Long and Short Haul Charges: Hearings, Sixty-eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2327. January 20-23, 27-30, February 3-6, 1925 |
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... , for the sake of promptness of consideration that each witness expressing the desire to proceed without interruption be allowed to do so , and let questions follow . Mr. DENISON . Mr. Chairman , I was going to 2 LONG AND SHORT HAUL ...
... , for the sake of promptness of consideration that each witness expressing the desire to proceed without interruption be allowed to do so , and let questions follow . Mr. DENISON . Mr. Chairman , I was going to 2 LONG AND SHORT HAUL ...
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... going to ask him to help work out a program for the witnesses who would like to be heard . At this time I am going to ask that the committee hear Mr. W. S. McCarthy , of Salt Lake City , Utah , who is president of the Inter- mediate ...
... going to ask him to help work out a program for the witnesses who would like to be heard . At this time I am going to ask that the committee hear Mr. W. S. McCarthy , of Salt Lake City , Utah , who is president of the Inter- mediate ...
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... going to fix up rates , such as you and I discussed , to apply ter- minal rates at intermediate points as maximum , we should , if we can do so , avoid the necessity for filing an additional fourth - section application at this time ...
... going to fix up rates , such as you and I discussed , to apply ter- minal rates at intermediate points as maximum , we should , if we can do so , avoid the necessity for filing an additional fourth - section application at this time ...
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... going to be , that they are not going to file any more ; but apparently the in- side information is that this is the opening wedge , and we who follow the situation and who are familiar with it , know absolutely that it is larger . Now ...
... going to be , that they are not going to file any more ; but apparently the in- side information is that this is the opening wedge , and we who follow the situation and who are familiar with it , know absolutely that it is larger . Now ...
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... going to be permitted . About the only thing we can see would happen , that there would be a lot of freight trains going through here , but they would all be going to the coast , and the intermediate section , of which we are a part ...
... going to be permitted . About the only thing we can see would happen , that there would be a lot of freight trains going through here , but they would all be going to the coast , and the intermediate section , of which we are a part ...
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Page 421 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 304 - 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 536 - 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 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 79 - 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 77 - 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 163 - ... 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 111 - Congress to promote, encourage, and develop water transportation, service, and facilities in connection with the commerce of the United States, and to foster and preserve, in full .vigor. both rail and water transportation.
Page 198 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to promote, encourage and develop water transportation service and facilities in connection with the commerce of the United States, and to foster and preserve in full vigor both rail and water transportation.
Page 111 - That it shall be the duty of the board, in cooperation with the Secretary of War, with the object of promoting, encouraging, and developing ports and transportation facilities in connection with water commerce over which it has jurisdiction, to investigate territorial regions and zones tributary to such ports, taking into consideration the economies of transportation by rail, water and highway and the natural direction of the flow of commerce...
Page 13 - Billings that it is better not to know so much than to know so many things that are not so...