The Science of Railways ...: With Illustrations of the Inception, Growth and Evolution of Primitive Transportation, Volume 8World railway publishing Company, 1894 |
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... lines or other local influ- ences . Local competition , while valuable , is not enough to en- force equitable conditions . It must be supplemented by the competitive markets of the world , including the diversified car- riage of mankind ...
... lines or other local influ- ences . Local competition , while valuable , is not enough to en- force equitable conditions . It must be supplemented by the competitive markets of the world , including the diversified car- riage of mankind ...
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... line , or at the termini , of some great transportation interest , sinking into decay and ruin when a nearer or easier route is discov- ered . Commerce , like water , seeks the lowest level . · It rebels at unnatural restrictions ...
... line , or at the termini , of some great transportation interest , sinking into decay and ruin when a nearer or easier route is discov- ered . Commerce , like water , seeks the lowest level . · It rebels at unnatural restrictions ...
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... Fink , Commissioner Associated Trunk Lines , to Senator Windom , Chairman Committee of the United States Senate on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard . unrestricted . The clash of contending influences , the strife 34 RAILWAY RATES.
... Fink , Commissioner Associated Trunk Lines , to Senator Windom , Chairman Committee of the United States Senate on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard . unrestricted . The clash of contending influences , the strife 34 RAILWAY RATES.
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... lines of the Central States , would be destructive to expensive railways reaching the mines of Colorado or ... line through a new country must collect higher rates at first , than when it has developed the productive power of the region ...
... lines of the Central States , would be destructive to expensive railways reaching the mines of Colorado or ... line through a new country must collect higher rates at first , than when it has developed the productive power of the region ...
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... lines has been beneficial. Combinations of sympathetic interests that are the result of natural causes are always good. Among these may be mentioned the consolidation of continuous railways and the formation of pools. On the other hand ...
... lines has been beneficial. Combinations of sympathetic interests that are the result of natural causes are always good. Among these may be mentioned the consolidation of continuous railways and the formation of pools. On the other hand ...
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Page 240 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, 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 247 - railroad" as used in this Act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any 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 242 - ... this shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier within the terms of this act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance.
Page 244 - States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place in the United States through a foreign country to any other place in the United States, and also to the transportation in like manner of property shipped from any place in the United States to a foreign country and carried from such place to a port of transshipment, or shipped from a foreign country to any place in the United States and carried to such place from a port of entry either in the United States or an adjacent foreign country...
Page 249 - Commission and be heard, in person or by attorney. Every vote and official act of the Commission shall be entered of record, and its proceedings shall be public upon the request of either party interested. Said Commission shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed. Either of the members of the Commission may administer oaths and affirmations and sign subpoenas.
Page 244 - 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 242 - Provided, however, That upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this Act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which tuch designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this Act.
Page 291 - The court or the Commissioners shall have power to direct that no higher charge shall be made to any person for services in respect of merchandise carried over a less distance than is made to any other person for similar services in respect of the like description and quantity of merchandise carried over a greater distance on the same line of railway.
Page 247 - 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 113 - Carriages of the same Description, and conveyed or propelled by a like Carriage or Engine, passing only over the same Portion of the Line of Railway under the same Circumstances ; and no Reduction or Advance in any such Tolls shall be made either directly or indirectly in favour of or against any particular Company or Person travelling upon or using the Railway.