Pacific Coast Steam-ship Co. v. Board of Railroad Com'rs

Field, Justice.

The plaintiff is a corporation formed under the laws of California for the transaction of the business of a steam-ship company on the Pacific coast, and in its bays and harbors, and on the Pacific ocean. It is the owner of a large number of steam-ships engaged in the coasting trade, making voyages from Ban Francisco, in California, to Astoria and Portland, in Oregon; to ports on Puget sound, in Washington territory, and to ports in British Columbia, and from Ban Francisco to San Diego, in California, touching at intermediate ports on the coast.

All the steam-ships in making…