Chapters on the History of the Southern Pacific

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Ronald Press Company, 1922 - 470 pages

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Page 53 - ... over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops, and munitions of war, supplies and public stores, upon said railroad for the government, whenever required to do so by any department thereof; and that the government shall at all times have the preference in the use of the same for all the purposes aforesaid (at fair and reasonable rates of compensation, not to exceed the amounts paid by private parties for the same kind of service...
Page 186 - No discrimination in charges or facilities for transportation shall be made by any railroad or other transportation company between places or persons or in the facilities for the transportation of the same classes of freight or passengers within the State, or coming from or going to any other State.
Page 53 - And be it further enacted, That the grants aforesaid are made upon condition that said company shall pay said bonds at maturity...
Page 421 - ... character as to give rise to the inference or presumption that they had been entered into or done with the intent to do wrong to the general public and to limit the right of individuals...
Page 211 - If you have to pay money to have the right thing done, it is only just and fair to do it.
Page 398 - ... by the Secretary of the Treasury, in accordance with the provisions of this act, the said road, with all the rights, functions, immunities and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and also all lands granted to the said company by the United States, which, at the time of said default, shall remain in the ownership of said company, may be taken possession of by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the use and benefit of the United States: Provided, this section shall not apply to that part of any road...
Page 207 - I think in all the world's history never before was such a wild set of demagogues honored by the name of Congress. . . . We have been hurt some, but some of the worst bills have been defeated, but we cannot stand many such Congresses.
Page 212 - If we are not hurt this session it will be because we pay much money to prevent it, and you know how hard it is to get it to pay for such purposes; and I do not see my way clear to get through here and pay the January interest with other bills payable to January 1st, with less than $2,000,000 and probably not for that.
Page 368 - ... any such company may bring suit in the Court of Claims to recover the price of such freight and transportation ; and in such suit the right of such company to recover the same upon the law and the facts of the case shall be determined...
Page 125 - Pass, by way of Los Angeles, to the Texas Pacific railroad at or near the Colorado river, with the same rights, grants, and privileges...

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