Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois Commerce Commission

This case originated before the Illinois Commerce Commission by the petition of the Illinois Central Railroad Company and the Railway Express Agency, Inc., filed September 11, 1942, with the commission, requesting permission to withdraw the station agent at Watson, Effingham county, and to change such station from an agency station to a nonagency station in care of a caretaker. A hearing was held, and on February 17, 1943, an order was entered authorizing the discontinuance of the station as an agency station. This order retained jurisdiction for the purpose of entering further orders…