Annual Report of the Public Service Commission, and the ... Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, Մաս 1Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1917 |
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Էջ 369 - And whenever the commission shall be of opinion, after a hearing, had upon its own motion or upon complaint...
Էջ 251 - A common carrier, railroad corporation or street railroad corporation organized or existing, or hereafter incorporated, under or by virtue of the laws of the state of Missouri, may issue stocks, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness payable at periods of more than twelve months after the date thereof...
Էջ 9 - At any such hearing involving any proposed increase in any rate, joint rate, fare, telephone rental, toll or charge, the burden of proof to show that such increase is necessary in order to obtain a reasonable compensation for the service rendered shall be upon the common carrier. If at a hearing involving any proposed decrease in any rate, joint rate, fare, telephone rental, toll or charge demanded by any common carrier, it shall appear to the commission that the said rate, joint rate, fare, telephone...
Էջ 11 - Many commissions, like that of Massachusetts, have declared recently that 'capital honestly and prudently invested must, under normal conditions, be taken as the controlling factor in fixing the basis for computing fair and reasonable rates.
Էջ 11 - ... what is called the fixing of the value of the property in the public service for the purpose of rate making, is not a fixing of value in any proper sense of that word as it is correctly used in our language. It is a determination of what under all the facts and circumstances of the case is a just and equitable amount upon which the return allowed to the corporation is to be computed.
Էջ 424 - A street railway company shall be liable for any loss or injury which may be sustained by any person in the management and use of its tracks and during the construction, alteration, extension, repair or renewal of its railway, or while replacing the surface of any street which may have been disturbed as aforesaid, and which results from the carelessness, neglect or misconduct of its agents or servants who are engaged in the prosecution of such work, if notice of such loss or injury is given to *...
Էջ 269 - ... five per cent (5%) per annum, as an issue of bonds reasonably necessary and of the amount required for the following purposes : 1.
Էջ 149 - ... adopted the following vote: Voted, That the interest on the taxes for the year 1918, assessed to the Connecticut Valley Street Railway Company, be abated to said company, as the town's contribution toward the cost of operation of said railway, and that the assessors be instructed to abate said interest. It is Ordered, That the approval of the Commission be hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 288 of the General Acts of 1918, to the terms and restrictions set forth in the...
Էջ 40 - In other words, the company is held to the same standard of honesty and prudence in the management and maintenance as in the original acquisition of its properties. It must, so far at least as it reasonably can, keep its investment good. If through some fault of its own it has failed to make due provision for depreciation, it cannot reasonably expect the public to pay a return upon that portion of the investment which it has neglected to preserve. But under a consistent application of the investment...
Էջ 253 - ... of existing property, and is consistent with the public interest, and that the amount of said notes does not exceed 20 per cent of the amount of capital stock of the petitioner actually paid in, computed as provided in chapter 620 of the Acts of the year 1908, it is Ordered that the approval of the Commission be hereby given, under the provisions of § 108 of part III.