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... Railroad Company stopped work in a body , abandoning their trains . The move was not altogether unexpected , but the operation of the road was seriously interfered with . The commissioners did not at first intervene , neither party ...
... Railroad Company stopped work in a body , abandoning their trains . The move was not altogether unexpected , but the operation of the road was seriously interfered with . The commissioners did not at first intervene , neither party ...
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... Company , but against the railroad ' companies . Mr. RYAN . Now , in regard to your Bureau making an investiga- tion of a great railroad trouble , when this Department of Commerce and Labor was created there was a great deal of ...
... Company , but against the railroad ' companies . Mr. RYAN . Now , in regard to your Bureau making an investiga- tion of a great railroad trouble , when this Department of Commerce and Labor was created there was a great deal of ...
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... railroad company telegraphed to the Chair- man of the Interstate Commerce Commission and to the Commis- sioner of Labor , requesting them to act under the terms of this act and use their offices as mediators , and to try to bring about ...
... railroad company telegraphed to the Chair- man of the Interstate Commerce Commission and to the Commis- sioner of Labor , requesting them to act under the terms of this act and use their offices as mediators , and to try to bring about ...
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... company or corporation to turn the management of a strike over to an individual to act for them . I do not think it ... railroad rates , for instance , could call anybody before it and put them under oath ? Mr. NEILL . I think they could if ...
... company or corporation to turn the management of a strike over to an individual to act for them . I do not think it ... railroad rates , for instance , could call anybody before it and put them under oath ? Mr. NEILL . I think they could if ...
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... railroad for passenger business was so much less than that taken in in pop : lo s sections of the co ntry . Mr. SHERMAN . B t you do not make it clear whether or not you are fig ring on trackage or mileage . Mr. RYAN . The New York ...
... railroad for passenger business was so much less than that taken in in pop : lo s sections of the co ntry . Mr. SHERMAN . B t you do not make it clear whether or not you are fig ring on trackage or mileage . Mr. RYAN . The New York ...
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Page 70 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with 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.
Page 70 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Page 38 - Witnesses summoned before the commission shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States...
Page 15 - 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 chairman of the Commission.
Page 74 - Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness" sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Page 75 - Act and the employees of such carrier, seriously interrupting or threatening to interrupt the business of said carrier, the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Commissioner of Labor shall, upon the request of either party to the controversy, with all practicable expedition, put themselves in communication with the parties to such controversy, and shall use their best efforts, by mediation and conciliation, to amicably settle the same...
Page 21 - That the provisions of this act shall not apply in any case of casualty or unavoidable accident or the act of God; nor where the delay was the result of a cause not known to the carrier or its officer or agent in charge of such employee at the time said employee left a terminal, and which could not have been foreseen: Provided further, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the crews of wrecking or relief trains.
Page 194 - The State cannot justify unreasonably low rates for domestic transportation, considered alone, upon the ground that the carrier is earning large profits on its interstate business, over which, so far as rates are concerned, the State has no control.
Page 51 - ... due process of law and the equal protection of the laws from our state governments no less than from our national one.
Page 37 - ... may invoke the aid of the United States courts to compel witnesses to attend and testify and to produce such books, papers, contracts, agreements and documents to the same extent and under the same conditions and penalties as is provided for in the Act to regulate commerce, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and the amendments thereto.