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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The schedules printed as aforesaid by any such common carrier shall plainly state the places upon its railroad between which property and passengers will be carried , and shall contain the classification of freight in force upon such ...
The schedules printed as aforesaid by any such common carrier shall plainly state the places upon its railroad between which property and passengers will be carried , and shall contain the classification of freight in force upon such ...
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The very fact that there were moved upon the railroads of the l'nited States in the year 1885 , 437,000,000 tons of freight , a very large proportion of which , I suppose 60 per cent ...
The very fact that there were moved upon the railroads of the l'nited States in the year 1885 , 437,000,000 tons of freight , a very large proportion of which , I suppose 60 per cent ...
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In other words , the question of reasonable freight charges must vary with the location of the place to or from which the freight is shipped , ject . visions of this act to enter into any contract , agreement , or combination with ...
In other words , the question of reasonable freight charges must vary with the location of the place to or from which the freight is shipped , ject . visions of this act to enter into any contract , agreement , or combination with ...
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I am told that there is fear in many quarters that this construction will be put upon it : that where two or more independent lines of railroad ( independent in ownership and operation ) contract with each other to forward freight over ...
I am told that there is fear in many quarters that this construction will be put upon it : that where two or more independent lines of railroad ( independent in ownership and operation ) contract with each other to forward freight over ...
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use the word , for their freight , and they welcome all competition which puts down prices to unremunerative points . Such individuals gain by such competition , but it is to the injury of every other citizen of the United States ...
use the word , for their freight , and they welcome all competition which puts down prices to unremunerative points . Such individuals gain by such competition , but it is to the injury of every other citizen of the United States ...
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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.
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| Title | 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 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, United States. Congress |
| Author | United States. Congress |
| Editor | Uriah Hunt Painter |
| Published | 1884 |
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