. Electric Railway journal . oth parties ont le tomake de pouvoir un contrat n'a pas été examiné dans le San Antoniocase mais a été traité dans une décision que le Supremecourt a rendu le même jour dans le cas de threeIowa Electric Lighting compagnies. Là, le tribunal a dit, en citant des opinions antérieures dans plusieurs affaires, y compris dans les affaires de chemins de fer électriques à Detroit, Cleveland et Colum-bus, que là où les sociétés de services publics et les agences de gouvernement ont le pouvoir de contracter comme des rateset d'exercer ce pouvoir en fixant par des tarifs contractuels togovern pendant un moment particulier, l'application de ces taux est continue
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. Electric railway journal . oth parties have the power tomake a contract was not considered in the San Antoniocase but was treated in a decision which the SupremeCourt rendered on the same day in the case of threeIowa electric lighting companies. There the court said, in quoting previous opinions in several cases, includingelectric railway cases in Detroit, Cleveland and Colum-bus, that where public service corporations and govern-ment agencies have powerto contract as to ratesand exert that power byfixing by contract rates togovern during a particulartime, the enforcement ofsuch rates is controlledby the obligation resultingfrom the contract andtherefore the question ofwhether such rates areconfiscatory becomes im-material. The San Antonio case, then, does not abrogateall franchise rates in theUnited States; it does notrestore valuable propertywhich a man has foolishlysold for less than its worth;but it does give one moreassurance that confiscation^ will not be allowed. 762 Electric Railway Journal Vol 57, No. 17. THE CENTER OF THE ELECTRIC FREIGHT BUSINESS IN ROCHESTER, N. Y. Freight Co-operation at Rochester Three Interurbans Are Operating a Union Freight Terminal that WasDesigned to Be Simple, Inexpensive and Convenient—It IsManaged by a Board of Three Trustees WhoTake the Chairmanship in Turn By L. R. brown Office and Field Engineer New York State Railways, Rochester, N. Y. THE New York State Railways, in conjunction withthe Rochester & Syracuse Railroad and the Roches-ter, Lockport & Buffalo Railroad, have just com-pleted and put into operation a union interurban freightterminal. The New York State Railways previouslyoperated electric freight service on its interurban linesbetween Rochester and Sodus Point and between Roches-ter, Canandaigua and Geneva, N. Y. The Rochesterterminal was located on Otsego Street. It was smalland not easy of access and business became very con-gested at times. The Rochester, Lockport & BuffaloRailroad operates between the cities
