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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... duties , subject to the approval of the Sec- retary of the Interior . The commission shall be furnished by the Secretary of the Interior with suit- able offices and all necessary office supplies . Witnesses summoned before the ...
... duties , subject to the approval of the Sec- retary of the Interior . The commission shall be furnished by the Secretary of the Interior with suit- able offices and all necessary office supplies . Witnesses summoned before the ...
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... duty of Con- gress to act upon . This is the short session . A very large proportion of the time of the session after the holidays will be taken up in the consideration and passage of the appropriation bills which have the right of way ...
... duty of Con- gress to act upon . This is the short session . A very large proportion of the time of the session after the holidays will be taken up in the consideration and passage of the appropriation bills which have the right of way ...
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... duty as well as to conduct its private business . it is eminently proper and necessary that there should be legislation to make sure that the public business is conducted for the public welfare ; that its public duty is faithfully ...
... duty as well as to conduct its private business . it is eminently proper and necessary that there should be legislation to make sure that the public business is conducted for the public welfare ; that its public duty is faithfully ...
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... duty which the railroad engages in , certainly in the building of its road . It follows as a matter of course that the rail- road company , in so far as it is discharging that part of its duty which is public , must discharge it as the ...
... duty which the railroad engages in , certainly in the building of its road . It follows as a matter of course that the rail- road company , in so far as it is discharging that part of its duty which is public , must discharge it as the ...
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... duty of railroads discharging a public duty as well as a private duty to see to it that it possible the business which they do yields remuner- ative returns to the capital investment , and that you can not endanger the public prosperity ...
... duty of railroads discharging a public duty as well as a private duty to see to it that it possible the business which they do yields remuner- ative returns to the capital investment , and that you can not endanger the public prosperity ...
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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.