[REFERENCES ARE TO SECTIONS.]

PERCENTAGE OF RETURN-Continued.

lowest current rate of interest, 383.

five per cent., 392, 394.

six per cent., 381, 394.

seven per cent., 394..

eight per cent., 381, 395.

fifteen per cent., 402.

reduction from eighteen to six per cent., 385.
PERSONAL DISCRIMINATION,

PETROLEUM,

See DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN PERSONS.

classification of, 726, 931.

rates on, 747, 934.

PHOSPHATE ROCK,

classification of, 931.

rates on, 934.

PINEAPPLES,

classification of, 577, 601.

rates on, 601, 934.

PIPE LINES,

pipe lines are in public employment, 43.

pipe lines within Interstate Commerce Act, 891.

PLANT,

See CAPITALIZATION, COST OF CONSTRUCTION, REPRODUCTION OF PLANT,

PLEADINGS,

PORTERS,

VALUATION.

See PROCEDure.

See PASSENGERS.

rates on, 934.

PRESS OF BUSINESS,

lack of vehicles, 262.

if adequate provision is made for usual business, 264.
when expected business is not provided for, 265.
sudden press of business, 263.

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PRESS OF BUSINESS-Continued.

unexpected demand for carriage, 263.

when usual business is provided for, 264.

emergency must be met, 265.

no part of the system should be given preference, 270.

order of preference as between different classes of goods, 266.
public necessities considered in determining preference, 267.
live stock preferred to dead freight, 266.

perishable goods go first, 266.

supplies for the railroad, 267.

no preference justifiable between goods of same nature, 268.
reasonable facilities must be provided for each station, 269.
distribution should be made among all shippers pro rata, 269.
See FACILITIES.

[REFERENCES ARE TO SECTIONS.]

PROCEDURE BEFORE COMMISSION-Continued.

finding of the Commission, 1079-1088.

reparation, 1080-1084.

reopening, 1085-1088.

PROFESSION TO SERVE PUBLIC,

advertisement of a carrier, 101.

by whom the profession must be made, 104.

1. Extent of the profession.

carrier of goods, 128.

carrier of live stock, 127.

carrier of money, 126.

carrier of newspapers, 130.

carrier of passengers, 128.

carrier of rolling stock, 129.

2. Nature of the employment.

distinction between public branch and private spur, 114.

employment in private business, 106.

establishment of regular charges, 134.

excursion train, 123.

express and implied profession of public employment, 103, 104.
industrial railways, 112.

individual transactions, 118.

intermittent employment, 115.

lateral branches, 110.

nature of public profession, 101

obligation to carry all goods of a class, 132.

operation of branch track, 106.

permanent profession, 135.

particular description of goods, 125-132.

private ferry, 107.

private railroad, 108.

private spur track, 109.

professes to take goods of different sorts, 128.

public profession as an assumption of a public trust, 102.

public spur tracks, 111.

railroad not opened for passengers, 117.

3. Special arrangements.

regular business, 132.

ship chartered by the owner, 116.

scheduled train, 124.

special agreement, 133.

special arrangements as to the carriage, 118, 120.

circus train, 122.

special train, 122.

tap lines, 113.

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PROFESSION TO SERVE PUBLIC-Continued.

undertaking to carry for any one, 105.

whether the transaction is upon a public or private basis, 120.
See, also, GOODS TAKEN, PASSENGERS ACCEPTED.

public callings and private callings, 2, 5, 11, 27, 32, 54, 66, 67.
growth of the public service companies, 11, 16, 27, 31, 54, 66, 67.
monopoly due to character of business, 23, 26, 31, 48, 56, 58, 61, 63.
virtual monopoly the ground for regulating public callings, 5, 25, 28.
32, 47, 55, 63, 66.

Associated Press, 30.
bakehouse, 3.

barber, 16.

bridges, 17, 20, 27, 44, 47, 84, 402, 528.

canals, 17, 19, 20, 178.

cemeteries, 44.

cold storage, 88.

cotton press, 23.

dining-cars, 205.

drovers of cattle, 90.

conduits, 27, 53.

electric light plants, 27, 60, 428.

electrical subways, 53.

docks, 43, 65, 88, 105, 428, 828.

gas works, 15, 21, 59, 60, 344, 345, 428.

grain elevators, 28, 88, 306, 819.

grist mills, 3, 47.

innkeeper, 9, 10, 16, 20, 102, 202.

irrigation systems, 27, 46.

log drivers, 89.

log slides, 87.
natural gas, 58.
parlor cars, 205.
pipe lines, 27, 43.

private cars, 806.

refrigerator cars, 95.

sewerage system, 27, 64.

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PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT-Continued.

sleeping cars, 80, 95, 96, 205, 813.

smith, 8, 10, 16.

stockyards, 24, 27, 818.

surgeon, 6, 16.

tailor, 7, 16.

telegraph lines, 20, 27, 43, 60, 62.

telephone systems, 15, 27, 60, 63, 823.

ticker service, 31.

turnpikes, 17, 20, 43, 47, 84, 178.

victualler, 9, 16, 20, 814.

warehouses, 27, 29, 88, 178, 422, 428.

waterways, 17, 19, 20.

water works, 22, 27, 57, 60, 314, 340, 342, 354, 357, 365, 366, 367, 368,

370, 385, 387, 404, 527, 751.

wharves, 43, 65, 88, 105, 428.

See COMMON CARRIERS, PROFESSION TO SERVE PUBLIC.

PUBLIC PROFESSION,

See PROFESSION TO SERVE PUBLIC.

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES,

See COMMON CARRIERS, PROFESSION TO SERVE PUBLIC, PUBLIC EMPLOY-
MENTS, RATE REGULATION.

R.

RADIATORS,

classification of, 931.

rates on, 934.

RAILROADS,

the railroad problem, 33.

public employment of the railroads, 41, 48, 55, 61.

industrial railways, 112.

private railroads, 108.

leased railways, 93, 973.

branch railways, 110.

railroad system, 441.

See, also, ACCEPTANCE OF PASSENGERS, BAILMENT OF GOODS, CONSTITU-
TIONAL LAW, DISCRIMINATIONS, GOODS TAKEN, PASSENGERS ACCEPTED,
PROFESSION TO SERVE PUBLIC, RATES ESTABLISHED, TRANSPORTATION
FURNISHED.

RAISINS,

classification of, 931.

rates on, 570.

RATE OF RETURN,

See PERCENTAGE OF RETURN.