Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, Volume 228

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Page 585 - ... shall provide for fixed charges (including fixed interest on funded debt, interest on unfunded debt, amortization of discount on funded debt, and rent for leased railroads) in such an amount that, after due consideration of the probable prospective earnings of the property in light of its earnings experience and all other relevant facts, there shall be adequate coverage of such fixed charges by the probable earnings available for the payment thereof...
Page 585 - Interest on funded debt Interest on unfunded debt Amortization of discount on funded debt Maintenance of investment organization Income transferred to other companies Miscellaneous income charges Total deductions from gross income...
Page 227 - That in the case of loans to or the purchase or guarantee of obligations, including equipment trust certificates, of railroads not in receivership or trusteeship, the Interstate Commerce Commission shall, in connection with its approval thereof, also certify that such railroad, on the basis of present and prospective earnings, may reasonably be expected to meet its fixed charges, without a reduction thereof through judicial reorganization...
Page 382 - ... makes adequate provision for fair and equitable treatment for the interests or claims of those rejecting it...
Page 167 - Every obligation, heretofore or hereafter incurred, whether or not any such provision is contained therein or made with respect thereto, shall be discharged upon payment, dollar for dollar, in any coin or currency which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts.
Page 386 - Upon confirmation of a plan the Commission shall, without further proceedings, grant authority for the issue of any securities, assumption of obligations, transfer of any property, sale, consolidation or merger of the debtor's property, or pooling of traffic, to the extent contemplated by the plan and not inconsistent with the provisions and purposes of chapter 1 of Title 49 as on August 27, 1935, or thereafter amended.
Page 176 - An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Ssc.
Page 535 - ... may make an allowance to be paid out of the debtor's estate for the actual and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings and plan and reasonable compensation for services in connection therewith by trustees under indentures, depositaries and such assistants as the Commission with the approval of the judge may especially employ.
Page 585 - plan of composition," within the meaning of this chapter, may include provisions modifying or altering the rights of creditors generally, or of any class of them, secured or unsecured, either through issuance of new securities of any character, or otherwise, and may contain such other provisions and agreements not inconsistent with this chapter as the parties may desire.
Page 363 - The country at large may not fully realize what it is facing in the field of transportation and all that is connected with it. What is said here so briefly is intended both as a small contribution to general public thought on the subject and as a public notice of what in my judgment the country is up against. To be warranted in drawing a contrary picture would be a pleasanter undertaking.

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