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... cars had been fur- nished speedily , and they had found ready transportation for their large wheat crop . In our ... freight which is to be carried partly on its own line and partly over the line of any other road th goes out from ...
... cars had been fur- nished speedily , and they had found ready transportation for their large wheat crop . In our ... freight which is to be carried partly on its own line and partly over the line of any other road th goes out from ...
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... freight- houses , and equipped with fine locomotives , good freight cars and elegant passenger coaches . The original capital with which the road was built was fur- nished by Captain S. S. Brown , the millionaire coal king of Pittsburg ...
... freight- houses , and equipped with fine locomotives , good freight cars and elegant passenger coaches . The original capital with which the road was built was fur- nished by Captain S. S. Brown , the millionaire coal king of Pittsburg ...
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... freight from Evansville to points south of Henderson have only three cents ... freight on groceries - such as sugar , coffee , rice , and molasses -from New Orleans to Henderson , is from seventeen to twen ... CARS . The Co - operative Mining.
... freight from Evansville to points south of Henderson have only three cents ... freight on groceries - such as sugar , coffee , rice , and molasses -from New Orleans to Henderson , is from seventeen to twen ... CARS . The Co - operative Mining.
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... freight has been to regard two branches or divisions of a railroad as one continuous line , and to decline to permit ... cars . We have not , indeed , had enough cars to properly and promptly transport the coal offered us , although ...
... freight has been to regard two branches or divisions of a railroad as one continuous line , and to decline to permit ... cars . We have not , indeed , had enough cars to properly and promptly transport the coal offered us , although ...
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... car of freight to transfer at Cairo . Now if this be the case , they ought not ... freight . Articles of Where from . 1886 . September 18 September 25 12 air ... cars brick Clinton , $ 12 per car 516 00 DATE . A copy of this complaint was ...
... car of freight to transfer at Cairo . Now if this be the case , they ought not ... freight . Articles of Where from . 1886 . September 18 September 25 12 air ... cars brick Clinton , $ 12 per car 516 00 DATE . A copy of this complaint was ...
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Page 158 - 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 151 - Provided, however, 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 151 - 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 153 - ... under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 158 - Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the term of each to be designated by the President; but their successors shall be appointed for terms of six years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired time of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 157 - 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 156 - ... act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Page 159 - And in case of disobedience to a subpoena the commission may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence.
Page 153 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to enter into any contract, agreement or combination with any other common carrier or carriers for the pooling of freights of different and competing railroads, or to divide between them the aggregate or net proceeds of the earnings of such railroads, or any portion thereof...
Page 159 - ... to 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.