Parliamentary Papers, Volume 14H.M. Stationery Office, 1894 - Great Britain |
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... maximum rates and a revised classification of goods . As the Com- mittee are aware , the railway companies did submit revised classifications and revised sche- dules of maximum rates . 6. Before you come to that let me ask was there ...
... maximum rates and a revised classification of goods . As the Com- mittee are aware , the railway companies did submit revised classifications and revised sche- dules of maximum rates . 6. Before you come to that let me ask was there ...
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... maximum powers of the companies as regards through rates upon several systems . The Acts were so intricate and so involved that it was next door to impossible to ascertain what the companies could charge in respect of through traffic ...
... maximum powers of the companies as regards through rates upon several systems . The Acts were so intricate and so involved that it was next door to impossible to ascertain what the companies could charge in respect of through traffic ...
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... rates , at the instance of railway companies ? —Yes , certainly , at the instance of the railway companies , but not ... maximum rates and charges of the railway companies as upon the whole equivalent to such existing maximum rates and ...
... rates , at the instance of railway companies ? —Yes , certainly , at the instance of the railway companies , but not ... maximum rates and charges of the railway companies as upon the whole equivalent to such existing maximum rates and ...
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... rates , the nine companies , arguably , had the time between August 1891 and January 1893 in which to prepare their ... maximum rates there was no necessity for alteration , was there ? -No ; but the old rate books would not have done ...
... rates , the nine companies , arguably , had the time between August 1891 and January 1893 in which to prepare their ... maximum rates there was no necessity for alteration , was there ? -No ; but the old rate books would not have done ...
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... maximum powers . I have analysed several of the rate books , and what I think is set out in the rate books ( the railway managers will contradict me if I am wrong ) was , practically , their maximum ... rates B SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY ...
... maximum powers . I have analysed several of the rate books , and what I think is set out in the rate books ( the railway managers will contradict me if I am wrong ) was , practically , their maximum ... rates B SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY ...
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1st January 1st of January Act of Parliament actual rates alteration amount answer apply arbitration Birmingham Board of Trade Burnie carried cartage cent Chairman Chairman-continued charge class rates classification coal complaints Conciliation Clause Continued cost course court David Plunket distance evidence exceptional rates fact fixed give Hunter increase instance Jackson John Ellis Lancashire large number London and North matter maxima maximum rates Michael Hicks Beach Midland miles North Western old rate opinion owner's risk panies Parliament practically present Provisional Orders question rail Railway Commission Railway Commissioners railway companies raised rate books reasonable recoup reduced reference regard revision Sir Albert Rollit Sir Albert Rollit-continued Sir Alfred Hickman Sir Bernhard Samuelson Sir Courtenay Boyle Sir Henry Oakley Sir James Whitehead Sir Julian Goldsmid Sir Michael Hicks special rates statement station station to station tion traffic tribunal undue preference Western Railway
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Page 27 - All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property as aforesaid, or in connection therewith, or for the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of such property, shall be reasonable and just; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 104 - ... may apply to said Commission by petition, which shall briefly state the facts; whereupon a statement of the charges thus made shall be forwarded by the Commission to such common carrier, who shall be called upon to satisfy the complaint or to answer the same in 'writing within' a reasonable time, to be specified by the Commission.
Page 104 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.
Page 24 - Act directed, subject nevertheless to the provisions and restrictions of the said Act of the sixth year of Her present Majesty, intituled, an Act for the better Regulation of Railways and for the Conveyance of Troops...
Page 104 - That any person, firm, corporation, or association, or any mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society, or any body politic or municipal organization complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act in contravention of the provisions thereof...
Page 429 - ... stations or station houses, or any change in its rates of fare for transporting freight or passengers, or any change in the mode of operating its road and conducting its business is reasonable and expedient in order to promote the security, convenience and accommodation of the public...
Page 458 - It shall be lawful for any company or person complaining against any such companies or company of anything done, or of any omission made in violation or contravention of this act, to apply in a summary way, by motion or summons, in England, to her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, or in Ireland to any of her Majesty's Superior Courts in Dublin, or in Scotland to the Court of Session...
Page 429 - Whenever in the judgment of the Railroad Commissioners it shall appear that any railroad corporation or other transportation company fails, in any respect or particular, to comply with the terms of its charter or the laws of the State...
Page 30 - At common law a person holding himself out "as a common carrier of goods was not under any obligation to treat all customers equally. The obligation which the common law imposed upon him was to accept and carry all goods delivered to him for carriage according to his profession (unless he had some reasonable excuse for not doing so), on being paid a reasonable compensation for so doing...
Page 3 - Notwithstanding any provision in any general or special act, every railway company shall submit to the board of trade a revised classification of merchandise traffic, and a revised schedule of maximum rates and charges applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by...