The Interstate Commerce Commission: Its History, Activities and Organization, Issue 18 |
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... commis- sioners to promote the public " security , convenience , and accom- modation . " Investigation of accidents resulting in personal injury or loss of life . For enforcement of the commission's decisions , recourse was had only to ...
... commis- sioners to promote the public " security , convenience , and accom- modation . " Investigation of accidents resulting in personal injury or loss of life . For enforcement of the commission's decisions , recourse was had only to ...
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... commis- sion had been unable to obtain for six years such facts as it required in the administration of the law . The effect of the attitude of the courts in cases appealed from the commission has already been referred to . The intent ...
... commis- sion had been unable to obtain for six years such facts as it required in the administration of the law . The effect of the attitude of the courts in cases appealed from the commission has already been referred to . The intent ...
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... commis- sion . " The commission was also authorized to prescribe a uni- form system of accounts for the railroads and the manner in which such accounts should be kept . Immediately after the organization of the commission on March 31 ...
... commis- sion . " The commission was also authorized to prescribe a uni- form system of accounts for the railroads and the manner in which such accounts should be kept . Immediately after the organization of the commission on March 31 ...
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... commis- sion had called the attention of Congress to the need of a valuation of railroad property . In its annual report for 1908 the commission said on this point : No court or commission or accountant or financial writer would for a ...
... commis- sion had called the attention of Congress to the need of a valuation of railroad property . In its annual report for 1908 the commission said on this point : No court or commission or accountant or financial writer would for a ...
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... commis- sion to determine whether the provisions of the law were being observed was a requirement that carriers should file monthly reports under oath , showing the excess service of employees and the causes thereof . Many carriers ...
... commis- sion to determine whether the provisions of the law were being observed was a requirement that carriers should file monthly reports under oath , showing the excess service of employees and the causes thereof . Many carriers ...
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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 120 - ... located, or to determine what services are maintaining stations at any city or point in the United States. The Institute hopes that upon the completion of the present series, it will be able to prepare a complete classified statement of the technical and other facilities at the disposal of the government. The present monographs will then furnish the details regarding the organization, equipment, and work of the institutions so listed and classified.
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 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 22 - ... transportation" 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...
Page 130 - Under this head would appear the specific lines of investigation under way and the services in which they were being prosecuted. It is hardly necessary to point out the value of such information in planning for future work and in considering the problem of the better distribution and coordination of the work of the government. The Institute contemplates attempting such a general listing and classification of the activities of the government upon the completion of the present series. CLASSIFICATION...
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...