Investigation of Public Utility Corporations: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on S. Res. 83, Parte4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1928 - 257 páginas |
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Página 157
... nature of things , a thousand and one other duties to perform , the investigation neces- sarily seeks out a few bad practices of individual companies or some unwise scattering actions , and advertises them to the world as representative ...
... nature of things , a thousand and one other duties to perform , the investigation neces- sarily seeks out a few bad practices of individual companies or some unwise scattering actions , and advertises them to the world as representative ...
Página 159
... natural and artificial , some 45 of whom are members of the association , a list of which I here supply , and that are oper- ating in 19 States of the Union : PUBLIC - UTILITY COMPANIES ENGAGED IN PRODUCTION OF GAS AND ELECTRIC ENERGY ...
... natural and artificial , some 45 of whom are members of the association , a list of which I here supply , and that are oper- ating in 19 States of the Union : PUBLIC - UTILITY COMPANIES ENGAGED IN PRODUCTION OF GAS AND ELECTRIC ENERGY ...
Página 160
... nature of the power which the Senate of the United States is likely to grant to a committee of that body for the purpose of inquiring into the private affairs of individuals and corporations . And , finally , they are not less earnestly ...
... nature of the power which the Senate of the United States is likely to grant to a committee of that body for the purpose of inquiring into the private affairs of individuals and corporations . And , finally , they are not less earnestly ...
Página 162
... nature of the power conferred , and to which I beg to call the committee's attention , because I am uncertain just what the phrase means . For instance , what I have referred to as the second proposition , that is , that the committee ...
... nature of the power conferred , and to which I beg to call the committee's attention , because I am uncertain just what the phrase means . For instance , what I have referred to as the second proposition , that is , that the committee ...
Página 164
... natural and artificial persons , and that the records of a corpora- tion even when its dominant purpose is to engage ... nature of those goods will be an aggravation of the trespass , and demand more considerable damages in that respect ...
... natural and artificial persons , and that the records of a corpora- tion even when its dominant purpose is to engage ... nature of those goods will be an aggravation of the trespass , and demand more considerable damages in that respect ...
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amount Association authority average blue sky law blue-sky census CHAIRMAN character charged cities citizen committee common stock Constitution construction consumers corporation engaged cost customers dividends earnings electric company electrical energy EMERY engaged in interstate excess exercise fact Federal Trade Commission financing fourth amendment holding company holding-company increase industry inquiry Interstate Commerce Commission intrastate investigation jurisdiction kilowatt-hours kilowatts legislate LENROOT light and power limited line extension ment mittee municipal Muscle Shoals National operating companies opinion panies Pennsylvania plant porations preferred stock present private affairs proposed public ownership Public Service Commission public utility corporations purpose question Railroad Railway RANSOM referred regulation require resolution respect revenue rural Rushville Electric Light security issues Senator HAWES Senator HOWELL Senator SACKETT Senator WALSH Senator WHEELER sold statement stocks and bonds subject matter subsidiary Supreme Court tion United utility companies WALSH of Montana witness Yes Yes
Pasajes populares
Página 240 - 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 164 - ... by the laws of England be guilty of a trespass, yet where private papers are removed and carried away the secret nature of those goods will be an aggravation of the trespass, and demand more considerable damages in that respect.
Página 240 - 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 240 - ... the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under the 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 165 - Though the proceeding in question is divested of many of the aggravating incidents of actual search and seizure, yet, as before said, it contains their substance and essence, and effects their substantial purpose.
Página 202 - There can be no doubt of the general power of a State to regulate the fares and freights which may be charged and received by railroads or other carriers, and that this regulation can be carried on by means of a Commission. Such a Commission is merely an administrative board created by the State for carrying into effect the will of the State as expressed by its Legislature.
Página 153 - UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 o'clock am, pursuant to adjournment on yesterday, in room 212, Senate Office Building, Senator James E.
Página 240 - 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 181 - Anyone •who respects the spirit as well as the letter of the fourth amendment would be loath to believe that Congress intended to authorize one of its subordinate agencies to sweep all our traditions into the fire (Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson, 154 US 447, 479) and to direct fishing expeditions into private papers on the possibility that they may disclose evidence of crime.
Página 180 - One, that the two houses of Congress, in their separate relations, possess not only such powers as are expressly granted to them by the Constitution, but such auxiliary powers as are necessary and appropriate to make the express powers effective ; and, the other, that neither house is invested with "general...