Report of the Industrial Commission on Transportation ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 |
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Page xliii
... Boston and adjacent territory is operating at about half the rate charged by the Bell Company ; that a small cooperative company in Grand Rapids , Wis . , with 300 subscribers , charges only $ 1 per month for residence service and ...
... Boston and adjacent territory is operating at about half the rate charged by the Bell Company ; that a small cooperative company in Grand Rapids , Wis . , with 300 subscribers , charges only $ 1 per month for residence service and ...
Page xlv
... Boston , under- took to show that the municipal electric plants in Massachusetts have worked more satisfactorily than private plants . Mr. Foote , editor of Public Policy , is inclined to oppose municipal ownership , but to favor the ...
... Boston , under- took to show that the municipal electric plants in Massachusetts have worked more satisfactorily than private plants . Mr. Foote , editor of Public Policy , is inclined to oppose municipal ownership , but to favor the ...
Page lxxi
... Boston and Albany Railroad , and the Boston and Maine Railway has leased the Fitchburg road , both of which are large grain - carrying roads , and he thinks that the effect will be beneficial to Boston as an export center . The splendid ...
... Boston and Albany Railroad , and the Boston and Maine Railway has leased the Fitchburg road , both of which are large grain - carrying roads , and he thinks that the effect will be beneficial to Boston as an export center . The splendid ...
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... Boston and Maine road and the Fitchburg road has resulted in making rates appreciably higher for a number of places which formerly had the benefit of low competitive rates . The experience of Peterboro , N. H. , is a case in point ...
... Boston and Maine road and the Fitchburg road has resulted in making rates appreciably higher for a number of places which formerly had the benefit of low competitive rates . The experience of Peterboro , N. H. , is a case in point ...
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... Boston's railroad connection with the West by the Canadian Pacific road and its branches has been quite an advantage ... Boston shipping . The Canadian roads were interested in hav- ing shipments sent to Boston , and by reason of this ...
... Boston's railroad connection with the West by the Canadian Pacific road and its branches has been quite an advantage ... Boston shipping . The Canadian roads were interested in hav- ing shipments sent to Boston , and by reason of this ...
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Page 20 - Labor shall make uniform rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act, including the collection and examination of specimens of foods and drugs manufactured or offered for sale in the District of Columbia, or in any Territory of the United States...
Page lxxix - Investigation to determine what would be reasonable class rates throughout the territory lying north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers and east of the Mississippi River and the west bank of Lake Michigan.
Page lxxx - States, namely, the official classification, which governs the class rates generally in the territory north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi River...
Page 65 - ... from obtaining employment, is hereby declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction in the district in which such offense was committed, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars.
Page 20 - California shall be deemed criminal, nor shall those engaged therein be indictable or otherwise punishable for the crime of conspiracy, if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime, nor shall such agreement, combination, or contract be considered as in restraint of trade or commerce, nor shall any restraining order or injunction be issued with relation thereto.
Page 85 - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia...
Page 32 - No act of the General Assembly shall limit the amount to be recovered for injuries resulting in death, or for injuries to person or property; and, in case of death from such injuries, the right of action shall survive, and the General Assembly shall prescribe for whose benefit such actions shall be prosecuted.
Page 15 - We denounce arbitrary interference by Federal authorities in local affairs as a violation of the Constitution of the United States and a crime against free institutions, and we especially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which Federal 'Judges, in contempt of the laws of the States and rights of citizens, become at once legislators, judges, and executioners...
Page 20 - An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute between employers and workmen shall not be indictable as a conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.
Page 235 - An act to aid in the construction of telegraph lines and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes...