The People and the Railways: A Popular Discussion of the Railway Problem in the United States by Way of Answer to "The Railways and the Republic," |
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... naturally always a larger consideration than the mere question of a profit - is , in fact , the most vital consideration that could be named . Or , should the question pre- sent itself differently : a bankrupt railroad is worse than no ...
... naturally always a larger consideration than the mere question of a profit - is , in fact , the most vital consideration that could be named . Or , should the question pre- sent itself differently : a bankrupt railroad is worse than no ...
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... natural law , and here is Mr. Hudson , too , demonstrating the imminent danger to the United States from the normal operation of this natural law . There is , of course , but one remedy for all this ( though Mr. Hudson , indeed , fails ...
... natural law , and here is Mr. Hudson , too , demonstrating the imminent danger to the United States from the normal operation of this natural law . There is , of course , but one remedy for all this ( though Mr. Hudson , indeed , fails ...
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... natural science for a lever ; but even Archimedes was obliged to sigh for a place where- on to plant his fulcrum . It appears to me that , in this laborious work of five hundred closely printed octavo pages , what Mr. Hud son lacks most ...
... natural science for a lever ; but even Archimedes was obliged to sigh for a place where- on to plant his fulcrum . It appears to me that , in this laborious work of five hundred closely printed octavo pages , what Mr. Hud son lacks most ...
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... natural or moral duty to devise a means of redistri- buting this accumulation to the two hundred thousand or hundred thousand millions who , like Watt , could not foresee ? I do not so understand Mr. Hudson to urge ; but perhaps he will ...
... natural or moral duty to devise a means of redistri- buting this accumulation to the two hundred thousand or hundred thousand millions who , like Watt , could not foresee ? I do not so understand Mr. Hudson to urge ; but perhaps he will ...
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... natural one , and we can not wonder that Mr. Hudson has received it . But the least familiarity with the inside of a railroad office ( and it is unfortunate that he did not acquire , at least at second hand , such a famili- arity before ...
... natural one , and we can not wonder that Mr. Hudson has received it . But the least familiarity with the inside of a railroad office ( and it is unfortunate that he did not acquire , at least at second hand , such a famili- arity before ...
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Page 189 - That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done any act, matter, or thing in this Act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Page 191 - 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 191 - 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 184 - railroad" as used in this Act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease ; and the term " transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page 190 - Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the term of each to be designated by the 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 time of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 190 - 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 204 - 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 183 - 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 203 - 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 185 - ... all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith, and shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such connecting lines; but this shall not be construed as requiring any such common carrier to give the use of its tracks or terminal facilities to another carrier engaged in like business.