The Interstate Commerce Commission: Its History, Activities and Organization, Issue 18 |
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... committee , ( the " Win- dom Committee " ) , issued in 1874 , did not result in legislation , but it served to inform legislators and the public on the railroad problem . Although freight rates declined in the decade fol- lowing ...
... committee , ( the " Win- dom Committee " ) , issued in 1874 , did not result in legislation , but it served to inform legislators and the public on the railroad problem . Although freight rates declined in the decade fol- lowing ...
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... committee of five Sena- tors be appointed to investigate and report upon the subject of the regulation of the transportation by railroad and water routes in connection or in competition with said railroads of freight and passengers ...
... committee of five Sena- tors be appointed to investigate and report upon the subject of the regulation of the transportation by railroad and water routes in connection or in competition with said railroads of freight and passengers ...
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Its History, Activities and Organization Joshua Bernhardt. the " Cullom committee , " accompanied its report by a bill embody- ing the results of its investigation and study . " The provisions of the bill , " said the committee , " are ...
Its History, Activities and Organization Joshua Bernhardt. the " Cullom committee , " accompanied its report by a bill embody- ing the results of its investigation and study . " The provisions of the bill , " said the committee , " are ...
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... committee : " In undertaking the regulation of inter- state commerce , Congress is entering upon a new and untried field . Its legislation must be based upon a theory instead of experience and human wisdom is incapable of accurately ...
... committee : " In undertaking the regulation of inter- state commerce , Congress is entering upon a new and untried field . Its legislation must be based upon a theory instead of experience and human wisdom is incapable of accurately ...
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... committee representing state commissions , the Association of American Railway Accounting Officers , and the commission . It was in general designed to include details relating to organization , physical property , finances , and ...
... committee representing state commissions , the Association of American Railway Accounting Officers , and the commission . It was in general designed to include details relating to organization , physical property , finances , and ...
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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 97 - Act no common carrier engaged in commerce shall have any dealings in securities, supplies or other articles of commerce, or shall make or have any contracts for construction or maintenance of any kind, to the amount of more than $50,000, in the aggregate, in any one year, with another corporation, firm, partnership or association when the said common carrier shall have upon its board of directors or as its president, manager or as its purchasing or selling officer, or agent in the particular transaction,...
Page 73 - Commission, by one of such carriers of the control of any other such carrier or carriers either under a lease or by the purchase of stock or in any other manner not involving the consolidation of such carriers into a single system for ownership and operation...
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...
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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 147 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...