Nat. Gas Pipeline Co., 315 U.S. 575, 590
(1942). Nor can past losses be used to enhance the value of the property
to support a claim that rates for the future are confiscatory (Galveston
Electric Co. _v._ Galveston, 258 U.S. 388 (1922)), any more than profits
of the past can be used to sustain confiscatory rates for the future
(Newton _v._ Consolidated Gas Co., 258 U.S. 165, 175 (1922); Public
Utility Commissioners _v._ New York Teleg. Co., 271 U.S. 23, 31-32
(1926)).

[223] Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. _v._ North Carolina Corp. Commission,
206 U.S. 1, 19 (1907), citing Chicago, B.& Q.R. Co. _v._ Iowa, 94 U.S.
155 (1877). _See also_ Prentis _v._ Atlantic Coast Line Co., 211 U.S.
210 (1908); Denver & R.G.R. Co. _v._ Denver, 250 U.S. 241 (1919).

[224] Chicago & G.T.R. Co. _v._ Wellman, 143 U.S. 339, 344 (1892);
Mississippi R. Commission _v._ Mobile & O.R. Co., 244 U.S. 388, 391
(1917). _See also_ Missouri P.R. Co. _v._ Nebraska, 217 U.S. 196 (1910);
Nashville, C. & St. L.R. Co. _v._ Walters, 294 U.S. 405, 415 (1935).

[225] Cleveland Electric Ry. Co. _v._ Cleveland, 204 U.S. 116 (1907).

[226] Detroit United Railway Co. _v._ Detroit, 255 U.S. 171 (1921). _See
also_ Denver _v._ New York Trust Co., 229 U.S. 123 (1913).

[227] Los Angeles _v._ Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp., 251 U.S. 32
(1919).

[228] Newburyport Water Co. _v._ Newburyport, 193 U.S. 561 (1904). _See
also_ Skaneateles Waterworks Co. _v._ Skaneateles, 184 U.S. 354 (1902);
Helena Waterworks Co. _v._ Helena, 195 U.S. 383 (1904); Madera
Waterworks _v._ Madera, 228 U.S. 454 (1913).

[229] Western Union Teleg. Co. _v._ Richmond, 224 U.S. 160 (1912).

[230] Pierce Oil Corp. _v._ Phoenix Ref Co., 259 U.S. 125 (1922).

[231] Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. _v._ Goldsboro, 232 U.S. 548, 558
(1914). _See also_ Chicago, B. & Q.R. Co. _v._ Chicago, 166 U.S. 226,
255 (1897); Chicago, B. & Q.R. Co. _v._ Illinois ex rel. Grimwood, 200
U.S. 561, 591-592 (1906); New Orleans Public Service, Inc. _v._ New
Orleans, 281 U.S. 682 (1930).

[232] Consumers' Co. _v._ Hatch, 224 U.S. 148 (1912).

[233] Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. _v._ State Highway Commission, 294
U.S. 613 (1935).

[234] New Orleans Gas Light Co. _v._ Drainage Commission, 197 U.S. 453
(1905).

[235] Norfolk & S. Turnpike Co. _v._ Virginia, 225 U.S. 264 (1912).

[236] International Bridge Co. _v._ New York, 254 U.S. 126 (1920).

[237] Chicago, B. & Q.R. Co. _v._ Nebraska, 170 U.S. 57 (1898).

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