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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... respecting the manner of constructing this bridge , as the Senator knows , and many people are interested in it . I understand an examination is now being made by the engineers of the War Department respecting the proper mode of ...
... respecting the manner of constructing this bridge , as the Senator knows , and many people are interested in it . I understand an examination is now being made by the engineers of the War Department respecting the proper mode of ...
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... great defects in it in respect of its own affairs , have resolutely opposed all efforts of the State and National Governments to project and establish reforms which would tend to assure justice and promote the common interest , 20.
... great defects in it in respect of its own affairs , have resolutely opposed all efforts of the State and National Governments to project and establish reforms which would tend to assure justice and promote the common interest , 20.
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... declaration has been that Congress is not sufficiently informed in respect of the intricacies of the transportation problem to act with due caution and wisdom thereon . But Congress has for years been informing itself 21.
... declaration has been that Congress is not sufficiently informed in respect of the intricacies of the transportation problem to act with due caution and wisdom thereon . But Congress has for years been informing itself 21.
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... respect of the things complained of by the people and concerning which this report proposes remedies cease ? Answering these questions in the light of past experience , a negative must be given to each of them . How are we to resolve ...
... respect of the things complained of by the people and concerning which this report proposes remedies cease ? Answering these questions in the light of past experience , a negative must be given to each of them . How are we to resolve ...
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... respect of the very measure we are now considering , said : It would prevent reckless competition between the various roads and stop the craze for constructing useless lines in territory already sufficiently supplied with railroad ...
... respect of the very measure we are now considering , said : It would prevent reckless competition between the various roads and stop the craze for constructing useless lines in territory already sufficiently supplied with railroad ...
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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.