State Railroad Control

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Early railroad legislation. - Condition of roads in 1870.-State inter-

ference foreshadowed in early legislation. - Iowa's industrial

condition in 1870. Evils of discriminating rates. The

Grange movement. The Maximum Rate Law. -Its judicial

interpretation. -Effect of the law

PART II. - THE ADVISORY COMMISSION.

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CHAPTER I. The Commissioner Law and Iowa's Condition in 1878.

-The Commissioner law. -Interpretation of the law in case

of Keokuk and Des Moines Railway Company vs. Des Moines

and Fort Dodge Railway Company. - Schedule of rates estab-

lished in 1879.- What constitutes a reasonable rate. - The

proper basis of rates. - Railroad building in Iowa. - The fall

of rates, 1878-1884. - The industrial change in Iowa, 1875–1885,

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CHAPTER II. Discrimination. - Just and unjust discrimination. —
Special rates to competitive points. The long and short haul
principle. - Discrimination in classification. - Pro rata rate.
- Cost of service as an element in rates. - Elevator facili-
ties. - Derangement of rates through interstate commerce.
Against Iowa towns. - Car distribution and the coal problem.
Wholesale principle and the abolition of jobbers' rates.—

The car-load rate

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CHAPTER III. Pooling. -The Iowa pool. - Views held by the Com-

mission

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CHAPTER IV. Adequate Service. - Abandonment of track. — Fail-

ure to furnish cars. - Delay in transit. - Construction of wyes.

-Station facilities. - Handling cars of connecting lines.

Adequate train service

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CHAPTER V. Maintenance of Way.-Obstruction and overflow. -
Roads and bridges. — Fencing track. - Farm crossings and
cattle-guards. Highway and street crossings

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CHAPTER VI. Damages. —Jurisdiction of the Board in such cases.
- The Board as arbitrator

CHAPTER VII. Overcharge. - Investigation of the rate schedules

by the Board

CHAPTER VIII. Interstate Commerce.

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State vs. interstate traffic

in Iowa. Views of the Commissioners at different times on

the subject of control over interstate commerce. Page 103

CHAPTER IX. Railroad Reports. - The law on the subject. — Diffi-

culties encountered in securing reports. - Progress made by

the Commission

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CHAPTER X. Investigation of Accidents.—The law on the subject.

-Injuries resulting from coupling cars. The adoption of

safety appliances

CHAPTER XI.

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Conclusions.- Purpose in the establishment of the

Commission. Its character. - Extent of compliance on the

part of railroads. - Increase of powers in amendment of 1884.

-Elements of success and failure

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PART III. - COMMISSION WITH POWER.

CHAPTER I. The Commissioner Law. - Causes for its passage.
History of its passage. - Provisions of the Act.-Methods of
procedure under the law. — Change in the manner of choosing
Commissioners

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CHAPTER II. The Law in Practice. - Preparation of schedules.

Refusal of railroads to adopt. - Injunction suits. - Complaints

of the Iowa jobbers resulting in a new classification. — Appli-

cation for permanent injunction denied. - Adoption by rail-

roads of Commission's schedule

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CHAPTER III. Discrimination. - Principle of the new law. - Inter-

state shipments. -Trackage facilities. - Railroads with privi-

leges of merchants. - Railroad control over depot grounds..

Joint rates. Lack of power to establish. Legislation.

History of the Joint Rate Act in the courts .. Page 157

CHAPTER IV. Questions of Jurisdiction. - Interstate commerce.
Switching cases. - Suits brought to enforce orders of public
right made under the State law not removable to United
States courts

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