The Interstate Commerce Commission: Its History, Activities and Organization, Issue 18 |
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... effective and economical dispatch of public business . " To lay the basis for such a comprehensive study of the organiza- tion and operations of the national government as President Taft outlined , the Institute for Government Research ...
... effective and economical dispatch of public business . " To lay the basis for such a comprehensive study of the organiza- tion and operations of the national government as President Taft outlined , the Institute for Government Research ...
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Its History, Activities and Organization Joshua Bernhardt. FOREWORD ix make effective use of the organization , plant or results of other services had they knowledge that such facilities were in existence . With the constant shifting of ...
Its History, Activities and Organization Joshua Bernhardt. FOREWORD ix make effective use of the organization , plant or results of other services had they knowledge that such facilities were in existence . With the constant shifting of ...
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... effective . The House bill proposed a remedy through the courts after clear legal definition of abuses . There was , more- over , difference of opinion as to the practice of pooling ; the House desired to render all traffic agreements ...
... effective . The House bill proposed a remedy through the courts after clear legal definition of abuses . There was , more- over , difference of opinion as to the practice of pooling ; the House desired to render all traffic agreements ...
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... effective enforcement of the then existing law , but it did not deem it wise after this short trial of the regulatory system to extend it to express , sleeping - car , and other outside carriers . " 13 In the act of March 2 , 1889 " a ...
... effective enforcement of the then existing law , but it did not deem it wise after this short trial of the regulatory system to extend it to express , sleeping - car , and other outside carriers . " 13 In the act of March 2 , 1889 " a ...
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... effective remedy was denied in many cases to the shipper for the loss he had incurred . On this point , the United States Industrial Commission reported in 1902 as follows : Even supposing that the carriers obey the order of the Com ...
... effective remedy was denied in many cases to the shipper for the loss he had incurred . On this point , the United States Industrial Commission reported in 1902 as follows : Even supposing that the carriers obey the order of the Com ...
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Page 106 - All of the expenses of the Commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the Commission.
Page 15 - 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 23 - Columbia, or to any foreign country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in whole, or in part, or in which it may have any interest direct or indirect except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier.
Page 50 - The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of all other traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material and equipment, or for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or desirable.
Page 80 - 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 v - THE INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT RESEARCH STUDIES IN ADMINISTRATION. The System of Financial Administration of Great Britain. By WF Willoughby, WW Willoughby, and SM Lindsay. 378 pp.
Page 75 - 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 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 64 - 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 22 - ... shall include cars and other vehicles and all Instrumentalities and facilities of shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership or of any contract, express or Implied, for the use thereof and all services In connection with the receipt, delivery, elevation, and transfer in transit, ventilation, refrigeration or icing, storage, and handling of property transported...