Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, Volume 3L.K. Strouse, 1890 |
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... greater . The time made by the two routes is substantially the same . After the opening of said new line the St. Louis , Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad Company notified the East Tennessee , Virginia & Georgia that it would accept no ...
... greater . The time made by the two routes is substantially the same . After the opening of said new line the St. Louis , Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad Company notified the East Tennessee , Virginia & Georgia that it would accept no ...
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... greater length of single track ; that it has a steep rising gradient ; that the tendency of these circumstances is to give a slower service , that it is not " important in this case to have a second railway route to secure the benefit ...
... greater length of single track ; that it has a steep rising gradient ; that the tendency of these circumstances is to give a slower service , that it is not " important in this case to have a second railway route to secure the benefit ...
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... greater charge for the transportation of a like kind of property for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line in the same direction upon interstate traffic ; and that the disparity between the charges made at different ...
... greater charge for the transportation of a like kind of property for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line in the same direction upon interstate traffic ; and that the disparity between the charges made at different ...
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... greater distance over the same line in the same direction . While this method was satisfactory to the centers which it created and maintained , the smaller towns and rural communities protested against a system which worked so obviously ...
... greater distance over the same line in the same direction . While this method was satisfactory to the centers which it created and maintained , the smaller towns and rural communities protested against a system which worked so obviously ...
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... New York or Chicago to the latter points direct ; and the latter rates . were usually very much in excess of rates to distributing points situated at a greater distance over the same line 24 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION REPORTS .
... New York or Chicago to the latter points direct ; and the latter rates . were usually very much in excess of rates to distributing points situated at a greater distance over the same line 24 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION REPORTS .
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Page 145 - 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 331 - 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 231 - 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 145 - Commission may conduct its proceedings in such manner as will best conduce to the proper dispatch of business and to the ends of justice.
Page 319 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 145 - Commission, may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents under the provisions of this section.
Page 495 - 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 71 - ... from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place in the United States...
Page 215 - Orphan Homes, including those about to enter and those returning home after discharge, under arrangements with the boards of managers of said homes; nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent railroads from giving free carriage to their own officers and employees, or to prevent the principal officers of any railroad company or companies from exchanging passes or tickets with other railroad companies for their officers and employees...
Page 125 - And in cases where passengers and freight pass over continuous lines or routes operated by more than one common carrier, and the several common carriers operating such lines or routes establish joint tariffs of rates or fares or charges for such continuous lines or routes, copies of such joint tariffs shall also, in like manner, be filed with said Commission.