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Wisconsin from-Monroe, Mich. Fiberboard boxes, fiberboard, and related articles, 217 (225).

Toledo, Ohio, and Butler, Pa. Glass, 217 (221).

From and to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Slag and cinders, 385. Illinois-Indiana line, territory east of.

173 (175).

Brazil, cashew, and pecan nuts,

To Chicago, Ill. Canned or preserved foodstuffs, 571 (581).

Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., from Argo, Chicago, Chicago Heights, and Joliet, Ill., and East Chicago, Ind. Crude casein, 571 (577); scrap or waste paper, 173 (176).

Woburn, Mass., from Lebanon, N. H. Leather, 537 (548).

From and to-Boston, Mass. Initial commodity rates, 228.

Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Fertilizer, 228.

Woodstock, Vt., from Boston, Mass.

Fish, 537 (546).

Woonsocket, R. I., from Maine.
Worcester, Mass., from—Berlin, N. H.

Sugar, 537 (560).

Empty containers, 537 (550).

Groceries and grocery

Harrisburg, Pa. Steel cylinders and couplings, 251.

Troy, N. H. Linings, 537 (549).

From and to New York, N. Y., metropolitan area.

store supplies, 537 (547).

To Berlin, N. H. Malt liquors, 537 (549).

Worland, Wyo., vicinity of, to Billings, Mont., and vicinity. Petroleum and petroleum products, 473.

Woronoco, Mass., to New York, N. Y., metropolitan area.

articles, 537 (552).

Paper and paper

Youngstown, Ohio, from Harrisburg, Pa. Steel cylinders and couplings, 251. Zanesville, Ohio, to Chicago, Ill. Pottery, 571 (594).

28 M. C. C.

INDEX DIGEST

[Numbers in parentheses following citations indicate pages on which subjects are considered]

ABANDONMENT.

Operation: See OPERATION (ABANDONMENT); SAVING CLAUSES (INTERRUP TION OF SERVICE).

Routes: See SAVING CLAUSES (INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE).

ABSORPTION OF CHARGES. See ADVANTAGES (LOCATION).

ACQUISITION OF CONTROL. See CONSOLIDATION ANd Control.

ACQUISITION OF OPERATING RIGHTS. See TRANSFER (OPERATING RIGHTS).

ADEQUACY OF SERVICE. See SERVICE (ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION). ADJACENT FOREIGN COUNTRY.

Canada: See TRANSPORTATION SUBJECT TO THE ACT under this heading. Transportation Subject to the Act: If, as contended by protestants, the Commission had no jurisdiction to make findings with respect to the continuity of operation from Windsor, Ontario, Canada, to Detroit, Mich., by reason of the foreign situs, by the same token it has no right to consider the fact of any operation beyond the United States border, or the existence of any arrangement between applicant and other carriers as to the subsequent movement. Thus, the Commission would be jurisdictionally ignorant of, and incapable of being enlightened in respect, of the fact that applicant's own operations actually extend beyond the limits of Detroit itself; and in no case could it consider the existence of a common arrangement, management, or control for a continuous movement beyond Detroit. Were this line of reasoning carried to its ultimate and logical conclusion, a question might even arise as to the Commission's power to determine whether a carrier is engaged in foreign commerce at all. Hinton Common Carrier Application, 81 (82).

ADVANTAGES.

Location: The ability of New Jersey finishers to absorb part of the transportation charges on rayon piece goods, and their natural advantage in being closer to the New York market did not justify reductions in rates prescribed from Brunswick and Lewiston, Maine, to Lawrence, Mass. New England Motor Carrier Rates, 537 (557).

AFFIDAVITS.
AFFILIATED
SERVICES).

AGENTS.

See EVIDENCE (ADMISSIBILITY) (DOCUMENTS).

COMPANIES. See RAIL-AND-MOTOR (COORDINATION OF

Carriers': When applicant sought a license as a broker of household goods in a territory which included that served by her father as a common carrier of household goods, intending to turn over to him all transportation which he could handle, license was restricted to exclude the territory served by him. So far as the public was concerned applicant's proposed operation in that territory would have been as a representative of her father, and there would have been no competition between carriers on this business. Gregory Broker Application, 724.

AGREEMENTS.

In General: See SAVING CLAUSES (SCOPE OF OPERATION, GENERAL, ETC.). Operating: See LEASE (OPERATING RIGHTS).

AIRPLANE EMERGENCY SERVICE. See CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY (EXTENSION OF OPERATION (In General)).

ALL-COMMODITY AND MERCHANDISE RATES.

Proposed commodity rate on all freight, minimum 15,000 pounds, from Albuquerque, N. Mex., to Los Angeles, Calif., and all directly intermediate points, including pick-up and delivery, found not unreasonably low nor unlawful for application when each load was received and delivered as a unit, since truckload earnings compared favorably with those under other rates between the same points. All Freight Between Los Angeles and Albuquerque, 161 (167).

Proposed initial all-commodity rates between Boston, Mass., on the one hand, and Woburn and Winchester, Mass., on the other, would be unreasonably low and were not justified. M. H. Winn Trucking Co., Commodities in New England, 228.

Proposed rail-competitive ratings of column 75, minimum 10,000 pounds, column 60, minimum 16,000 pounds, and column 46, minimum 20,000 pounds, on all commodities, with certain exceptions, between points in Illinois Freight Association territory, subject to a rule that where the specified minimum weight could not be loaded in a vehicle charges would be based on the minimum weight and applicable rate producing the lowest charges, such ratings to alternate with those provided in the national classification, found justified when they would not be below a reasonable minimum level. Central Territory Motor Carrier Rates, 571 (584-585).

Proposed commodity rates on all freight, with exceptions, from Chicago, IL, and St. Louis, Mo., to El Paso, Tex., found to be unreasonably low and in violation of the classification provisions of sec. 216 (b), as they would apply on high-grade traffic, and a major proportion of most shipments would consist of commodities rated higher than third class, while certain commodities had been excluded without explanation. Rates which might be held reasonably compensatory on low-grade traffic may well be found not reasonably compensatory on high-grade traffic. All Freight from Chicago and St. Louis to El Paso, Tex., 727 (730). ALL-EXPENSE TOURS. See PASSENGERS (CHARTERED OR SPECIAL OPERATION).

ALL-FREIGHT RATES. See ALL-COMMODITY AND MERCHANDISE RATES. ALTERNATIVE RATES. See also PROPORTIONAL RATES; WEIGHTS AND WEIGHING (BASIS FOR COMPUTING CHARGES).

Proposed rating on sole leather, belting leather, curried leather, etc., between points between which the class rates are subject to east ratings, which would result in increases on certain articles in less than truckloads and amounts of 10,000 pounds, to alternate with the prescribed rating in amounts of 16,000 pounds, was found reasonable. Central Territory Motor Carrier Rates, 217 (223-224).

Proposed rate on confectionery, minimum 7,000 pounds, between Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo., and between Wichita, Kans., and certain Colorado points, which would alternate with a lower rate and higher minimum published in agency tariff in which respondents participated, found justified to permit carriers to transport lighter shipments of candy with other traffic during the warm weather and to meet mixed-carload rail rates. Confectionery Between Colorado and Kansas-Missouri, 248 (249).

Proposed reduced minimum rate on petroleum products, in tank trucks, between Bolivar, N. Y., and Farmers Valley, Pa., of 25 cents, minimum 50,000 gallons, to alternate with existing minimum rate and weight, found not justified without prejudice to establishment of the proposed rate subject to a minimum of 4,000 gallons. Petroleum Products, Bolivar, N. Y., to Farmers Valley, Pa., 527. ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. See ROUTES (ALTERNATIVE).

AMBIGUITY. See SCHEDULES (DEFINITENESS REQUIRED).

AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION. See SAVING CLAUSES (APPLICATIONS,

AMENDMENT).

ANALOGY. See PACKING.

ANY QUANTITY.

Rates: Any-quantity or less-than-truckload commodity rates should be maintained only when there are compelling reasons. Maintenance of similar rates by competitors has sometimes been recognized as warranting such rates. Berries, Burlington County, N. J., to Philadelphia, 156 (159).

Proposed any-quantity proportional rate on mixed shipments of articles classified as sheet-steel ware from Canandaigua and Geneva, N. Y., to Buffalo, N. Y., found not justified to meet contract-carrier competition when the compelling force of such competition was doubtful, and the proposed rate was unreasonably low in comparison with local class rates on the individual commodities and would unduly prejudice competing shippers at Rochester, N. Y. Sheet Steel Ware, Canandaigua, Geneva, N. Y., to Buffalo, 169.

The normal basis for any-quantity shipments is the classification basis rather than a lower commodity basis. Id. (171).

Any-quantity minimum rates are generally established only when it is not known whether commodities will be tendered for shipment in sufficient quantities to justify truckload rates. Petroleum and Products, Points in Wyoming to Billings, 473 (475).

Proposed any-quantity minimum rate per barrel on petroelum and petroleum products from points within 20 miles of Worland and Lucerne, Wyo., to Billings, Mont., and points within 1 mile thereof, found not justified when rate would be unreasonably low and noncompensatory if small quantities were transported, even if capacity return loads were obtained. Suspended schedules ordered canceled without prejudice to filing new schedules naming a rate of not less than 35 cents, subject to minimum of 2,500 gallons. Id. (475–476).

Any-quantity rates approximating 55 percent of first class on clean and soiled laundry between Terre Haute, Ind., and various central-territory points, proposed for accommodation of a chain grocery company, found justified as to cotton towels, jackets, and aprons, when ton-mile earnings of 3.2 to 5.2 cents appeared reasonably compensatory, but found not justified for other kinds of laundry when such rates were not shown to be reasonable minima for wearing apparel generally. Central Territory Motor Carrier Rates, 571 (588).

APPLICANTS.

Parties, Proper. See PARTIES (APPLICANTS).

Qualifications. See COMMON CARRIERS.

APPLICATIONS.

In General: See also CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY (CERTIFICATES); OPERATION (WITHOUT AUTHORITY).

Although application contained a request for a permit only, a statement attached indicated that it was filed for the purpose of determining the status of applicant's operation under the act, and authority sought was found appropriate for continuance of such operations. Blinn, Morrill Co. Contract Carrier Applica

tion, 299 (303).

Filing: See also SAVING CLAUSES (APPLICATIONS, Amendment).

Under the Commission's rules of practice no provision was made for accepting supplemental arguments or exceptions received after the due date for the filing thereof. Formal petition seeking authority to file a supplemental argument and urging that reasoning followed in another unrelated proceeding be adopted in on extension application, on the ground that decision sought to be

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