Public Utilities Reports (Volume 200) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915. Excerpt: ... RAILROADS--continued. 1. The location of a portion of a railroad was approved, it appearing that the company had in all respects complied with the law and that the new railroad, except at the point of beginning, would not approach the line of the objecting company nearer than 15 miles, and that it would not run in the same general direction. In Re Eastern Maine It. Co. (Me.) 211. 2. The expense necessitated by the installation of a safety device at a mure than ordinarily dangerous railway crossing is not a justification for subjecting travelers using the crossing in the course of their daily occupation to such unusual danger, although the traffic is not heavy. Wheaton v. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. Ste. M. R. Co. (Wis.) 332. 3. The property of a railroad company not devoted to the purpose of giving the service that it holds itself out as offering is essentially private in character and subject to its own control. Ashland v. Minneapolis, St. P. &. S. Ste. M. R. Co. (Wis.) 519. 4. A railroad company will nut be required to permit the continued use of its terminal dock for purposes other than giving the public access to its railroad facilities, simply because the public had theretofore been allowed the use of the dock as a licensee. Ashland v. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. Ste. M. R. Co. (Wis.) 519. RATES. I. Jurisdiction and powers of Commission. II. Factors to be considered in determining reasonableness. III. Discrimination. IV. Of particular utilities. Schedule of rates of telephone companies to be filed with Commission, see Telephones, 11. Action of Commission in other proceedings as determinative of reasonableness of rates, see Orders. Cost to produce commodity as determinative of rate, see Return, 15. Rate of return to which utility is entitled, see Return. Pr...