An Investor's Notes on American RailroadsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886 - 224 pages |
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Page 9
... amount nominally and the amount actually expended in construction ; and , in the second , between the nominal value of securities and the price actually paid for them by their holders . But , allowing a wide margin for elements of ...
... amount nominally and the amount actually expended in construction ; and , in the second , between the nominal value of securities and the price actually paid for them by their holders . But , allowing a wide margin for elements of ...
Page 20
... amount of property suffices to bring the owner into line with his law - abiding fellow - citizens , as against the Socialist or the transgressor of law . Expe- rience shows that the man who has the grit to make money has generally the ...
... amount of property suffices to bring the owner into line with his law - abiding fellow - citizens , as against the Socialist or the transgressor of law . Expe- rience shows that the man who has the grit to make money has generally the ...
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... amount of the company's fixed and float- ing debt , the volume of its business , the relation between net and gross receipts , the ability of its executive , and so forth . Ten or twelve years ' familiarity with the details of railroad ...
... amount of the company's fixed and float- ing debt , the volume of its business , the relation between net and gross receipts , the ability of its executive , and so forth . Ten or twelve years ' familiarity with the details of railroad ...
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... excess over and above the amount of busi- ness which the main line would have obtained in any case if the extension had not been built . That circumstance appreciably reduces the desirability of the branch , and puts 38 CONTROL .
... excess over and above the amount of busi- ness which the main line would have obtained in any case if the extension had not been built . That circumstance appreciably reduces the desirability of the branch , and puts 38 CONTROL .
Page 40
... amounts to " water " in one form or another . It is plain that , if a railroad is to - day earning four or five per cent . on any given capital , including " water , " while only ( say ) half of that capital was really and honestly ...
... amounts to " water " in one form or another . It is plain that , if a railroad is to - day earning four or five per cent . on any given capital , including " water , " while only ( say ) half of that capital was really and honestly ...
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Page 212 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 203 - That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 211 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 203 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 204 - railroad " as used in this act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any 203 railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease ; and the term " transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page 211 - ... the date of the taking effect of this Act, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 219 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Page 209 - ... act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Page 210 - That any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation...
Page 212 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.