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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... in any direction on the same line of transporta tion : Provided , That on the
shorter baul a proportionate additional rate may be charged to cover what is
known as a greater percentage of terminal ex . penses on the shorterover the
longer haul ...
... in any direction on the same line of transporta tion : Provided , That on the
shorter baul a proportionate additional rate may be charged to cover what is
known as a greater percentage of terminal ex . penses on the shorterover the
longer haul ...
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tion to be made , judging of each one under its circumstances and not embracing
any general propositions . Besides the burdens of the general framework of the
bill which they may discharge , but which will require labor , deliberation , and ...
tion to be made , judging of each one under its circumstances and not embracing
any general propositions . Besides the burdens of the general framework of the
bill which they may discharge , but which will require labor , deliberation , and ...
Page 389
tion asking this Honse to hesitate before it adopts the conference committee's
report and the bill , and will advise against at least some provisions of it . Why , sir
, my friend from Georgia ( Mr. CRISP ] has changed his line very much . He did
not ...
tion asking this Honse to hesitate before it adopts the conference committee's
report and the bill , and will advise against at least some provisions of it . Why , sir
, my friend from Georgia ( Mr. CRISP ] has changed his line very much . He did
not ...
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... tion of the Reagan bill . You have not changed its meaning at all ; and one
thing is certain , that the penalty prescribed bere : And in any case of an
agreement for the pooling of freights or earnings , as aforesaid , each day of its
continuance ...
... tion of the Reagan bill . You have not changed its meaning at all ; and one
thing is certain , that the penalty prescribed bere : And in any case of an
agreement for the pooling of freights or earnings , as aforesaid , each day of its
continuance ...
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tion , while production , with its labor , demands a reasonable surplus over
transportation as its compensation . As the industries of a country increase and
multiply these relations become more and more distinct ; the transactions come
greater ...
tion , while production , with its labor , demands a reasonable surplus over
transportation as its compensation . As the industries of a country increase and
multiply these relations become more and more distinct ; the transactions come
greater ...
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Page 607 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this act, than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited...
Page 140 - 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 607 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 454 - ... 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 608 - ... for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance ; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier, within the terms of this act, to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance: Provided, however, That upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of tula act, such common carrier may.
Page 5 - 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 355 - 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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