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regulations relating to acceptance, 868.
rules for tendering freight, 868.

regulations for receiving valuables, 391.
regulations for receiving freight, 391.
conditions of performing service, 869.

whether regulation is reasonable, 869.

regulation requiring certain cut-off hydrant, 417.

regulation dictating what plumbers, 417.

establishment of stopping places, 870.

stational facilities of railroads, 870.

delivery districts, 871.

express company limits express packages, 871.
telegraph company limits, 871.

time-tables, 872.

reasonable time-tables justified, 872.

real needs of the community, 872.
power to supervise schedules, 872.

waiting rooms, 873.

convenience of the public, 873.

how long waiting room open, 873.

office hours, 874.

reasonable hours, 874.

regulation that street cars shall not be backed, 410.

regulations that it will deal only with the owners, 376.

3. Regulation of Patron's Conduct

personal behavior of patron, 879.

smoking forbidden, 879.

spitting forbidden, 879.

bringing dangerous things prohibited, 880.

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street cars, 882.

railroad cars, 882.

regulations governing the supply, 883.

stealing gas, 883.

wasting water, 883.

access to the premises, 883.
forbid the attachment, 883.
filing hydrant threads, 883.
use made of equipment, 884.
lying down on benches, 884.
using his berth improperly, 884.
tampering with the instruments, 884.
breaking in on party line, 884.

4. Regulations to Secure Payment

regulations requiring prepayment, 877.

regulation for payment of arrearages unreasonable, 451.
regulation for payment of arrearages held reasonable, 452.
deposit of fare, 877.

rules for changing bills, 877.

requirement of deposit, 877.

when service cut off, 877.

preventing escape from payment, 878.

showing tickets at gates, 878.

giving tickets to conductor, 878.

exchanging for train check, 878.

procuring transfer checks, 878.
rules governing transfers, 878.

ticket may be made indispensable, 885.

failure to produce ticket, 886.

extra charge when fare is paid on train, 887.

no opportunity to obtain ticket, 888.

ticket agent's mistake, 889.

mistakes of the conductors, 890.

RETURN UPON THE INVESTMENT

elements in determining a fair return, 1120.
1. Fair Rate of Return

interest upon bonds protected, 1131.

government bonds no criterion, 1136.

dividends upon stock protected, 1132.

dividends upon stock higher than interest, 1132.
uniform dividends, 1141.

current rate of return, 1133.

usual return to capital, 1133.

only reasonable profits protected, 1134.

rates may be reduced, 1135.

business profit now recognized, 1136.

public service has certain risks, 1136.

greater profit for better service, 1137.
character of the enterprise, 1139.
stability of the business, 1139.

larger returns in risky enterprises, 1138.

hazards of the business considered, 1140.

commercial conditions affecting dividends, 1141.

reasonable profit upon each transaction, 1130.

2. Percentage of Return

two and one-third per cent, 1135.

three per cent basis, 1139.

three and one-half per cent, 1134.

four to five per cent, 1135.

six per cent exactly, 1135.

SCALES

not public, 71.

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"SCALPING" TICKETS

no excuse for refusal, 697.

SCENIC RAILWAYS

duty of care by, 195.

SCHEDULED RATE

schedule must be filed, 1294.

rates must be duly published, 1294.

sufficient publication of a new rate, 1294.

charge of less than scheduled rate always discrimination, 1294.
shipper must pay the difference, 1294.

if published rates are unreasonable and discriminatory, 1294.
scheduled and published rate is a public record, 1294.

published rate obligatory on all concerned, 1295.

relief from unfair published rates only by complaint, 1295.
effective railroad rate regulation depends upon publicity, 1295.

various classes of service, 261.
right to demand either service, 265.
obligation to take the other, 265.
discrimination in such policy, 261.
separable services in general, 261.
carriers of passengers and goods, 262.

divisibility of the innkeeper's undertaking, 263.
houses distinguishable from inns, 263.