Twenty Third Annual Report Of The Interstate Commerce Commission December 21 1909

Excerpt from Twenty-Third Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission: December 21, 1909 In subsequent pages of this report will be found statements more or less in detail respecting the Operations of the several bureaus or divisions established for the purpose of discharging the duties imposed upon the Commission. It may fairly be said that the Commission has been able to keep abreast of the current work involved in the hearing and determination of complaints, general correspondence, and the enforcement of the safety-appliance and kindred laws, and that encouraging progress has been made toward the accomplishment of important reforms directed or authorized by the amendments of 1906, such as the formulation of a uniform accounting system for carriers by railroad and of rules intended to secure the simplification of tariff construction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

With appendices.

With appendices, which include also "Annual report on the statistics of railways..." and "Preliminary report on the income account of railways."

Excerpt from Twenty-First Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission: December 23, 1907 A number of cases in Which rates were alleged to be unreasonable were decided by the Commission during the past year. On June 24 the Commission rendered its decision In the case of Nobles Brothers Grocer Company and others against the Fort Worth Denver City Railway Company and others. It appeared in this case that a certain defined territory in the northern part Of Texas, com monly known as the Burnt district, takes from Kansas City and other Missouri River points lower rates than are made to the balance Of the State. This was done in recognition of greater proximity to these Texas points. The class rates from Kansas City to Fort Worth, representative of the Burnt district, are higher than from Kansas City to Amarillo, though Amarillo Is less than the aver age distance to the Burnt district. The Santa Fe system is rebuilding its road to Amarillo, which will soon be situated upon its main line. Upon this state Of facts the Commission decided that the present class rates from Kansas City to Amarillo are unreasonable and unjust and that the commodity rates between said points should not exceed those from Kansas City to Fort Worth; but that the class rates from St. Louis to Amarillo may properly be higher than from St. Louis to Fort Worth. The grocer company's contention that Amarillo should be placed in Texas common-point territory was not sustained. In the case of Dallas Freight Bureau against the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe Railway Company and others, decided June 10 last. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.