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 |
From inside the book
Page 45
... Fort Wayne and Chicago .. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern .. Michigan Central .... to . Average six roads . 1876. 1885 . Decrease in 1885 . Cents . Cents . Cents . 1.051 0.680 0.371 1.099 0.656 0.443 0,892 0.627 0.265 0.930 0.580 0.350 ...
... Fort Wayne and Chicago .. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern .. Michigan Central .... to . Average six roads . 1876. 1885 . Decrease in 1885 . Cents . Cents . Cents . 1.051 0.680 0.371 1.099 0.656 0.443 0,892 0.627 0.265 0.930 0.580 0.350 ...
Page 46
... Fort Wayne and Chicago , the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern , and the Michigan Central . I take those roads because they are roads most directly interested in the movement of freight between New York and Chicago . There are other ...
... Fort Wayne and Chicago , the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern , and the Michigan Central . I take those roads because they are roads most directly interested in the movement of freight between New York and Chicago . There are other ...
Page 105
... Fort Wayne : 1. From the Wabash Railway coming from Kansas City . This allows the lowest rate east of Fort Wayne . 2. From the nearer connecting Grand Rapids road . This allows more rate east of Fort Wayne . 3. From resident forwarders ...
... Fort Wayne : 1. From the Wabash Railway coming from Kansas City . This allows the lowest rate east of Fort Wayne . 2. From the nearer connecting Grand Rapids road . This allows more rate east of Fort Wayne . 3. From resident forwarders ...
Page 130
... Fort Wayne to New York , or more than $ 40 from any point between Fort Wayne and Pittsburgh to New York , or more than $ 30 from any point between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg to New York , or more than $ 20 from any point between ...
... Fort Wayne to New York , or more than $ 40 from any point between Fort Wayne and Pittsburgh to New York , or more than $ 30 from any point between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg to New York , or more than $ 20 from any point between ...
Page 162
... Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad , 468 miles , together , form one of the through trunk lines from Chicago to the East , a distance of 823 miles . The Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne road and equipments are reported to have cost , January 1 ...
... Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad , 468 miles , together , form one of the through trunk lines from Chicago to the East , a distance of 823 miles . The Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne road and equipments are reported to have cost , January 1 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agree agreement Albany amendment believe Boston carry cents Chicago circumstances and conditions clause commission commissioners committee of conference common carrier subject common law competing competition complaint conference committee conference report Congress Constitution construed contract corporations Council Bluffs CRISP CULLOM CUTCHEON DUNHAM enacted export favor fictitious capital Fort Wayne fourth section freight gentleman Georgia give Government HOAR House interests interstate commerce interstate-commerce bill Iowa legislation long and short long haul longer distance Massachusetts means miles Minneapolis motion object operation Oregon Orleans passed Pennsylvania Railroad person pooling present PRESIDENT pro tempore prohibited provisions question rail railroad companies railway rates Reagan bill reasonable rebate receive recommit remedy road rule Senator from Illinois shipment shipper short haul Speaker statute substantially similar circumstances Supreme Court Tennessee tion trade traffic transportation of passengers United unlawful unreasonable vote West wheat words York
Popular passages
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.