. Railway age . Comparative Wheel Travel on Tread-Bearing and Flange-Bearing Re-Railers on the ground that the motor was dangerous and inadequate as ameans of locomotion. The commission, in dismissing the com-plaint, held that the use of the motor cars marks an advance inrailroading and will result in great l>enefit to the public. The Interstate Commerce Commission is opjiosed to the Fultonbill prohibiting railroads from advancing rates in the face of a pro-test made by a single shipper until the commission shall havepassed upon the reasonableness of the increase. The commissionsays that to
. Railway age . Comparative Wheel Travel on Tread-Bearing and Flange-Bearing Re-Railers on the ground that the motor was dangerous and inadequate as ameans of locomotion. The commission, in dismissing the com-plaint, held that the use of the motor cars marks an advance inrailroading and will result in great l>enefit to the public. The Interstate Commerce Commission is opjiosed to the Fultonbill prohibiting railroads from advancing rates in the face of a pro-test made by a single shipper until the commission shall havepassed upon the reasonableness of the increase. The commissionsays that to give to the protest of a single shipper the effect of pre-venting the advance of any rate until the reasonableness of thatadvance can be afflrniativcly determined by the commission, wouldestablish a hard-and-fast rule of doubtful fairness to the railroadsand of questionable advantage to the public. Until conditions be-come more stable, the commission believes that wider latitude ofdiscretion on the part of carr
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