Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Industrial statistics, Part 4Department of Internal Affairs, Bureau of Industrial Statistics, 1907 |
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... cents per mile . Another problem of no little importance in the fixing of a maxi- mum rate is that which relates to the conditions of railroads as to density of the population and the number of persons that may be contributory to the ...
... cents per mile . Another problem of no little importance in the fixing of a maxi- mum rate is that which relates to the conditions of railroads as to density of the population and the number of persons that may be contributory to the ...
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... cents ? Could this railroad maintain its passenger traffic at a maximum rate of 2 cents a mile without loss ? If not , then the Legislature should take this question into consideration in the establishment of either a uniform rate or a ...
... cents ? Could this railroad maintain its passenger traffic at a maximum rate of 2 cents a mile without loss ? If not , then the Legislature should take this question into consideration in the establishment of either a uniform rate or a ...
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... cents per mile , from which it would derive a substantial profit , but how about the railroad whose lines are constructed through the canyons and over the passes of the rocky mountains and other natural barriers attaining an alti tude ...
... cents per mile , from which it would derive a substantial profit , but how about the railroad whose lines are constructed through the canyons and over the passes of the rocky mountains and other natural barriers attaining an alti tude ...
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... cent maximum rate would not be equitable and fair to some of the rail- roads , then there should be given to the ... cents per mile would be injurious or ruinous , and if so found , then to so adjust . rates on such roads on such a ...
... cent maximum rate would not be equitable and fair to some of the rail- roads , then there should be given to the ... cents per mile would be injurious or ruinous , and if so found , then to so adjust . rates on such roads on such a ...
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... cents per ton . The disparities which are observed in the amounts received per ton of freight by the ten leading ... cents ; the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern 82 cents ; the Lehigh Valley $ 1.06 ; the New York Central and Hudson River ...
... cents per ton . The disparities which are observed in the amounts received per ton of freight by the ten leading ... cents ; the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern 82 cents ; the Lehigh Valley $ 1.06 ; the New York Central and Hudson River ...
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00 Capital stock 00 Current liabilities Accounts payable assets as follows ASSIGNED FOR OPERATION BALANCE SHEET Balto Branch Cash and current common carrier Construction and equipment Cost of equipment Cost of plant Cost of road Current assets Date of charter Date of organization DIRECTORS employes in entire entire system entire system-miles exchanges in entire George Ziegler Gross expenses Gross receipts interest on funded James McCrea JUNE 30 leased lines LEASED OR OTHERWISE Length of line liabilities as follows line in entire line of wire Material and supplies Miles of line Number of employes Number of telephone Official Address Operation of system OTHERWISE ASSIGNED paid to employes Pennsylvania Railroad Company Phila Philadelphia Pittsburg plant and property Profit and loss PROPERTY LEASED PROPERTY OPERATED receipts from entire receipts from exchange REVENUE AND EXPENSES road named Samuel Rea Secretary and Treasurer telephone exchanges Terminals tract operated Vice President Williamsport York
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Page clxii - That any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point in one State to a point in another State shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it...
Page cxlv - ... or with any other corporation, company, person or party, shall willfully do or cause to be done, or shall willingly suffer or permit to be done, any act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Page cxxxvii - 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 cxliii - ... refund or remit in any manner or by any device any portion of the rates, fares, and charges so specified, nor extend to any shipper or person any privileges or facilities in the transportation of passengers or property, except such as are specified in such tariffs: Provided, That wherever the word 'carrier' occurs in this Act it shall be held to mean 'common carrier.
Page cxlviii - That the commission hereby created shall have authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page cxl - Act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance; provided, however, 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...
Page cxxxviii - Columbia, or to any foreign country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in whole, or in part, or in which it may have any interest direct or indirect except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier.
Page cxxxviii - ... to inmates of the National Homes or State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and of Soldiers
Page cxlviii - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing.
Page cxlix - Reasonable notice must first be given in writing by the party or his attorney proposing to take such deposition to the opposite party or his attorney of record, as either may be nearest, which notice shall state the name of the witness and the time and place of the taking of his deposition.