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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... thing to be printed is the Senate bill , and that then the amendment the other House made , a single amendment to that bill , should be printed , and then the Senate bill should be printed with each and every amendment proposed by the ...
... thing to be printed is the Senate bill , and that then the amendment the other House made , a single amendment to that bill , should be printed , and then the Senate bill should be printed with each and every amendment proposed by the ...
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... thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful , or shall omit to do any act , matter , or thing in this act required to be done , such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount ...
... thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful , or shall omit to do any act , matter , or thing in this act required to be done , such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount ...
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... thing to pass over , as I think the concurrence of a majority of his asso- ciates would suggest . Mr. CULLOM . One word further , Mr. President . As I said a while ago , this subject has been before Congress now for a great many years ...
... thing to pass over , as I think the concurrence of a majority of his asso- ciates would suggest . Mr. CULLOM . One word further , Mr. President . As I said a while ago , this subject has been before Congress now for a great many years ...
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... thing has given the railroads greater cost and more trouble than the pool system . No one thing has done more to demoral- ize railroad managers , officers , agents , and all involved either directly or indirectly in its administration ...
... thing has given the railroads greater cost and more trouble than the pool system . No one thing has done more to demoral- ize railroad managers , officers , agents , and all involved either directly or indirectly in its administration ...
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... things sufficient to suggest to the really able and keen - witted men who control the rail- roads of this country that it is quite time for them to abandon a prac- tice which hurts quite as much as it helps , is unreliable , vexatious ...
... things sufficient to suggest to the really able and keen - witted men who control the rail- roads of this country that it is quite time for them to abandon a prac- tice which hurts quite as much as it helps , is unreliable , vexatious ...
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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.