...relieve carriers provisions of this Act, such common carrier may, in from the operation of this sec- special cases, after investigation by the Commission,...less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportaton of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent...

...charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance: Provided, however, that upon application to the commission appointed under the provisions of this act, such common carriers may, in special cases, after investigation by the commission, be authorized to charge less...

...charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance: Provided, however, That upon application to the Commission appointed...provisions of this Act, such common carrier may, in special eases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter...

...regulate commerce provides, among other things, that "upon application to the commission, common farriers may in special cases, after investigation by the commission,...charge less for longer than for shorter distances." The commission held that where carriers relied upon competition with other carriers subject to the...

...the same direction, the shorter being included in the longer distance; it being, however, provided that, upon application to the commission appointed under the provisions of this act, such commission may authorize the carrier to charge less for the longer than for the shorter distance. It...

...Commission, such common carrier, or person, or corporation owning or operating a railroad in this State, may, in special cases, after investigation by the...from time to time, prescribe the extent to which such common carrier, or person or corporation, owning or operating a railroad in this State, may be relieved...

...subject however to a proviso that upon application to the Railroad Commission the carrier may after an investigation by the Commission be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances, and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such carrier may be relieved...

...of such a situation by an application to the commission. The language of the proviso Is as follows: "That upon application to the commission appointed...cases, „ after Investigation by the commission, be au- » thorized to'charge less for longer than shorter« distances for the transportation of persons...

...commission, such common carrier, or person, or corporation owning or operating a railroad in this state, apparent that the purchaser lesa for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property; and the...

...gentleman to give me his construction of that portion of the fourth section which reads as follows: That upon application to the commission appointed under the provisions of this act, mich common carrier m iv in special cases, after investigation by the commission, be authorized to...