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... practices of the railroad companies now inflicts them with . Now it is not uncommon for intermediate stations to be ... practice is in every sense wrong . It proceeds upon the theory that it is the privilege of the railroad companies to ...
... practices of the railroad companies now inflicts them with . Now it is not uncommon for intermediate stations to be ... practice is in every sense wrong . It proceeds upon the theory that it is the privilege of the railroad companies to ...
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... practice of pooling ? Suppose the managers of our railroads should devote as much time , care , and ability in applying to their affairs the ordinary and conservative business rules which other men observe , could they not present the ...
... practice of pooling ? Suppose the managers of our railroads should devote as much time , care , and ability in applying to their affairs the ordinary and conservative business rules which other men observe , could they not present the ...
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... practices of the railroad companies than the per- petration of the things therein denounced . Preferences and advantages therein prohibited have been common disbursements by the railroad companies . With them the business interests of ...
... practices of the railroad companies than the per- petration of the things therein denounced . Preferences and advantages therein prohibited have been common disbursements by the railroad companies . With them the business interests of ...
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... practiced we may be sure that the demand for regulative legislation will not lower its tone nor reduce its exactions . Let us give the response which the bill of the conference committee presents . REMARKS OF MR . PLATT . IN THE U. S. ...
... practiced we may be sure that the demand for regulative legislation will not lower its tone nor reduce its exactions . Let us give the response which the bill of the conference committee presents . REMARKS OF MR . PLATT . IN THE U. S. ...
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... practice to which railroad companies have resorted to pre- vent unjust discrimination ? A pooling contract is based - that is to say , the percentage of freights or the portion of freights which each company agrees to be satisfied with ...
... practice to which railroad companies have resorted to pre- vent unjust discrimination ? A pooling contract is based - that is to say , the percentage of freights or the portion of freights which each company agrees to be satisfied with ...
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Page 17 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 28 - America in congress assembled, 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 32 - 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 9 - Provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 53 - 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 12 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 16 - President; but their successors shall be appointed for terms of six years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 15 - That any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation...
Page 179 - ... for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance ; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier within the terms of this Act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance...
Page 32 - And in case of disobedience to a subpoena the commission may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence.