Price Regulation of Coal and Other Commodities: Hearing on S. 2354, and S.J.Res. 77, June 22- July 16, 1917 |
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Page 11
... loaded with coal and not moving at all . They have been placed on the car sidetracks for days at a time . I know that is true in the State of Ohio , and the result has been that there has not been suffi- cient empties at the mine in ...
... loaded with coal and not moving at all . They have been placed on the car sidetracks for days at a time . I know that is true in the State of Ohio , and the result has been that there has not been suffi- cient empties at the mine in ...
Page 55
... bid against the coal as loaded each day . I know of one instance where some gentleman went down to a mining town with currency in gripsacks and bought from the mines adjoining the town PRICE REGULATION OF COAL AND OTHER COMMODITIES . 55.
... bid against the coal as loaded each day . I know of one instance where some gentleman went down to a mining town with currency in gripsacks and bought from the mines adjoining the town PRICE REGULATION OF COAL AND OTHER COMMODITIES . 55.
Page 89
... loaded not only to the feasible capacity but 10 per cent above it . We have the man who buys the coal unloading it as quickly as he can and sending it out as fast as he can . We have the railroad super- intendents returning the cars to ...
... loaded not only to the feasible capacity but 10 per cent above it . We have the man who buys the coal unloading it as quickly as he can and sending it out as fast as he can . We have the railroad super- intendents returning the cars to ...
Page 127
... loaded the cars more expeditiously and many more of them at an established mine . Mr. WILLARD . Yes , sir . Senator CUMMINS . That is the most astonishing proposition I ever heard of . Mr. HOGSETT . I think there are some gentlemen here ...
... loaded the cars more expeditiously and many more of them at an established mine . Mr. WILLARD . Yes , sir . Senator CUMMINS . That is the most astonishing proposition I ever heard of . Mr. HOGSETT . I think there are some gentlemen here ...
Page 129
... loaded the railroads would have to switch that out onto different tracks , and when a particular kind of coal was called for they would have to pick it out and take it down to the dock and dump it . Now , that required a great many cars ...
... loaded the railroads would have to switch that out onto different tracks , and when a particular kind of coal was called for they would have to pick it out and take it down to the dock and dump it . Now , that required a great many cars ...
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