milwaukee & St Moines number of cars Number of highway Number of miles Number of passenger operating expenses Ottumwa P. R. Co passenger cars passenger trains Railroad Commissioners railroad company rails Railway Company Repairs road and equipment road in Iowa road operated Rock Island Sioux City telegraph tons carried Total earnings Total length Total number train mile run transportation truss bridges want of caution
Popular passages
Page 906 - 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 838 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 838 - Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 746 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 844 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 904 - 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 for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this act...
Page 843 - And any of the circuit courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on...
Page 904 - ... 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.
Page 842 - That any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation...
Page 843 - Commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commissioners first appointed under this act shall continue in office for the term of two, three, four, five, and six years, respectively, from the...