Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the Year Ending ..., Volume 20State of Iowa, 1898 |
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Page 60
... OMAHA RAIL- WAY CO . , AND THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD Co. Switching cars . On October 21 , 1896 , the following letter was received and the copies of the several letters written and received will explain the complaint under ...
... OMAHA RAIL- WAY CO . , AND THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD Co. Switching cars . On October 21 , 1896 , the following letter was received and the copies of the several letters written and received will explain the complaint under ...
Page 61
... Omaha at Sheldon ; but the Omaha company absolutely refuse to place the cars at G. W. Brown's elevator for the purpose of loading same , and as they have always maintained switching arrange- ments with the Illinois Central in the past ...
... Omaha at Sheldon ; but the Omaha company absolutely refuse to place the cars at G. W. Brown's elevator for the purpose of loading same , and as they have always maintained switching arrange- ments with the Illinois Central in the past ...
Page 62
... Omaha Railway company to switch cars at Sheldon . We beg to thank you for your prompt attention to this matter . We bought the grain in good faith and there was no intention of doing any- body any injustice , nor did we know at the time ...
... Omaha Railway company to switch cars at Sheldon . We beg to thank you for your prompt attention to this matter . We bought the grain in good faith and there was no intention of doing any- body any injustice , nor did we know at the time ...
Page 63
... Omaha line as well , each has instructions from his respective com- pany not to interchange switching service . If this is true , it is a condition of things not in harmony with the spirit of the law and should be corrected at once ...
... Omaha line as well , each has instructions from his respective com- pany not to interchange switching service . If this is true , it is a condition of things not in harmony with the spirit of the law and should be corrected at once ...
Page 64
... Omaha railway at Sheldon . As the facilities of this company are practically the same as those of the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha railway at this point , I do not see how any injustice can be done either company by such an ...
... Omaha railway at Sheldon . As the facilities of this company are practically the same as those of the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha railway at this point , I do not see how any injustice can be done either company by such an ...
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Page 337 - 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 342 - Any commissioner may be removed by the President for .inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
Page 338 - 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 348 - All of the expenses of the Commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners, or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation...
Page 342 - ... hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, within the district in which such offense was...
Page 64 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith, and shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such connecting lines...
Page 338 - That every common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall print and keep for public inspection schedules showing the rates and fares and charges for the transportation of passengers and property which any such common carrier has established and which are in force at the time upon its railroad, as defined by the first section of this act.
Page 338 - ... rates, fares, or charges will go into effect; and the proposed changes shall be shown by printing new schedules, or shall be plainly indicated upon the schedules in force at the time and kept open to public inspection...
Page 352 - ... to be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by the United States district attorney in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed...
Page 341 - ... aid or abet therein, or shall willfully omit or fail to do any act, matter or tiling in this act required to be done, or shall cause or willingly suffer or permit any act, matter or thing so directed or required by this act to be done not to be so done, or shall aid or abet any such omission or failure, or shall be guilty of any infraction of this act, or shall aid or abet therein...