Extension of Tenure of Government Control of Railroads, Volume 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - Railroads |
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Page 1361
... chairman , in the Palace Hotel at 10 o'clock a . m . , Senator Francis G. Newlands ( chairman ) presiding , Representative William C. Adamson ( vice chairman ) . The CHAIRMAN . The Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce has assembled in ...
... chairman , in the Palace Hotel at 10 o'clock a . m . , Senator Francis G. Newlands ( chairman ) presiding , Representative William C. Adamson ( vice chairman ) . The CHAIRMAN . The Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce has assembled in ...
Page 1362
... VICE CHAIRMAN . Mr. Chairman , I would suggest to Mr. Jones that it would not be safe for him to give direction to his testimony according to what he thinks may be developed here , because we have already had hearings and will have many ...
... VICE CHAIRMAN . Mr. Chairman , I would suggest to Mr. Jones that it would not be safe for him to give direction to his testimony according to what he thinks may be developed here , because we have already had hearings and will have many ...
Page 1364
... CHAIRMAN . Senator Cummins suggests that we should pro- ceed to - morrow morning consecutively and as speedily as possible with these hearings . The VICE CHAIRMAN . You mean in the order in which the gentle- men have entered their ...
... CHAIRMAN . Senator Cummins suggests that we should pro- ceed to - morrow morning consecutively and as speedily as possible with these hearings . The VICE CHAIRMAN . You mean in the order in which the gentle- men have entered their ...
Page 1372
... VICE CHAIRMAN . Mr. Chairman , I do not want to cross- examine Mr. Thelen , except in connection with Mr. Cummins's sug- gestions . When we were boys we had an old - fashioned game of marbles , and in playing it the boys " fudged ...
... VICE CHAIRMAN . Mr. Chairman , I do not want to cross- examine Mr. Thelen , except in connection with Mr. Cummins's sug- gestions . When we were boys we had an old - fashioned game of marbles , and in playing it the boys " fudged ...
Page 1374
... VICE CHAIRMAN . Do you think it would be possible for Con- gress under the act to declare all freight mail matter ? Mr. THELEN . That is the reason I suggested the limitation of rea- sonableness . I suppose it would be a question of ...
... VICE CHAIRMAN . Do you think it would be possible for Con- gress under the act to declare all freight mail matter ? Mr. THELEN . That is the reason I suggested the limitation of rea- sonableness . I suppose it would be a question of ...
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Page 1564 - 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 1563 - 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 1588 - ... 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 1560 - 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 1588 - 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 1588 - Act to charge or receive 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...
Page 1564 - 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 1525 - ... 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 1773 - All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property and for the transmission of messages by telegraph, telephone, or cable, as aforesaid, or in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service or any part thereof is prohibited and declared to be unlawful: Provided.
Page 1905 - 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.