Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of North CarolinaJ. Daniels, State Printer, 1898 |
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Amount Issued average Balance Sheet Board of Railroad Branch Cape Fear Capital stock Carolina Central Carolina Railroad Company Carolina Road cents per mile charged Charlotte complaint Cost of road cts cts current assets Current liabilities DEDUCTIONS FROM INCOME defendant Depots domestic business earnings from operation ending June 30 fares Fear and Yadkin funded debt Gaston Railroad Company Grand total Greensboro Income from operation intrastate business Item June 30 mile of road mileage mortgage mortgage bonds Norfolk North Carolina Railroad Number operating expenses overcharge Palace Car Company par value Passenger and freight passenger rates plaintiff Pullman's Palace Car Railroad Commission Railroad Commissioners Raleigh and Augusta Raleigh and Gaston receipts Rolling-stock Southern Express Company Southern Railway Company Tar River taxes tickets tion Total deductions Total valuation train mile Union Telegraph Company Valuation per mile Weldon Railroad Company Western North Carolina Western Union Western Union Telegraph Wilmington and Weldon
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Page 4 - ... 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...
Page 3 - State, shall charge, collect, demand or receive more than a fair and reasonable rate of toll or compensation, for the transportation of passengers or freight, of any description, or for the use and transportation of any railroad car...
Page 41 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 6 - 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 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...
Page 41 - ... from any person or persons a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers...
Page 21 - All of the expenses of the commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the commissioners or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the commission.
Page 305 - And it is further ordered that a copy of this order be forthwith served upon each of the defendants herein.
Page 173 - ... the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. We do not say that there may not be other matters to be regarded in estimating the value of the property.
Page 20 - Orphan Homes, including those about to enter and those returning home after discharge, under arrangements with the boards of managers of said homes; nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent railroads from giving free carriage to their own officers and employees, or to prevent the principal officers of any railroad company or companies from exchanging passes or tickets with other railroad companies for their officers and employees...
Page 28 - ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be confined in the jail of the county not exceeding thirty days...