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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... fact to be reckoned with that there is neces- sarily a substantial time lag between the placing of orders for railroad cars and the delivery of such cars . It is also a fact to be reckoned with that our economy is subject to frequent ...
... fact to be reckoned with that there is neces- sarily a substantial time lag between the placing of orders for railroad cars and the delivery of such cars . It is also a fact to be reckoned with that our economy is subject to frequent ...
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... fact - finding boards , as to wages - and State public - service commissions , as to services and , sometimes , pricing . But you can see the re- sults have been negative . I think I can tell you why . The three important categories in ...
... fact - finding boards , as to wages - and State public - service commissions , as to services and , sometimes , pricing . But you can see the re- sults have been negative . I think I can tell you why . The three important categories in ...
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... fact is that the plan makes Government operation less likely by helping to dispose of the three possible grounds for Government takeover : ( a ) Bankruptcy . - Because these are boom times for the economy generally , it is easy to ...
... fact is that the plan makes Government operation less likely by helping to dispose of the three possible grounds for Government takeover : ( a ) Bankruptcy . - Because these are boom times for the economy generally , it is easy to ...
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... fact that you can operate at a profit partially to the fact that the areas in which you operate are probably some of the fastest growing areas of the United States ? Mr. MACFARLANE . I think that that is another factor that has been ...
... fact that you can operate at a profit partially to the fact that the areas in which you operate are probably some of the fastest growing areas of the United States ? Mr. MACFARLANE . I think that that is another factor that has been ...
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... fact that you can operate at a profit partially to the fact that the areas in which you operate are probably some of the fastest growing areas of the United States ? Mr. MACFARLANE . I think that that is another factor that has been ...
... fact that you can operate at a profit partially to the fact that the areas in which you operate are probably some of the fastest growing areas of the United States ? Mr. MACFARLANE . I think that that is another factor that has been ...
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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...