...generally being made at the same time and in the same general part of the country on investments on other business undertakings which are attended by...management to maintain and support its credit and to enable it to raise the money necessary for the proper discharge of its public duties." This opinion...

...1923, it was held that the return on investment which a public utility should be permitted to earn should be reasonably sufficient to assure confidence...maintain and support its credit, and enable it to raise money for the proper discharge of its public duties. In Ga. Ry. & P. Co. v. Ga. RR Com., decided June...

...public equal to that generally being made at the same time and in the same general part of the country on investments in other business undertakings which...to profits such as are realized or anticipated in 679 Opinion of the Court. highly profitable enterprises or speculative ventures. The return should...

...— Influence on Rate of Return: Recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court have held that " the return should be reasonably sufficient to assure...maintain and support its credit and enable it to raise money necessary for the proper discharge of its public duties." Bluefield Water Works and Improvement...

...generally being made at the same time and in the same general part of the country on investmentsin other business undertakings which are attended by...highly profitable enterprises or speculative ventures." It then proceeds to hold a rate of 6 per cent, upon the value of the property "too low to constitute...

...interest for loans on approved security in Joplin and its vicinity is at least 6 per cent. The return on investments in other business undertakings, which...attended by corresponding risks and uncertainties, is greater than that. Certainly capital and credit would not be attracted to an. enterprise of this...

...that generally being made at the date ала for the period of the inquiry in the city of New York on investments in other business undertakings, which...attended by corresponding risks and uncertainties, and which will be reasonably sufficient to assure confidence in the financial soundness of the plaintiff,...

...of Return Recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court have held that "the return should lie reasonably sufficient to assure confidence in the financial soundness of the utility and should bo adequate under efficient and economical management to maintain and support Its credit and enable...

...public equal to that generally being made at the same time and in the same general part of the country on investments in other business undertakings which...economical management, to maintain and support its credit ajid enable it to raise the money necessary for the proper discharge of its public duties. A rate of...

...generally been equal to that generally made at the same time and in the same general part of the country on investments in other business undertakings which...attended by corresponding risks and uncertainties,- and such companies have not been able to compete successfully, for capital with other lines of industry....