Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of California, Volume 7 |
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... main line . SEC . 15. The salaries of the Commissioners , Secretary , Bailiff , and all other officers and attachés in any manner employed by the Board of Commissioners , and all expenses of every kind created under this Act , shall be ...
... main line . SEC . 15. The salaries of the Commissioners , Secretary , Bailiff , and all other officers and attachés in any manner employed by the Board of Commissioners , and all expenses of every kind created under this Act , shall be ...
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... line . For many years ( and prior to this company leasing the Santa Cruz line ) the shipping point for Watson- ville was Pajaro , a station on the opposite side of the river , less ... main line , and as delay in the transportation of 16.
... line . For many years ( and prior to this company leasing the Santa Cruz line ) the shipping point for Watson- ville was Pajaro , a station on the opposite side of the river , less ... main line , and as delay in the transportation of 16.
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... hereby approved and established at said points , subject to the further order of this Commission , Order No. 34 was introduced by Commissioner Carpenter and unani- 2 * 26 .17 main line, and as delay in the transportation of ...
... hereby approved and established at said points , subject to the further order of this Commission , Order No. 34 was introduced by Commissioner Carpenter and unani- 2 * 26 .17 main line, and as delay in the transportation of ...
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... main line . TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEIR ADOPTION . If the Constitution and the statutes cited are to be interpreted as of the time and circumstances of their adoption , when " the whole country was full of gloomy prospects , " they ...
... main line . TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEIR ADOPTION . If the Constitution and the statutes cited are to be interpreted as of the time and circumstances of their adoption , when " the whole country was full of gloomy prospects , " they ...
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... Line to Keeler , Inyo County . Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad- Colfax to Nevada City- North Pacific Coast ... Main line .. Ferry Commutation 17. Average rate of fare per mile ( not including season tickets ) received from local ...
... Line to Keeler , Inyo County . Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad- Colfax to Nevada City- North Pacific Coast ... Main line .. Ferry Commutation 17. Average rate of fare per mile ( not including season tickets ) received from local ...
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amount paid Average monthly pay Average number Average rate Average weight baggage cars Berkeley Branch Railroad Board of Railroad Bonds bruised California Pacific Railroad California Southern Railroad Capital stock authorized cash assets Central Pacific Railroad cents Commissioners Carpenter COST OF ROAD Coupling cars crossings of highways debt liabilities December 31 double track Eight-wheel Employé fare per mile freight cars freight department freight trains Funded debt injured July Leland Stanford Length in Miles Length of main length of track locomotives main line mileage MILES OF ROAD Miles run Notary Public number of cars Number of crossings Number of highway Number of stockholders Number of tons Pacific Railroad Company Passenger cars passenger department passenger trains passengers on roads Profit and loss property account Railroad Commissioners rate of fare rate of freight Repairs roads operated San Francisco single track sinking funds Southern Pacific Railroad steel rail Total length Total number traffic expenses train mile
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Page 55 - ... namely, to promote the public interest and welfare by the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and keeping the same in working order, and to secure to the Government at all times (but particularly in time of war) the use and benefits of the same for postal, military and other purposes, Congress may, at any time, having due regard for the rights of said companies named herein, add to, alter, amend, or repeal this act.
Page 58 - In America, the powers of sovereignty are divided between the government of the Union and those of the States. They are each sovereign, with respect to the objects committed to it, and neither sovereign with respect to the objects committed to the other.
Page 58 - The sovereignty of a State extends to everything which exists by its own authority or is introduced by its permission ; but does it extend to those means which are employed by Congress to carry into execution powers conferred on that body by the people of the United States ? We think it demonstrable that it does not.
Page 59 - All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Page 53 - It is the accepted doctrine in this country that a railroad corporation cannot escape the performance of any duty or obligation imposed by its charter, or the general laws of the state, by a voluntary surrender of its road into the hands of lessees.
Page 54 - Provided, That if said route shall be found upon the line of any other railroad route to aid in the construction of which lands have been heretofore granted by the United States, as far as the routes are upon the same general line, the amount of land heretofore granted shall be deducted from the amount granted by this act...
Page 10 - Act, shall be paid out of any money in the General Fund not otherwise appropriated, and the Controller of State is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants from time to time for such purposes, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same.
Page 54 - AN ACT granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the States of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific coast.
Page 8 - No president, director, officer, agent or employe of any railroad or canal company shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in the furnishing of material or supplies to such company, or in the business of transportation as a common carrier of freight or passengers over the works owned, leased, controlled or worked by such company.
Page 59 - The principle we are discussing has its limitation, a limitation growing out of the necessity on which the principle itself is founded. That limitation is, that the agencies of the Federal government are only exempted from State legislation, so far as that legislation may interfere with, or impair their efficiency in performing the functions by which they are designed to serve that government.