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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... are also far distant from Alabama ; they are in Chicago , Saint Louis , and Cincinnati chiefly . The markets in which we sell our products are all distant from our homes , and we have a vast tract of country to cross with transportation 60.
... are also far distant from Alabama ; they are in Chicago , Saint Louis , and Cincinnati chiefly . The markets in which we sell our products are all distant from our homes , and we have a vast tract of country to cross with transportation 60.
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... Chicago , yet never were freight tariffs so low as at the present time , and never were the people better accommodated . The well - known fact that , concurrently with the development of the railway pooling system , railway rates have ...
... Chicago , yet never were freight tariffs so low as at the present time , and never were the people better accommodated . The well - known fact that , concurrently with the development of the railway pooling system , railway rates have ...
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... Chicago or Omaha or San Francisco , and there is not anything now that prevents it . Mr. HOAR . I do not think the ... Chicago , there is noth- ing in this bill that prohibits the transportation company taking the product in a car from ...
... Chicago or Omaha or San Francisco , and there is not anything now that prevents it . Mr. HOAR . I do not think the ... Chicago , there is noth- ing in this bill that prohibits the transportation company taking the product in a car from ...
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... Chicago , they can not charge more be- tween Boston and Buffalo than the aggregate charge . That gives a wide lati- tude . It allows a charge of as much for 50 miles as for 500 , though no more . So far as the fourth section is ...
... Chicago , they can not charge more be- tween Boston and Buffalo than the aggregate charge . That gives a wide lati- tude . It allows a charge of as much for 50 miles as for 500 , though no more . So far as the fourth section is ...
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... 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 more in the ...
... 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 more in the ...
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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.