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... Rail passenger deficit . 58 Lawrence , John V. S. 377 . S. 378 . 259 S. 937 . S. 939 . Lawson , J. D S. 943 . 201 Loos , Karl D. Rail passenger deficit 28 Mackie , David I. S. 943 . 21 Maguire , Thomas H. S. 377 . S. 939 . 22 Page 284 ...
... Rail passenger deficit . 58 Lawrence , John V. S. 377 . S. 378 . 259 S. 937 . S. 939 . Lawson , J. D S. 943 . 201 Loos , Karl D. Rail passenger deficit 28 Mackie , David I. S. 943 . 21 Maguire , Thomas H. S. 377 . S. 939 . 22 Page 284 ...
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... rail traffic of the Nation . Interstate Commerce Commission Statement No. ES - 1 year 1955 shows aver- age earnings of 61 cents per car - mile for 146 commodity classes comprising all rail carload manufactured and miscellaneous traffic ...
... rail traffic of the Nation . Interstate Commerce Commission Statement No. ES - 1 year 1955 shows aver- age earnings of 61 cents per car - mile for 146 commodity classes comprising all rail carload manufactured and miscellaneous traffic ...
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... rail patronage was lost to the private passenger car . The development of our airways has also had a significant impact on rail passenger business . If the automobile and the airplane satisfied all our needs , then the trains could be ...
... rail patronage was lost to the private passenger car . The development of our airways has also had a significant impact on rail passenger business . If the automobile and the airplane satisfied all our needs , then the trains could be ...
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... rail service into that com- munity . In my opinion , a town cannot realize its full potential growth and development without all three types of transportation . The feeling that exists in some quarters that railroads should con- tinue ...
... rail service into that com- munity . In my opinion , a town cannot realize its full potential growth and development without all three types of transportation . The feeling that exists in some quarters that railroads should con- tinue ...
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... rail passenger service or not . At the present time , in my State we have train service over the lines shown on exhibit 1. Some of these lines run only one train a day and some have less frequent service . I am informed that within the ...
... rail passenger service or not . At the present time , in my State we have train service over the lines shown on exhibit 1. Some of these lines run only one train a day and some have less frequent service . I am informed that within the ...
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Page 183 - States shall have a merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of the water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and to provide shipping service on all routes essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic and foreign water-borne commerce at all times, (b) capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency...
Page 196 - No term, condition, or limitation of a certificate shall restrict the right of an air carrier to add to or change schedules, equipment, accommodations, and facilities for performing the authorized transportation and service as the development of the business and the demands of the public shall require.
Page 186 - It is hereby declared to be the national transportation policy of the Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation subject to the provisions of this Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each...
Page 259 - 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...
Page 6 - Such suit in the district court of the United States shall proceed in all respects like other civil suits for damages, except that on the trial of such suit the findings and order of the commission shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated...
Page 224 - 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...
Page 286 - ... to encourage the establishment and maintenance of reasonable charges for transportation services, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, or unfair or destructive competitive practices...
Page 6 - ... together with a reasonable counsel or attorney's fee, to be fixed by the court in every case of recovery, which attorney's fee shall be taxed and collected as part of the costs In the case.
Page 23 - Section of the Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission...
Page 7 - ... liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation...