Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of New Hampshire, Volume 43Edward A. Jenks, state printer, 1887 - Railroads |
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... opened for business in the spring of 1886 , and its return covering six months is printed elsewhere . The road is two miles in length . An extension of the Manchester horse railway from Elm street to Hallsville , a distance of a mile ...
... opened for business in the spring of 1886 , and its return covering six months is printed elsewhere . The road is two miles in length . An extension of the Manchester horse railway from Elm street to Hallsville , a distance of a mile ...
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... opened to them . It reveals the littleness of the business this road was built to do , and , by comparison , how that business has increased in less than half a century . It was written when the Nashua & Lowell road had been in ...
... opened to them . It reveals the littleness of the business this road was built to do , and , by comparison , how that business has increased in less than half a century . It was written when the Nashua & Lowell road had been in ...
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... opened to Manchester July 4 , 1842 , and to Concord the next September . It cost $ 742,223.27 . The capital stock at that time was $ 750,000 . In their report for the first full year of its operation , which ended May 1 , 1844 , the ...
... opened to Manchester July 4 , 1842 , and to Concord the next September . It cost $ 742,223.27 . The capital stock at that time was $ 750,000 . In their report for the first full year of its operation , which ended May 1 , 1844 , the ...
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... opened in 1852 under the name of the Concord & Ports- mouth Railroad , its track running from Portsmouth to Candia , and thence in a direct line via Suncook to Concord . Its early days were full of embarrassment and trouble . It was ...
... opened in 1852 under the name of the Concord & Ports- mouth Railroad , its track running from Portsmouth to Candia , and thence in a direct line via Suncook to Concord . Its early days were full of embarrassment and trouble . It was ...
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... opened to Oil Mill village February 19 , 1850 , and to Hen- niker December 10 of the same year . In the mean time the Legislature had chartered the Concord & Claremont and Contoocook RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS ' REPORT . 41.
... opened to Oil Mill village February 19 , 1850 , and to Hen- niker December 10 of the same year . In the mean time the Legislature had chartered the Concord & Claremont and Contoocook RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS ' REPORT . 41.
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Aggregate length Arthur Sewall Average rate baggage cars Balance at commencement Balance-Sheet best knowledge Boston & Lowell Boston & Maine bridges of 25 Capital stock authorized carried one mile cent CHESHIRE RAILROAD Claremont Clerk of Corporation common carrier Concord & Claremont Concord & Montreal Concord Railroad DIRECTORS LAST ELECTED Dover ENDING SEPTEMBER 30 equipment fare per mile freight cars freight trains Funded debt Hampshire Hillsborough History and Condition Hooksett injured lease Lowell Railroad Main line Manchester Mass Massachusetts mile received miles of road Montreal NAMES AND RESIDENCES Nashua & Lowell Number of crossings number of passengers Number of spans Number of stations Number of stockholders Number tons Ogdensburg pany passenger cars passenger mileage Peterborough Portland Portsmouth PROPER ADDRESS RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS rate of fare Repairs RESIDENCES OF DIRECTORS RESIDENCES OF OFFICERS road operated SECT September 30 single track Sullivan County Total income Total length Total number Total operating expenses train mileage Treasurer
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Page 388 - 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 393 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 387 - Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country, from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 390 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 393 - Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the term of each to be designated by the President ; but their successors shall be appointed for terms of six years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired time of the commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 393 - And in case of disobedience to a subpoena the commission may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence.
Page 388 - ... this shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier within the terms of this act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance.
Page 394 - ... to 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 394 - That any person, firm, corporation, company, or association, or any mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society or other organization, or any body politic or municipal organization, or any common carrier, complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, in contravention of the provisions thereof...
Page 397 - Witnesses summoned before the commission shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States...