Railroads: Rates and RegulationsRipley, William Zebina
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Railroads: Rates and Regulations
Ripley, William Zebina
Railroads -- Freight -- Rates -- United States; Railroads and state -- United States
[372] _Cf._ the "two-for-one" rule in the Indianapolis case; 16 I.C.C.
Rep., 254.
[373] 23 I.C.C. Rep., 259; also 23 _Idem_, 226.
[374] 11 I.C.C., 223. _Cf._ also p. 395, _infra_.
[375] Nothing was accomplished, beyond the preparation of a
comprehensive report, under the chairmanship of J. W. Midgley in June,
1890.
[376] _Railway Age Gazette_, May 10, 1907, p. 727; 1909, p. 415.
The whole movement is reflected in the Proceedings of the National
Convention of State Railroad Commissioners year by year.
[377] _Railway Age Gazette_, 1912, pp. 211, 224, 252 and 370.
[378] Lectures by O. M. Rogers, La Salle Extension University, Chicago,
1910. Also Railway Traffic Maps by W. A. Shelton, Chicago, 1913.
[379] P. 12, _supra_.
[380] Well brought out in the Danville case, 8 I.C.C. Rep., 409 and
571; and in the complaint of Wilmington, 9 _Idem_, 48.
[381] Notable recent instances are afforded in the State Rate cases now
pending before the U. S. Supreme Court, and in the Shreveport case, 23
I.C.C. Rep., 31; both discussed in chapter XX.
[382] 16 I.C.C. Rep., 254.
[383] Some are described in the Reports of the U. S. Industrial
Commission, 1900; and the Senate (Elkins) Committee, 1905.
[384] 14 I.C.C. Rep., 294.
[385] "In the Southern Classification plate glass, all sizes, in
carloads, is rated third class; window glass and rough or ribbed
glass, fifth class. In the Western Classification plate glass, outside
measurement not exceeding 100 united inches (that is, length and width
added), is rated fourth class in carloads; window glass, and rough,
rolled, or ribbed glass, fifth class. In the Official Classification
plate glass, outside measurement not exceeding 80 united inches, is
rated fourth class in carloads; window glass and rough and ribbed
glass, fifth class. Thus it appears that in Southern Classification
territory plate glass of ordinary size is rated higher than in Official
or Western Classification territories; and while in the two latter
territories plate glass is rated one class higher than window glass,
or rough or ribbed glass, in Southern Classification territory, plate
glass is rated two classes higher than rough, ribbed, or window glass.
As applied to the transportation from St. Louis territory to Memphis it
results in payment by the consignee at Memphis of rates on plate glass
which are 50 per cent. higher than the rates on window glass."--21
I.C.C. Rep., 113.
[386] 23 I.C.C. Rep., 169.
[387] Acworth, Elements, etc., p. 99; McDermott, Railways, p. 29;
Ripley, Railway Problems, chap. XXV.
[388] 22 I.C.C. Rep., 103, is a fine instance of rectification of
unjust classification rules on vehicles into the South from Toledo,
Ohio.
CHAPTER X
THE TRUNK LINE RATE SYSTEM: A DISTANCE TARIFF
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