Extension of Tenure of Government Control of Railroads, Volume 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - Railroads |
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Page 1374
... freight rates after all - has not Congress the absolute and unlimited power to fix freight rates upon property declared to be mailable- sent from one State to another State , or from one point within a State to another point within the ...
... freight rates after all - has not Congress the absolute and unlimited power to fix freight rates upon property declared to be mailable- sent from one State to another State , or from one point within a State to another point within the ...
Page 1380
... freight that goes into the freight car between these two points , paid for as freight , be burdened with the expenses necessary in order to enable the rail- road company to carry my trunk weighing 100 pounds free ? The VICE CHAIRMAN ...
... freight that goes into the freight car between these two points , paid for as freight , be burdened with the expenses necessary in order to enable the rail- road company to carry my trunk weighing 100 pounds free ? The VICE CHAIRMAN ...
Page 1381
... freight traffic and carrying passenger traffic , and in that way it seems to me that the freight traffic does not get the same benefits in the way of free service as is the case with the passenger service . Of course , I am not ...
... freight traffic and carrying passenger traffic , and in that way it seems to me that the freight traffic does not get the same benefits in the way of free service as is the case with the passenger service . Of course , I am not ...
Page 1390
... freight , and other kinds . Do you think the public will stand for increasing freight rates without undertaking to relieve itself ? Mr. THELEN . No ; I think not . I believe that if we are to be confronted with ever - increasing freight ...
... freight , and other kinds . Do you think the public will stand for increasing freight rates without undertaking to relieve itself ? Mr. THELEN . No ; I think not . I believe that if we are to be confronted with ever - increasing freight ...
Page 1398
... freight buildings ; belt lines , etc. Mr. THELEN . I will say that , with reference to passenger stations , spur tracks , sidetracks , connections between tracks , freight terminals , and such matters , the California commission at the ...
... freight buildings ; belt lines , etc. Mr. THELEN . I will say that , with reference to passenger stations , spur tracks , sidetracks , connections between tracks , freight terminals , and such matters , the California commission at the ...
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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.