Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1889 - Interstate commerce |
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... City of Milwaukee v . Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company , et al . Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Company , et al . v . Michigan Congress Water Company Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company , Business Men's Association of the State ...
... City of Milwaukee v . Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company , et al . Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Company , et al . v . Michigan Congress Water Company Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company , Business Men's Association of the State ...
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... City , 600 miles further east , and that the charge to Kansas City added to the charge on the same articles from Kansas City back to Denver , makes a less rate than the charge from San Francisco to Denver direct . The answer of the ...
... City , 600 miles further east , and that the charge to Kansas City added to the charge on the same articles from Kansas City back to Denver , makes a less rate than the charge from San Francisco to Denver direct . The answer of the ...
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... city of Chicago was largely and unlawfully ben- efited to the detriment of the city of Omaha . After answers had been filed , but before the case had been set down for hearing , the complainants filed an amended pe- tition , alleging ...
... city of Chicago was largely and unlawfully ben- efited to the detriment of the city of Omaha . After answers had been filed , but before the case had been set down for hearing , the complainants filed an amended pe- tition , alleging ...
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... city of Omaha and as heavily discrimin- ating in favor of the city of Chicago , to our great detriment and disadvantage , and which discrimination we respectfully submit is made unlawful by the terms of the third section of the law ...
... city of Omaha and as heavily discrimin- ating in favor of the city of Chicago , to our great detriment and disadvantage , and which discrimination we respectfully submit is made unlawful by the terms of the third section of the law ...
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... city of Omaha and those of the city of Lincoln , each claiming to be the distributing point for the State of Nebraska and cach demanding more favor- able rates from the carriers than those allowed to the other ; but this respondent ...
... city of Omaha and those of the city of Lincoln , each claiming to be the distributing point for the State of Nebraska and cach demanding more favor- able rates from the carriers than those allowed to the other ; but this respondent ...
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Page 659 - 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 94 - ... like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 659 - ... full and complete information necessary to enable the commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 484 - Commission it is practicable to prescribe such uniformity and methods of keeping accounts) a period of time within which all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act shall have, as near as may be, a uniform system of accounts, and the manner in which such accounts shall be kept.
Page 115 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Page 665 - 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, or for charitable purposes, or to or from fairs and expositions for exhibition thereat, or the free carriage of destitute and homeless persons transported by charitable societies, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation, or the issuance of mileage, excursion, or commutation passenger tickets; nothing in this Act shall...
Page 210 - ... 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.
Page 657 - ... done, or shall aid or abet any such omission or failure, or shall be guilty of any infraction of this act, or shall aid or abet therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such offense was committed, be subject to a fine of not to exceed five thousand dollars for each offense...
Page 658 - ... hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction within the district in which such offense was committed, be subject for each offense to a fine of not exceeding five thousand dollars or imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Page 659 - Commission, may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents under the provisions of this section.