Indian Valley R. R. v. United States

LOUDERBACK, District Judge.

The Great Northern Railway Company, the Western Pacific Railway''Company, and the Great Northern and Western Pacific jointly applied to the Interstate Conuheree Commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, under the Interstate Commerce Act, § 1, pars. 18-20, as amended by Transportation Act 1920, c. 91, § 4Ó2, 41 Stat. 456, 477, to authorize them to construct about 200. miles of line of railroad, approximately 112 miles of which were to be constructed and operated by the Western Pacific between Keddie, Plumas county, Cal., and a proposed…