Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session [-Fiftieth Congress], on the Bill (H.R. 5461) to Establish a Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce and to Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c |
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... Chicago , Ill . Suppose the railroad com- panies operating lines between these points should , in the event of this bill becoming a law , fix a rate on any particular class of freight at $ 40 per car for the entire 500 - mile haul ...
... Chicago , Ill . Suppose the railroad com- panies operating lines between these points should , in the event of this bill becoming a law , fix a rate on any particular class of freight at $ 40 per car for the entire 500 - mile haul ...
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... Chicago , Burlington and Quincy line , then no more than that can be charged from Red Oak , Chariton , Ot- tumwa , Fairfield , or any other station on the line in Iowa to Chicago , or from any of them to any station on the same road in ...
... Chicago , Burlington and Quincy line , then no more than that can be charged from Red Oak , Chariton , Ot- tumwa , Fairfield , or any other station on the line in Iowa to Chicago , or from any of them to any station on the same road in ...
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... Chicago it was quoted at from 362 cents to 36 At Ottumwa , in Southeastern Iowa , the price was 40 cents to 42 cents per bushel . So that Western Iowa corn was selling in Chicago at from 3 to 6 cents cheaper per bushel than the Eastern ...
... Chicago it was quoted at from 362 cents to 36 At Ottumwa , in Southeastern Iowa , the price was 40 cents to 42 cents per bushel . So that Western Iowa corn was selling in Chicago at from 3 to 6 cents cheaper per bushel than the Eastern ...
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... Chicago , the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern , and the Michigan Central . I take those roads because they are roads most directly interested in the movement of freight between New York and Chicago . There are other roads in what is ...
... Chicago , the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern , and the Michigan Central . I take those roads because they are roads most directly interested in the movement of freight between New York and Chicago . There are other roads in what is ...
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... Chicago , yet never were freight tariff's so low as at the present time , and never were the people better accommodated . The well - known fact that , concurrently with the development of the railway pooling system , railway rates have ...
... Chicago , yet never were freight tariff's so low as at the present time , and never were the people better accommodated . The well - known fact that , concurrently with the development of the railway pooling system , railway rates have ...
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Page 144 - 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 458 - ... 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 such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 9 - 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...
Page 359 - 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.