Investigation of Feasibility and Desirability of Fixing Railroad Rates on the Basis of Zones: Hearing Before a Subcommittee...on S.J. Res. 58...June 16, 1939 |
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... give to the railroads . Just take one train , now , from Washington to Chicago , if you please . Mr. HASTINGS . Senator , in the first place it is absolutely impos- sible to calculate the total cost of a particular train movement . All ...
... give to the railroads . Just take one train , now , from Washington to Chicago , if you please . Mr. HASTINGS . Senator , in the first place it is absolutely impos- sible to calculate the total cost of a particular train movement . All ...
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... give it thorough consideration . Briefly stated , and based not only on what appears in the pamphlet but on additional informa- tion applied by Mr. Hastings , the plan proposes : 1. To divide all railroad passenger traffic into three ...
... give it thorough consideration . Briefly stated , and based not only on what appears in the pamphlet but on additional informa- tion applied by Mr. Hastings , the plan proposes : 1. To divide all railroad passenger traffic into three ...
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... give this Nation a modern transportation system with a distantless rate . We are very much interested in the passage of the Wheeler joint resolution and trust the same will receive the most favorable consideration of this com- mittee ...
... give this Nation a modern transportation system with a distantless rate . We are very much interested in the passage of the Wheeler joint resolution and trust the same will receive the most favorable consideration of this com- mittee ...
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... give the Government adequate income . The figure I have in mind is now an old figure and might not apply just at this time ; but we used to figure that we collected about 80 cents a pound on first - class matter . In other words , at ...
... give the Government adequate income . The figure I have in mind is now an old figure and might not apply just at this time ; but we used to figure that we collected about 80 cents a pound on first - class matter . In other words , at ...
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... give the miner of Nevada or Wyoming an equal business chance with the miner of Pennsylvania or West Virginia and will encourage the full and free operation of the law of natural selection . By it we shall restore public confidence ...
... give the miner of Nevada or Wyoming an equal business chance with the miner of Pennsylvania or West Virginia and will encourage the full and free operation of the law of natural selection . By it we shall restore public confidence ...
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apply assigned and apportioned BURTON K car mileage carrier cents a mile cents per mile Chairman charges Chicago class I railroads CLEVELAND combination cars committee commuting Congress Corporation cost differential distance economic factor fares and rates first-class passenger coach fixed freight going Government haul increase Interstate Commerce Commission interurban postalized first-class investigation January 16 JOHNSON of Colorado Missouri River number of passengers One-half of combination passenger coach fare passenger fares passenger revenue passenger service passenger traffic passenger travel passenger-miles percent postalized fare postalized first-class passenger postalized passenger postalizing transportation principle produce proposed Pullman radius not less rail railroad passenger railroad transportation railway rate structure Reconstruction Finance Corporation record reduced ride seat seat-mile Senator BONE Senator JOHNSON Senator REED senger suburban suggestion tion United United States Senate volume Washington WILLIAM LEMKE York Zone numbered zones or radius
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Page 8 - The Corporation shall be entitled to the free use of the United States mails for its official business in the same manner as the executive departments of the Government, and shall determine its necessary expenditures under this Act and the manner in which they shall be incurred, allowed, and paid, without regard to the provisions of any other law governing the expenditure of public funds.
Page 8 - Payment for the $825,000,000 balance of such capital stock shall be subject to call at any time in whole or in part by the Board of Directors of the Bank.
Page 7 - That every person or corporation, whether carrier or shipper, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent or person acting for or employed by a carrier or shipper, or other person, who shall knowingly violate or fail to observe any of the provisions of this act, or shall knowingly interfere with or impede the possession, use. operation or control of any railroad property, railroad or transportation system hitherto or hereafter taken over by the president, or shall knowingly violate any of the provisions...
Page 8 - The Corporation shall issue to the Secretary of the Treasury receipts for payments by him for or on account of such stock, and such receipts shall be evidence of the stock ownership of the United States.
Page 8 - Act, shall have succession, until dissolved in accordance with this or any other Act of Congress ; shall have power to sue and be sued in any court, to adopt and use a corporate seal, to make contracts...
Page 8 - ... of the United States. In order to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to make such payments when called, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and directed to allocate and make available to the Secretary of the Treasury the sum of $200,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary...
Page 2 - That the Interstate Commerce Commission is authorized and directed to make a thorough investigation of the rate structure of common carriers subject to the interstate commerce act, in order to determine to what extent and in what manner existing rates and charges may be unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory, or unduly preferential, thereby imposing undue burdens, or giving undue...
Page 8 - Treasury to make such payments when called, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to make available to the Secretary of the Treasury the sum of $500,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary ; and for such purpose the amount of the notes, bonds, debentures, or other obligations which the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and empowered under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, section 9 thereof, as amended, to have outstanding at any...
Page 8 - ... (b) The Commission is authorized to appoint, without regard to the Civil Service Act, rules, and regulations, an Executive Director and such other officers, employees, or agents as may be necessary for the performance of its duties under this Act. The Commission may receive assistance from other Federal departments and agencies in carrying out the purposes of this Act. The Commission may delegate such powers or duties as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Page 2 - SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this act. SEC. 3. The land acquired under section 1 of this act shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of War, and there is authorized to be appropriated for the maintenance of such monument and...