Railroads Continued. interstate commerce-continued. receipt and delivery of goods, inclusion in transportation, 272. Safety Appliance Act, Ch. XLI, 1283-1305. transportation for express companies, Safety Appliance Act, 1304. transportation, passing through another state to point in same Interstate Commerce Act, carriers subject to, 201. act not applicable to all interstate commerce, 300. all carriers in Alaska, District of Columbia and territories, 205. express companies, 255. federal jurisdiction over water carriers, extension by Panama individuals and partnerships, 260. logging roads, 238. original enactment, fundamental requirements, 152. preliminary steps toward enactment, Cullom Committee, 149. Cullom Committee's report, recommendation of bill, 150. private car lines, 240. sleeping car companies, 258. Interstate Commerce Commission, necessity of National Commission, intoxicating liquors, prohibition of sale, order of director general of investigation of accidents, reports, power of Commerce Commission, knowledge of defect, evidence of defect, not element of violation of loss and damage, initial carrier's liability, carrier affected by Cum- payment of claims, order of director general of railroads, 1779-1781. orders of Interstate Commerce Commission, boiler inspection, 1640- safety appliances, 1598-1632. prohibition from participation in elections, order of director general of railroads, 1782. rates, see RATES AND CHARGES. receivers of railroads subject to Employers' Liability Act, 756. Railroads Continued. refrigerator cars, allowances to shippers for services rendered in regulations, federal control, scope, historical review, effect of Interstate Com- authority of Congress, scope of power, 147. railroads wholly within state, character of transportation, 207. state and national control over interstate carriers and transporta- appliances on interstate trains, validity of statutes requiring, 97. full crews, power of state to regulate employes engaged in inter- operation of trains between intrastate points, limitations and ex- rates of carriers, regulations by states in absence of federal laws speed of trains, signals, stopping of trains, absence of legislation invalidity of statute as to speed of trains, as burdening inter- switch connections with private side tracks, intrastate business, taxes, control over interstate carriers and transportation, gen- track connections for interchange of traffic, power of state to reports of accidents, see REPORTS. reports, power of Interstate Commerce Commission, monthly reports weekly cash report, order of director general of railroads, 1750. running boards, carrier's duty, Safety Appliance Act, Ch. XLV, 1363- safety appliances, see SAFETY APPLIANCE ACT. duty to exercise ordinary care, Employers' Liability Act, 914, custom of other railroads not conclusive as to care exercised, 927. Railroads Continued. safety appliances-continued. state control, validity of statutes requiring appliances on inter- sale of unclaimed and perishable freight, order of director general of shipments, privileges, order of director general of railroads, 1775. special trains, rates, publication and filing, changes prohibited, oral specific railroads affected, order for increase of wages, order of direc- stock yards companies, interstate status, Safety Appliance Act, 1290. switch connections, power of Interstate Commerce Commission to service at ports, imported goods, subject to Interstate Commerce text of Interstate Commerce Act, 1516. switches, discrimination, cars, placing or "spotting" cars for certain terminal and belt railroads, subjection to Interstate Commerce Act, interstate status, Safety Appliance Act, 1290. track connections for interchange of traffic, power of state to compel "transportation," private car lines as being subject to Interstate "use" of cars and "haul," distinction eliminated by 1903 Amendment. "used," extension of Safety Appliance Act to cars, etc., "used" on in- valuation of property of interstate carriers, duty of Interstate Com- vessels or ships not parts of railroad systems, Employers' Liability violation of 28-Hour Live Stock Law, penalties, 1489. war, commodities essential to national defense, President authorized federal control during war with Germany, penalty for violation of Railroads-Continued. war, commodities essential to national defense, etc.-continued. termination of federal control under statute, 133. water lines, Commerce Commission may authorize railroads to con- waybills, order of director general of railroads, 1688. Workmen's Compensation Act, state laws superseded by Employers' Rates and charges, allowances to shippers for services rendered, authority of Interstate baggage, regulations concerning baggage to be published, 444. money only may be received for transportation by carriers, Inter- promissory notes to pay freight charges, illegality, 480. changes prohibited, text of Interstate Commerce Act, 1520. classification of freight, application of carload rates, goods belonging to several owners, differential between carload lots and lesser amounts, legality of excessive rates prohibited, 409. differential between raw material and manufactured products, no Commerce Commission without jurisdiction to regulate, Twenty- common law, preferences between cities and localities permitted, 374. damages for violation of Interstate Commerce Act, actions for overcharges exceeding scheduled rates, prosecution in arbitrary sum added to sale price to cover excessive charges, right award by Commission as bar to action for additional damages, over- award by commission, maximum rate need not be prescribed by excessive rates, courts without primary jurisdiction to award dam- findings of Commission as to reasonableness of rates, all persons findings of fact by Commission required, award of damages against limitations, complaints for damages, filing with Commission within measure of damages, unreasonable rates and unlawful discrimina- Rates and charges-Continued. damages for violation of Interstate Commerce Act-continued. misrouting shipments, award by Commission, 513. parties entitled to damages, excessive freight charges, consignors past shipments with excessive rates, damages not automatically state courts, actions for damages under section eight of Interstate discrimination in rates, absorbing switching charges at one point and refusing at another, basing point system, legality, control of Interstate Commerce Com- carriers not participating in rates to favored locality not guilty, cities and localities entitled to benefit of natural advantages, In- coal fields served by different carriers, 386. competition between localities, qualifications of rule permitting rate resulting not unreasonable, 382. definition by Interstate Commerce Act, distinction between section relation and distinction between section two and three, 309. difference in rates based upon difference in service not discrimina- difference in rates for wholesalers and retailers prohibited, Inter- different conditions affecting transportation of similar commodities, different interstate and intrastate rates between localities, preju- different methods of loading not justification for different rates, different rates in opposite directions over same lines, no discrimina- different uses of commodities, different rates not justified, Inter- differentials between Atlantic coast cities, competitors, relations differentials between cities on opposite banks of rivers crossed by group rates, establishment and maintenance by Interstate Com- 2 Control Carriers-60. |