Problems of the Railroads: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session.... |
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... applying user charges where people received special services from the Government , and also advising them where legislation ... application of such policies by the Inter- state Commerce Commission and the courts , and some stem from the ...
... applying user charges where people received special services from the Government , and also advising them where legislation ... application of such policies by the Inter- state Commerce Commission and the courts , and some stem from the ...
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... application for authority to operate . Next I would like to say a word about adverse legislation . Year after year bills are introduced in the Congress generally under the guise of safety , many of which have the characteristic of ...
... application for authority to operate . Next I would like to say a word about adverse legislation . Year after year bills are introduced in the Congress generally under the guise of safety , many of which have the characteristic of ...
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... application was made to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for approval of straight - line depreciation accounting for tax purposes as required by the Internal Revenue Code , he conditioned his approval upon the establishment of a ...
... application was made to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for approval of straight - line depreciation accounting for tax purposes as required by the Internal Revenue Code , he conditioned his approval upon the establishment of a ...
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... application to other forms of transportation if it was deemed desirable ? You said you would not ? Mr. LOOMIS . That is right . Senator SMATHERS . Senator Monroney was not here when we opened these hearings , in which we previously ...
... application to other forms of transportation if it was deemed desirable ? You said you would not ? Mr. LOOMIS . That is right . Senator SMATHERS . Senator Monroney was not here when we opened these hearings , in which we previously ...
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... application of land - grant rates based upon the statutory obligation to transport certain Government traffic over land - grant lines at 50 percent less than regularly established tariff charges for such transportation , and reduced ...
... application of land - grant rates based upon the statutory obligation to transport certain Government traffic over land - grant lines at 50 percent less than regularly established tariff charges for such transportation , and reduced ...
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Page 372 - ... motor vehicles controlled and operated by a cooperative association as defined in the Agricultural Marketing Act...
Page 375 - May 5 by the Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission. That Bureau publishes what they call a monthly comment on transportation statistics.
Page 200 - Commission shall find that the continuance or acquisition of such ownership, lease, operation, control, or interest will not prevent such common carrier by water or vessel from being operated in the interest of the public and with advantage to the convenience and commerce of the people, and that it will not exclude, prevent, or reduce competition on the route by water under consideration...
Page 27 - Nothing in this part, except the provisions of section 204 relative to qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees and safety of operation or standards of equipment shall be construed to include * * * (6) motor vehicles used in carrying property consisting of ordinary livestock, fish (including shell fish), or agricultural (including horticultural) commodities (not including manufactured products thereof...
Page 371 - private carrier of property by motor vehicle" means any person not included in the terms "common carrier by motor vehicle" or "contract carrier by motor vehicle", who or which transports in interstate or foreign commerce by motor vehicle property of which such person is the owner, lessee, or bailee, when such transportation is for the purpose of sale, lease, rent, or bailment, or in furtherance of any commercial enterprise.
Page 650 - ... (c) In passing upon any proposed transaction under the provisions of this paragraph (2), the Commission shall give weight to the following considerations, among others: (1) The effect of the proposed transaction upon adequate transportation service to the public; (2) the effect upon the public interest of the inclusion, or failure to include, other railroads in the territory involved in the proposed transaction; (3) the total fixed charges resulting from the proposed transaction; and (4) the...
Page 771 - That nothing in this Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments, or for charitable purposes, or to or from fairs and expositions for exhibition thereat...
Page 543 - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the carrier or carriers for which the rates are prescribed...
Page 199 - ... property consisting of ordinary livestock, fish (including shell fish), or agricultural (including horticultural) commodities (not including manufactured products thereof), if such motor vehicles are not used in carrying any other property, or passengers, for compensation...
Page 372 - It shall be the duty of every contract carrier by motor vehicle to file with the Commission, publish, and keep open for public inspection, in the form and manner prescribed by the Commission, schedules containing the actual rates or charges...