Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session [-Fiftieth Congress], on the Bill (H.R. 5461) to Establish a Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce and to Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c |
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... amount of cap- ital stock issued , the amounts paid therefor , and the manner of payment for the same : the dividends paid , the surplus fund , if any , and the number of stock- holders ; the funded and floating debts , and the interest ...
... amount of cap- ital stock issued , the amounts paid therefor , and the manner of payment for the same : the dividends paid , the surplus fund , if any , and the number of stock- holders ; the funded and floating debts , and the interest ...
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... amount of prudential action found in ordinary business affairs of men would , if applied to railroad management , have avoided our present predica- ment . This is apparent not only in their relations with the public but also in those ...
... amount of prudential action found in ordinary business affairs of men would , if applied to railroad management , have avoided our present predica- ment . This is apparent not only in their relations with the public but also in those ...
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... amount for a carriage of 200 , or 100 , or 50 , or any other number of miles . The first office of the section in respect of its limitation on rates is to protect the people and business of intermediate points from being forced , as ...
... amount for a carriage of 200 , or 100 , or 50 , or any other number of miles . The first office of the section in respect of its limitation on rates is to protect the people and business of intermediate points from being forced , as ...
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... amount of freights , for the shorter than for the longer dis- tance which includes the shorter . Mathematically speaking , we should say that was impossible . Speaking of the words when put into a statute , we know they must have a ...
... amount of freights , for the shorter than for the longer dis- tance which includes the shorter . Mathematically speaking , we should say that was impossible . Speaking of the words when put into a statute , we know they must have a ...
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... amount of competitive traffic which a road secures remains practically the same ; whether competition be fierce or whether there be little competition , the amount of traffic which a competing road se- cures is practically the same ...
... amount of competitive traffic which a road secures remains practically the same ; whether competition be fierce or whether there be little competition , the amount of traffic which a competing road se- cures is practically the same ...
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Page 144 - 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 458 - ... that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 9 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford 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...
Page 359 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.