Proceedings Of The Annual Convention National Association Of Railway Commissioners

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Total Pages : 496 pages
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Download or read book National Association of Railway Commissioners written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from National Association of Railway Commissioners: Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Convention, Held at Washington, D. C. February 17-20, 1914 Among the conspicuous things that have resulted in approximate uniformity throughout the country is the form and substance of annual reports, a matter which is itself of great value to regulating bodies. Another is the uniform demurrage code. Another which is by no means of small importance is the comprehensive system of express rates throughout the country, both as to the rates themselves and the simple and understandable manner of stating them. There are many other particulars in which co-operation and exchange of views have been fruitful of good results. When I speak of co-operation, I speak of it not only as between the State commissions and the Interstate Commerce Commission, but also as between carriers and commissions. The carriers have in a commendable degree co-operated in many ways in respect to the systems of accounts, forms of annual reports and so forth, and have been extremely helpful. After all it is an easy matter to repeat the platitudes that we very often hear, that rates should be reasonable and just and free from undue discrimination, and that carriers are entitled to earn a fair return upon the investment and upon their property; but, while these are sound and while they justify themselves be-cause of their fairness, they are of little comfort either to the public or to the carriers unless they produce fair and just results in concrete form. The public as well as the carriers are interested In the things which are done, the results which are achieved. Therefore it seems to me there has been no time since I have been an attendant upon these conventions when there was so much need for co-operation as at this time. I do not mean co-operation so much with respect to the form, or the formula in which procedure may be had, but with respect to the fundamental principles which underlie and must guide our action in respect to concrete results. It would seem that if the underlying principles are sound, there ought to be less difficulty in arriving at that which is right as a fundamental guide for action, than there would be in respect to the mere form of carrying out those principles. I can, perhaps, best illustrate what I have in mind by a supposititious case which I will cite as an example. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.