Transportation Rates of Common Carriers: Hearings...on S. 91, S. 1227, S. 1919, and S. 2951 |
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... PRESIDENT BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD The CHAIRMAN . You may state your name , address , and official occupation . Mr. WILLARD . My name is Daniel Willard ; occupation , president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ; residence , Baltimore ...
... PRESIDENT BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD The CHAIRMAN . You may state your name , address , and official occupation . Mr. WILLARD . My name is Daniel Willard ; occupation , president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ; residence , Baltimore ...
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... President , Congress gave renewed consideration to the railroad situation , and on Novem- ber 10 , 1919 , Senator Cummins , at that time chairman of this com- mittee , submitted a report to the Senate in which he referred at some length ...
... President , Congress gave renewed consideration to the railroad situation , and on Novem- ber 10 , 1919 , Senator Cummins , at that time chairman of this com- mittee , submitted a report to the Senate in which he referred at some length ...
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... CHAIRMAN . I think the committee fully understands the pro- cedure now . Mr. Willard , you may resume your statement . STATEMENT OF DANIEL WILLARD , PRESIDENT BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD 14 TRANSPORTATION RATES OF COMMON CARRIERS.
... CHAIRMAN . I think the committee fully understands the pro- cedure now . Mr. Willard , you may resume your statement . STATEMENT OF DANIEL WILLARD , PRESIDENT BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD 14 TRANSPORTATION RATES OF COMMON CARRIERS.
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... PRESIDENT BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO . - Resumed Mr. WILLARD . With your permission , Mr. Chairman , I would like to reread the paragraph at the bottom of page 7 , where we stopped , because that was really the beginning of another ...
... PRESIDENT BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO . - Resumed Mr. WILLARD . With your permission , Mr. Chairman , I would like to reread the paragraph at the bottom of page 7 , where we stopped , because that was really the beginning of another ...
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... president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad . directly in charge of the matters that he has just been discussing , and I accept his statement as my To repeat the last part of my written statement , no substan- tial proportion of the new ...
... president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad . directly in charge of the matters that he has just been discussing , and I accept his statement as my To repeat the last part of my written statement , no substan- tial proportion of the new ...
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Page 515 - ... authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 4 - Commission may from time to time designate) will, under honest, efficient and economical management and reasonable expenditures for maintenance of way, structures and equipment, earn an aggregate annual net railway operating income equal, as nearly as may be, to a fair return upon the aggregate value of the railway property of such carriers held for and used in the service of transportation...
Page 531 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this Act, than it charges, demands, collects, or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby...
Page 649 - The property is held in private ownership and it is that property, and not the original cost of it, of which the owner may not be deprived without due process of law.
Page 153 - 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...
Page 515 - ... keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created ; and for the purposes of this act...
Page 282 - In so prescribing and determining the divisions of joint rates, fares and charges, the Commission shall give due consideration, among other things, to the efficiency with which the carriers concerned are operated, the amount of revenue required to pay their respective operating expenses, taxes, and a fair return on their railway property held for and used in the service of transportation...
Page 149 - ... aggregate annual net railway operating income equal, as nearly as may be, to a fair return upon the aggregate value of the railway property of such carriers held for and used in the service of transportation: Provided, That the Commission shall have reasonable latitude to modify or adjust any particular rate which it may find to be unjust or unreasonable, and to prescribe different rates for different sections of the country.
Page 4 - It available and shall give due consideration to all the elements of value recognized by the law of the land for rate-making purposes...
Page 217 - ... to make provision in whole or in part for improvements, betterments or equipment, which, according to the accounting system prescribed by the Commission, are chargeable to capital account.