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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... present when that discussion commences , and to be here during its continuance . If there is any prospect of the bill being called up on Tuesday next , I desire and propose to be here , but it would be a matter of very great ...
... present when that discussion commences , and to be here during its continuance . If there is any prospect of the bill being called up on Tuesday next , I desire and propose to be here , but it would be a matter of very great ...
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... present their views . Report after re- port has been made , accompanied by thousands of pages of printed testimony , all of which have been open to the inspection of whomso ever cared to devote their time and give their attention ...
... present their views . Report after re- port has been made , accompanied by thousands of pages of printed testimony , all of which have been open to the inspection of whomso ever cared to devote their time and give their attention ...
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... present system , however , these losses are unloaded on to the business of intermediate or local points . This practice , in itself an outrage , is a most fruitful source of complaint on the part of the people . But even when the ...
... present system , however , these losses are unloaded on to the business of intermediate or local points . This practice , in itself an outrage , is a most fruitful source of complaint on the part of the people . But even when the ...
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... present time . Mr. GEORGE . I should like to ask the Senator from Iowa to repeat that statement . It is a very important one , and I did not catch it fully . * * * * * * The PRESIDING OFFICER . There being no objection , the Senator ...
... present time . Mr. GEORGE . I should like to ask the Senator from Iowa to repeat that statement . It is a very important one , and I did not catch it fully . * * * * * * The PRESIDING OFFICER . There being no objection , the Senator ...
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... present ? But this is only one illustration out of scores and even hundreds that might be cited ; and while these ... presents . We will then have practiced the virtue of action , and the future will tell us whether we have done ...
... present ? But this is only one illustration out of scores and even hundreds that might be cited ; and while these ... presents . We will then have practiced the virtue of action , and the future will tell us whether we have done ...
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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.