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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... mile , no matter what the distance may be . I shall not stop to discuss the subject presented by this ob- jection . It ... miles from Omaha , Nebr . , and Council Bluffs , Iowa , to Chicago , Ill . Suppose the railroad com- panies ...
... mile , no matter what the distance may be . I shall not stop to discuss the subject presented by this ob- jection . It ... miles from Omaha , Nebr . , and Council Bluffs , Iowa , to Chicago , Ill . Suppose the railroad com- panies ...
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... miles be fixed at $ 40 , as put in the illustration I have used , it will not conclude the shipper from contesting a charge of the same amount for a carriage of 200 , or 100 , or 50 , or any other number of miles . The first office ...
... miles be fixed at $ 40 , as put in the illustration I have used , it will not conclude the shipper from contesting a charge of the same amount for a carriage of 200 , or 100 , or 50 , or any other number of miles . The first office ...
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... mile by the following roads dur- ing the years 1876 and 1885 ; also showing decrease in earnings per ton per mile during 1885 as compared with 1876 . Road . New York Central and Hudson River ...... New York , Lake Erie and Western ...
... mile by the following roads dur- ing the years 1876 and 1885 ; also showing decrease in earnings per ton per mile during 1885 as compared with 1876 . Road . New York Central and Hudson River ...... New York , Lake Erie and Western ...
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... mile , or what is the same , the average charges per ton per mile of these roads in 1876 was 9 mills , almost 1 cent per ton per mile ; while in 1885 , the time during which this trunk - line commission has been in operation , the ...
... mile , or what is the same , the average charges per ton per mile of these roads in 1876 was 9 mills , almost 1 cent per ton per mile ; while in 1885 , the time during which this trunk - line commission has been in operation , the ...
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... miles of railroad line . I find that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company , originally composed of local roads , has under one system and one management 7,000 miles of railroad track . I find that what is called the Wabash system , orig ...
... miles of railroad line . I find that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company , originally composed of local roads , has under one system and one management 7,000 miles of railroad track . I find that what is called the Wabash system , orig ...
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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.