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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... legislation , because they have not been able to protect themselves , one from another , and I think that the provisions of this bill in relation to publicity , and the other provisions to guard against various wrong - doings on their ...
... legislation , because they have not been able to protect themselves , one from another , and I think that the provisions of this bill in relation to publicity , and the other provisions to guard against various wrong - doings on their ...
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... legislation for the regulation of the unsatisfactory conditions existing in the interstate commerce of the country was not years ago enacted by Congress . There has been no disposition on the part of the managers of our transportation ...
... legislation for the regulation of the unsatisfactory conditions existing in the interstate commerce of the country was not years ago enacted by Congress . There has been no disposition on the part of the managers of our transportation ...
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... legislation does not seem to have impressed itself in any considerable practical degree upon the minds of the railroad man- agers of the country . They have thus far defeated all efforts for such legislation . But they do not seem to ...
... legislation does not seem to have impressed itself in any considerable practical degree upon the minds of the railroad man- agers of the country . They have thus far defeated all efforts for such legislation . But they do not seem to ...
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... legislation to make sure that the public business is conducted for the public welfare ; that its public duty is faithfully discharged , and that no abuses are allowed to exist . I said the basis of legislation was simple . It should be ...
... legislation to make sure that the public business is conducted for the public welfare ; that its public duty is faithfully discharged , and that no abuses are allowed to exist . I said the basis of legislation was simple . It should be ...
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... legislation of the State of Massa- chusetts upon this subject is to be found in a single statute which is in chapter 225 of the acts of May 16 , 1882. I read it . It is an amend- ment to a former statute which imposed penalties for ...
... legislation of the State of Massa- chusetts upon this subject is to be found in a single statute which is in chapter 225 of the acts of May 16 , 1882. I read it . It is an amend- ment to a former statute which imposed penalties for ...
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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.