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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... object was expressed to be " to establish and maintain fair and uniformn rates of freight and to equalize the business of forwarding on the Erie and Oswego Canals among themselves , and to avoid all unnecessary expenses in doing the ...
... object was expressed to be " to establish and maintain fair and uniformn rates of freight and to equalize the business of forwarding on the Erie and Oswego Canals among themselves , and to avoid all unnecessary expenses in doing the ...
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... object to be immediately accomplished seemed to require it - regard- less of the just maxims of legitimate business , and of the rules of the common law , which enjoin upon common carriers that they shall deal with all customers upon ...
... object to be immediately accomplished seemed to require it - regard- less of the just maxims of legitimate business , and of the rules of the common law , which enjoin upon common carriers that they shall deal with all customers upon ...
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... object the encouragement of the best and the permanence of the best . When I gave way to a motion to proceed to executive business I was speaking upon this proposition : That the business of the railroad carrier was unlike any other ...
... object the encouragement of the best and the permanence of the best . When I gave way to a motion to proceed to executive business I was speaking upon this proposition : That the business of the railroad carrier was unlike any other ...
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... object of the proposed law - I do not suppose there would be at the end of two years more than three or four leading corporations in the country that would not be in the hands of receivers . It would be the condition of affairs now ...
... object of the proposed law - I do not suppose there would be at the end of two years more than three or four leading corporations in the country that would not be in the hands of receivers . It would be the condition of affairs now ...
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... object which is intended to be accomplished by legislation in this bill . I believe we may trust to the good judgment of conferees and of legislators not to do a thing which , upon reflection and investigation , they must be satisfied ...
... object which is intended to be accomplished by legislation in this bill . I believe we may trust to the good judgment of conferees and of legislators not to do a thing which , upon reflection and investigation , they must be satisfied ...
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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.