Public Utilities Commission v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad

WEBBER, Justice.

This was an appeal from an order of the Public Utilities Commission in effect declaring that certain joint rates and charges filed by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company (BAR) and Fox & Ginn, Inc. (Fox) are not per se unlawful. The rates are applicable between certain points in Maine to be serviced jointly with respect to carriage of freight by BAR and Fox. Maine Central Railroad Company and Cole’s Express as intervenors are appellants here. The issue is not the reasonableness of rates, a matter left for later determination upon a new petition. The issue is rather the…