The Valuation of Public Service Corporation Property: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers,; vol. LXXII, June, 1911, ASCE 1190Riggs, Henry Earle
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The Valuation of Public Service Corporation Property: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers,; vol. LXXII, June, 1911, ASCE 1190
├──────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────┼───────────┼───────────┤
│Grand │ $78,822│ $62,341│ $60,155│ $51,876│
│ total—All │ │ │ │ │
│ liabilities │ │ │ │ │
│Profit and │ 3,138│ 1,257│ 2,394│ 1,038│
│ loss balance│ │ │ │ │
├──────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────┼───────────┼───────────┤
│Grand │ $81,960│ $63,588│ $62,549│ $52,914│
│ total—All │ │ │ │ │
│ assets │ │ │ │ │
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It ought also to be borne in mind, in this connection, that, while there
could be no lawful mode for the revision of existing capitalization,
should it in any instance be found to be too small or too great when
measured by the results of such a valuation, the future issue of
securities must be controlled by the necessities of the carriers and the
state of the market, and is also practically restricted by the
Interstate Commerce Commission's accounting system, which declares what
expenditures may and what may not be carried into the capital account.
The law cannot compel any company to repudiate any existing security,
and if it could it is not to be supposed that Congress would compel such
an impairment of contract rights; public policy will not permit in
practice restrictions that would prevent the issue of securities to meet
the actual needs of the public and the carriers; the accounting system
prevents issues of any other sort. Further restrictions would be
cumulative and superfluous.
TABLE 11.
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