Extension of Tenure of Government Control of Railroads, Volume 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - Railroads |
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Page 1361
... question con- templated by Senate resolution 60 , with which you are probably familiar . That resolution calls for an investigation of the question of the regulation of interstate commerce and also the question of Govern- ment ownership ...
... question con- templated by Senate resolution 60 , with which you are probably familiar . That resolution calls for an investigation of the question of the regulation of interstate commerce and also the question of Govern- ment ownership ...
Page 1363
... question of Federal control and the intermountain situation . The CHAIRMAN . The question of the long and short haul clause ? Mr. GREGSON . The long and short haul clause , and as to time , I should like to follow in line with the ...
... question of Federal control and the intermountain situation . The CHAIRMAN . The question of the long and short haul clause ? Mr. GREGSON . The long and short haul clause , and as to time , I should like to follow in line with the ...
Page 1364
... questions , whether representatives or not of commer- cial bodies ? Mr. TROY . E. P. E. Troy , representing the Public ... question of Government and public ownership . The CHAIRMAN . When would you like to be heard ? Mr. TROY . I should ...
... questions , whether representatives or not of commer- cial bodies ? Mr. TROY . E. P. E. Troy , representing the Public ... question of Government and public ownership . The CHAIRMAN . When would you like to be heard ? Mr. TROY . I should ...
Page 1368
... question of law and solely as a question of legal power , I am not of the opinion that the Federal Government can do more through the creation of a Federal railroad corporation than it can do directly through the exercise of its powers ...
... question of law and solely as a question of legal power , I am not of the opinion that the Federal Government can do more through the creation of a Federal railroad corporation than it can do directly through the exercise of its powers ...
Page 1370
... question did not come up in the Reagan case , did it , or in the Smyth case , either ? Mr. THELEN . In those cases the question at issue was control over State rates charged by Federal railroad corporations , and the Su preme Court ...
... question did not come up in the Reagan case , did it , or in the Smyth case , either ? Mr. THELEN . In those cases the question at issue was control over State rates charged by Federal railroad corporations , and the Su preme Court ...
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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.