Railway Rates and Government Control: Economic Questions Surrounding These SubjectsRand, McNally & Company, 1892 - 354 pages |
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... importance , and worthy of careful examination — of honest and intelligent action . The rates of railways are governed by the same laws that fix the price of other necessaries of life . There are no exceptions to the rule . We can no ...
... importance , and worthy of careful examination — of honest and intelligent action . The rates of railways are governed by the same laws that fix the price of other necessaries of life . There are no exceptions to the rule . We can no ...
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... importance . " The Almighty has furnished by far the most important avenue of transportation ; our navigable rivers furnish it ; our artificial canals furnish it . Our water - ways are abundant and varied . We have thousands of miles of ...
... importance . " The Almighty has furnished by far the most important avenue of transportation ; our navigable rivers furnish it ; our artificial canals furnish it . Our water - ways are abundant and varied . We have thousands of miles of ...
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... importance and perplexing uncertainty . He * " Fourth Annual Report , Interstate Commerce Commission , " pages 15 and 16 . to This phase of the subject will be explained in volumes devoted " Construction , Capitalization and Maintenance ...
... importance and perplexing uncertainty . He * " Fourth Annual Report , Interstate Commerce Commission , " pages 15 and 16 . to This phase of the subject will be explained in volumes devoted " Construction , Capitalization and Maintenance ...
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... important qualifying and limiting conditions , proceeding from competition exerted through the markets and from the direct influence which merchants and other citizens are able to bring to bear toward regulating freight charges in the ...
... important qualifying and limiting conditions , proceeding from competition exerted through the markets and from the direct influence which merchants and other citizens are able to bring to bear toward regulating freight charges in the ...
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... important , because more potent in securing fair rates than any interference from without can possibly be . Community of interest and the governing force of markets everywhere render extraneous interference unnecessary . Carriers could ...
... important , because more potent in securing fair rates than any interference from without can possibly be . Community of interest and the governing force of markets everywhere render extraneous interference unnecessary . Carriers could ...
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Page 260 - 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 265 - railroad" as used in this Act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease; and the term "transportation" shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page 267 - The commission may, by one or more of its members, or by such examiners as it may designate, prosecute any inquiry necessary to its duties in any part of the United States. SEC. 4. That the words defined in this section shall have the following meaning when found in this Act, to wit: "Commerce...
Page 261 - ... 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.
Page 264 - ... in the United States through a foreign country to any other place in the United States, and also to the transportation in like manner of property shipped from any place in the United States to a foreign country and carried from such place to a port of trans-shipment, or shipped from a foreign country to any place in the United States and carried to such place from a port of entry either in the United States or an adjacent foreign country...
Page 267 - Commission and be heard, in person or by attorney. Every vote and official act of the Commission shall be entered of record, and its proceedings shall be public upon the request of either party interested. Said Commission shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed. Either of the members of the Commission may administer oaths and affirmations and sign subpoenas.
Page 264 - 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 264 - Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 313 - It also has power to direct that no higher charge shall be made to any person for services, in respect of merchandise carried over a less distance, than is made to any other person for similar services, in respect of the like description and quantity of merchandise carried over a greater distance, on the same line of railway.
Page 265 - It enacts that carriers shall not receive, under like conditions, any greater compensation, in the aggregate, for the transportation of passengers or property for a shorter than a longer distance, as already mentioned. It prohibits pooling. By its provisions carriers are required to keep printed schedules of their rates posted at stations, and no advance therein is allowed, except after ten days- public notice, nor may reductions be made, except after three days- notice.