Annual Report of the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, Volumen2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915 |
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... requests to require extensions of street railway lines . The position has been assumed by the com- mission that , until the valuation and financial investigation of the street railway companies are completed , no action will be taken on ...
... requests to require extensions of street railway lines . The position has been assumed by the com- mission that , until the valuation and financial investigation of the street railway companies are completed , no action will be taken on ...
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... request of the commission the sum of $ 100,000 was appro- priated in the " Act making appropriations to supply urgent defi- ciencies in appropriations for the fiscal year 1914 and for prior years , and for other purposes , " approved ...
... request of the commission the sum of $ 100,000 was appro- priated in the " Act making appropriations to supply urgent defi- ciencies in appropriations for the fiscal year 1914 and for prior years , and for other purposes , " approved ...
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... request of the utilities , all orders fixing the maximum head- way were suspended from July 1 to September 15 by Order No. 73 , in order to avoid the extravagance of continuing winter service during the summer , when the records show ...
... request of the utilities , all orders fixing the maximum head- way were suspended from July 1 to September 15 by Order No. 73 , in order to avoid the extravagance of continuing winter service during the summer , when the records show ...
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... of the matter , the request was granted by the commission by order No. 138 , effective December 29 , 1914 . The issuance of free reciprocal transfers between the Washington &. ANNUAL REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION . 27.
... of the matter , the request was granted by the commission by order No. 138 , effective December 29 , 1914 . The issuance of free reciprocal transfers between the Washington &. ANNUAL REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION . 27.
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... requested that it be permitted to connect their existing lines at Fourteenth and F Streets and at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania Avenue by the construction of double track on Fourteenth Street between these intersections . This , together ...
... requested that it be permitted to connect their existing lines at Fourteenth and F Streets and at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania Avenue by the construction of double track on Fourteenth Street between these intersections . This , together ...
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action advisable Appointing assistant engineer bonds British thermal units Capital Trac Capital Traction Capital Traction Co cent charge Chesapeake & Potomac Clerks Congress Heights cost District of Columbia East Washington Heights Electric Co Eleventh Street line employees equipment F Streets NW Federal Taxicab Fourteenth Street funded debt furnished gaslight company Georgetown Gas Light headway Heights Traction Railroad hereby hydrogen sulphide income Insufficient service Interstate Commerce Commission issued jurisdiction Maryland Railway Maxi Maximum hours continuous meters Metropolitan Coach Number operating expenses Operating revenues opinion ORDER passengers pavement paving Pending Pennsylvania Avenue Potomac Electric Power Potomac Telephone public utilities act Public Utilities Commission public utilities law Railway & Electric railway company rates Refusal of company regulations request Salary per annum Satisfied street railway Tennallytown Terminal Taxicab testing station tion Title of corporation tracks valuation bureau Washington & Maryland Washington & Old Washington Gas Light Washington Heights Traction Washington Railway Washington-Virginia Railway
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Página 93 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Página 104 - ... a like and contemporaneous service In the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which Is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Página 104 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Página 93 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Página 95 - ... or the city of Washington from so altering or improving such streets and avenues, and the sewerage thereof, as may be under their respective authority and control ; and in such event it shall be the duty of said...
Página 104 - ... charge, demand, collect or receive from any, person, firm or corporation a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered by it...
Página 108 - It is true that the reference is to 'any' matter under inquiry, and so on, and it is suggested that this is fatally defective because too broad and unlimited in its extent; but nothing is better settled than that statutes should receive a sensible construction, such as will effectuate the legislative intention, and, if possible, so as to avoid an unjust or an absurd conclusion, Lau Ow Bew v.
Página 83 - It shall be unlawful for any public utility to charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or less compensation for any service performed by it within the state or for any service in connection therewith than is specified...
Página 93 - We hold, however, that the basis of all calculations as to the reasonableness of rates to be charged by a corporation maintaining a highway under legislative sanction must be the fair value of the property being used by it for the convenience of the public.
Página 23 - That the said company shall keep separate, true and accurate accounts showing the receipt and application in detail of the proceeds of the sale or disposal of the bonds hereby authorized to be issued; and on or before the...