Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session [-Fiftieth Congress], on the Bill (H.R. 5461) to Establish a Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce and to Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c |
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Page 106
... Boston and Chicago , the charge made to Buffalo must not exceed the sum charged to Chicago , but it may be the same , so far as this short - haul section is concerned . The prohibition made by this section is simply against charging ...
... Boston and Chicago , the charge made to Buffalo must not exceed the sum charged to Chicago , but it may be the same , so far as this short - haul section is concerned . The prohibition made by this section is simply against charging ...
Page 107
... Boston and Albany Railroad takes freight at Albany for Boston from different lines from the West - freight from Chicago on one line , freight from Saint Louis on another , freight from Cleveland on another , and freight from Kansas City ...
... Boston and Albany Railroad takes freight at Albany for Boston from different lines from the West - freight from Chicago on one line , freight from Saint Louis on another , freight from Cleveland on another , and freight from Kansas City ...
Page 108
... Boston and Albany road gets for carrying the products that are brought from the far west to Boston after they reach Albany has nothing to do with regulating the rates from Albany to Boston over that road . Mr. DAWES . Do you find that ...
... Boston and Albany road gets for carrying the products that are brought from the far west to Boston after they reach Albany has nothing to do with regulating the rates from Albany to Boston over that road . Mr. DAWES . Do you find that ...
Page 135
... Boston , and Montreal . The ship- per from Buffalo elects to take the line of railroad which will reach any of those points of shipment , depending as it will be largely upon the best rates of transportation obtainable from those ...
... Boston , and Montreal . The ship- per from Buffalo elects to take the line of railroad which will reach any of those points of shipment , depending as it will be largely upon the best rates of transportation obtainable from those ...
Page 137
... Boston and Albany Railroad should receive on account of that freight fix any limit for freight delivered at Albany by a local shipper , or freight shipped from Buffalo or from Syracuse to go over the Boston and Albany road ? Mr. HARRIS ...
... Boston and Albany Railroad should receive on account of that freight fix any limit for freight delivered at Albany by a local shipper , or freight shipped from Buffalo or from Syracuse to go over the Boston and Albany road ? Mr. HARRIS ...
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Page 144 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 458 - ... 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 from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 9 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith...
Page 359 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.