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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... claiming to be the distributing point for the State of Nebraska and cach demanding more favor- able rates from the ... claimed that defendant has the shortest line of railroad from Chicago to Omaha ; that it has nothing to do with the ...
... claiming to be the distributing point for the State of Nebraska and cach demanding more favor- able rates from the ... claimed that defendant has the shortest line of railroad from Chicago to Omaha ; that it has nothing to do with the ...
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... claimed to be , and unquestionably was , a trade center of large importance , and it was insisted on its behalf that in making rates this fact should be recognized by the railroad company , and its trade with the towns naturally ...
... claimed to be , and unquestionably was , a trade center of large importance , and it was insisted on its behalf that in making rates this fact should be recognized by the railroad company , and its trade with the towns naturally ...
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... claimed in the Danville case . The railroad company in making its rates had ignored the claims of trade centers to special privileges and made the rates to all the towns on its line proportional to distance , or nearly so , without ...
... claimed in the Danville case . The railroad company in making its rates had ignored the claims of trade centers to special privileges and made the rates to all the towns on its line proportional to distance , or nearly so , without ...
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... per mile is figured from the rates and distances as above stated , show- ing , as it is claimed , the results averred by the petitioner . That on the first four classes of freight all stations 54 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION REPORTS .
... per mile is figured from the rates and distances as above stated , show- ing , as it is claimed , the results averred by the petitioner . That on the first four classes of freight all stations 54 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION REPORTS .
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... claimed by the carrier that this change was made necessary by the fact that it had been car- rying oil in barrels in less than car - loads too low prior to April 5 , 1887 . Small shipments of oil , less than car - load lots , are ...
... claimed by the carrier that this change was made necessary by the fact that it had been car- rying oil in barrels in less than car - loads too low prior to April 5 , 1887 . Small shipments of oil , less than car - load lots , are ...
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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.