Railway Rates and Government Control: Economic Questions Surrounding These SubjectsRand, McNally & Company, 1892 - 354 pages |
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... restriction placed on railroads cripples , to the extent it is enforced , the industries of a country . * To restrict the right of carriers to change their rates at will , is like entrusting one's breathing apparatus to the will of ...
... restriction placed on railroads cripples , to the extent it is enforced , the industries of a country . * To restrict the right of carriers to change their rates at will , is like entrusting one's breathing apparatus to the will of ...
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... restricted area of their activity they have , through arbitrary action , placed competitive and non - compet- itive business on the same plane ; that they have , in fact , subverted the law of competition upon which the world is ...
... restricted area of their activity they have , through arbitrary action , placed competitive and non - compet- itive business on the same plane ; that they have , in fact , subverted the law of competition upon which the world is ...
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... restricted circle were refused unless it paid a corresponding rate . The impracticability of a progressive tariff is well understood by those versed in such matters , It not only restricts the movement of traffic , but retards railway ...
... restricted circle were refused unless it paid a corresponding rate . The impracticability of a progressive tariff is well understood by those versed in such matters , It not only restricts the movement of traffic , but retards railway ...
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... restrict and injure the business of the country . In reference to the local business of railroads , the petty ... restricted use of rolling stock , by delay at stations in loading and unloading , by the limited quantity of the traffic ...
... restrict and injure the business of the country . In reference to the local business of railroads , the petty ... restricted use of rolling stock , by delay at stations in loading and unloading , by the limited quantity of the traffic ...
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... restricted and trammeled . The supply , for instance , is represented by facilities created by capital . But when once capital has been invested therein , it can never be withdrawn from * While this applies generally , it does not apply ...
... restricted and trammeled . The supply , for instance , is represented by facilities created by capital . But when once capital has been invested therein , it can never be withdrawn from * While this applies generally , it does not apply ...
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Page 263 - 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 - 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 260 - States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place 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 transshipment, 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 263 - 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 260 - 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 260 - 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 309 - The court or the Commissioners shall have 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 257 - 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 ma}' be relieved from the operation of this section of this Act.
Page 261 - 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.
Page 307 - Every railway company shall make to the Board of Trade periodical returns as to the persons in the employment of the company whose duty involves the safety of trains or passengers, and who are employed for more than such number of hours at a time as may be from time to time named by the Board of Trade.