Extention of Tenure of Government Control of Railroads: Hearings...Wash. 1919 |
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Page 1367
... opinion - and I desire to be understood in my examination as not indicating any opinion upon that subject- but I can not very clearly see the danger you anticipate would follow from Federal incorporation , for it seemed to me you were ...
... opinion - and I desire to be understood in my examination as not indicating any opinion upon that subject- but I can not very clearly see the danger you anticipate would follow from Federal incorporation , for it seemed to me you were ...
Page 1375
... opinion on it ; in other words , by saying or declaring what is mailable matter and prescribing the rates - and that power is equally potential between points within a State as well as between points in one State and in another State ...
... opinion on it ; in other words , by saying or declaring what is mailable matter and prescribing the rates - and that power is equally potential between points within a State as well as between points in one State and in another State ...
Page 1407
... opinion with reference to one branch of State regulation , and , if I may , I should like to suggest something concerning rates . The CHAIRMAN . Very well ; we should be glad to hear you . Mr. THELEN . With reference to rates , it is my ...
... opinion with reference to one branch of State regulation , and , if I may , I should like to suggest something concerning rates . The CHAIRMAN . Very well ; we should be glad to hear you . Mr. THELEN . With reference to rates , it is my ...
Page 1420
... opinion on that , · because I have not conferred with the other members of my com- mittee . I have a strong opinion on that point , and that is . that our people should do everything we reasonably can to obviate dupli- cation of service ...
... opinion on that , · because I have not conferred with the other members of my com- mittee . I have a strong opinion on that point , and that is . that our people should do everything we reasonably can to obviate dupli- cation of service ...
Page 1427
... opinion on that particular question . That is a debatable question , and I would like to obtain some more light before expressing an opinion as to operating ex- penses . As far as the cheaper borrowing power of INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN ...
... opinion on that particular question . That is a debatable question , and I would like to obtain some more light before expressing an opinion as to operating ex- penses . As far as the cheaper borrowing power of INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN ...
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Page 1569 - 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 1594 - ... any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers, or of like kind of property, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance, or to charge any greater compensation as a through route than the aggregate of the intermediate rates subject to the provisions of this Act...
Page 1529 - ... Whenever a carrier by railroad shall in competition with a water route or routes reduce the rates on the carriage of any species of freight to or from competitive points, it shall not be permitted to increase such rates unless after hearing by the Interstate Commerce Commission it shall be found that such proposed increase rests upon changed conditions other than the elimination of water competition.
Page 1915 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or to in any way interfere with the laws of any State or Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder...
Page 1594 - That upon application to the Commission such common carrier may in special cases, after investigation, be authorized by the Commission to charge less for longer than for shorter distances...
Page 1566 - At a General Session of the Interstate Commerce Commission, held at its office In Washington, DC, on the 19th day of May AD 1914.
Page 1570 - Commission such common carrier may in special cases, after investigation, be authorized by the Commission 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...
Page 1927 - That nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or in any way interfere with or modify the laws of the States which lie wholly or in part westward of the ninety-eighth meridian relating to the ownership, control, appropriation, use. and distribution of ground or surface waters within any unpatented mining claim.
Page 1921 - Any construction, operation, or abandonment contrary to the provisions of this paragraph or of paragraph (18) or (19) of this section may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the United States, the Commission, any commission or regulating body of the State or States affected, or any party in interest...
Page 1460 - States, and with one another, that during the present war they will coordinate their operations in a continental railway system, merging during such period all their merely individual and competitive activities in the effort to produce a maximum of national transportation efficiency.