Congressional Serial Set (7427)

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. 1917 Excerpt: ...to the same destinations. Tanners Supply Co. v. A. A.R. R. Co. (42 I. C. C., 280.) 261. Fifth-class rates on chestnut wood liquid tanning extract in tank cars from Ohio River crossings to points in Michigan, when applied on shipments originating at Knoxville, Tenn., found unreasonable and unduly prejudicial to the extent that they exceed rates equal to 90 per cent of the fifth-class rates. Reasonable maximum rates prescribed for the future. Swanson v. 0., B. Q. R. R. Co. (42 I. C. C., 285.) 262. Rate of 66 cents per 100 pounds on broom corn from Forgan and Knowles, Okla., to Omaha, Nebr., not shown to have been unreasonable. Complaint dismissed. United States v. S. P. Co. (42 I. C. C., 287.) 263. First-class rating under western classification on paulins in any quantity not shown to have been or to be unreasonable. 264. Allegation that charges collected on a carload of paulins from San Francisco, Cal., to Texas City, Tex., were in excess of the legal charges not sustained. Complaint dismissed. Northern Mercantile Co. v. A. E. R. R. Co. (42 I. C. C., 290.) 265. Rates on cedar fence posts and poles from points in Idaho and Washington to points in California and Arizona not shown to have been or to be unreasonable or unduly prejudicial. 266. Defendants' practice of exacting charges on cedar posts and poles on point of origin weights not found to have been or to be illegal or unreasonable. Complaint dismissed. Swift & Co. v. A. C. R. R. Co. (42 I. C. C., 294.) 267. Defendants' rules governing the refining in transit at Kansas City, Kans., of cottonseed oil shipped from southwestern points, found not to have been unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or to have resulted in unreasonable charges for the transportation of soap stock from Kansas City t...