Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the Year Ending ..., Volume 17State of Iowa, 1895 |
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... answered by the stereotyped reply , " Our books are not kept in a manner to enable us to furnish the information called ... answer fully , may be a question ; an effort has been twice made to have such amendments to the statute as will ...
... answered by the stereotyped reply , " Our books are not kept in a manner to enable us to furnish the information called ... answer fully , may be a question ; an effort has been twice made to have such amendments to the statute as will ...
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... answer to It is probable that a full return would increase this repeated requests . amount $ 600,000 . The roads failing to pay their interest are , the Chicago , Iowa & Dakota , the Chicago , Santa Fe & California , the Mason City ...
... answer to It is probable that a full return would increase this repeated requests . amount $ 600,000 . The roads failing to pay their interest are , the Chicago , Iowa & Dakota , the Chicago , Santa Fe & California , the Mason City ...
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... answer ; the Chicago & Northwestern is the only one of the trunk lines that has done so . Why this is , or why it should be that this information that the commissioners are required to put in their reports , is refused , can only be ...
... answer ; the Chicago & Northwestern is the only one of the trunk lines that has done so . Why this is , or why it should be that this information that the commissioners are required to put in their reports , is refused , can only be ...
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... answer of the defendant . F. T. Campbell et al , vs. C. , B. & Q. R. R. Co. The Mt. Ayr case . Having beard nothing further from the board this matter stands , so far as I am related to it , in the situation it was in at my last report ...
... answer of the defendant . F. T. Campbell et al , vs. C. , B. & Q. R. R. Co. The Mt. Ayr case . Having beard nothing further from the board this matter stands , so far as I am related to it , in the situation it was in at my last report ...
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... works were also notified and invited to be present . Mr. T. S. Wright , attorney for the C. , R. I. & P. Ry . Co. , pre- sented the objections to the viaduct which seemed to be practically the answer for all the railway companies ; some of.
... works were also notified and invited to be present . Mr. T. S. Wright , attorney for the C. , R. I. & P. Ry . Co. , pre- sented the objections to the viaduct which seemed to be practically the answer for all the railway companies ; some of.
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Page 365 - SEC. 5. That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to enter into any contract, agreement, or combination with any other common carrier or carriers for the pooling of freights of different and competing railroads, or to divide between them the aggregate or net proceeds of the earnings of such railroads, or any portion thereof ; and in any case of an agreement for the pooling of freights as aforesaid, each day of its continuance shall be deemed a separate...
Page 204 - 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 204 - All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property as aforesaid, or in connection therewith, or for the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of such property, shall be reasonable and just; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 173 - 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...
Page 204 - ... 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...
Page 19 - ... railroads for which said schedules may have been respectively prepared. Said commissioners shall from time to time, and as often as circumstances may require, change and revise said schedule.
Page 207 - ... greater amount of toll or compensation than it shall at the same time charge, collect, or receive from any other person or persons for receiving, handling, or delivering freight of the same class and like quantity at the same point upon its railroad...
Page 207 - ... a greater distance of the same railroad; or if it shall charge, collect, or receive from any person or persons, for the use and transportation of any railroad car or cars upon its railroad, a...
Page 172 - Whenever a commodity has begun to move as an article of trade from one state to another, commerce in that commodity between the states has commenced.
Page 220 - It is unnecessary to decide, and we do not wish to be understood as laying down as an absolute rule that in every case a failure to produce some profit to those who have invested their money in the building of a road is conclusive that the tariff is unjust and unreasonable.