Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Volume 50U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936 - Interstate commerce With appendices. |
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1935 Annual Report acceptance of concessions air-mail amended applications approved Atchison authorized Baltimore & O. R. bill boiler Bureau cars certificates Chicago class I railways class I steam Coal common carriers complaint concessions through failure Corp Corporation County district court District of Illinois Division Docket eastern district Elkins Act Emergency Freight Charges employees equipment filed guilty entered hearing history see 1935 Illinois indictment charging acceptance injured Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission investigation issued June Line locomotives Missouri Motor Carrier Act motor carriers nolle prosequi nolo contendere Northern District number of accidents Number of persons October October 31 Ohio passenger pending Pennsylvania percent petition plea of guilty prescribed prior case history proceedings R. R. Co rail Railway Labor Act rates regulations revenue rules shippers Southern steam railways Suit in equity Supp switching tariffs Terminal Allowances territory Texas tion ton-miles traffic transportation trustees United Western
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Page 81 - ... (2) To regulate contract carriers by motor vehicle as provided in this part, and to that end the Commission may establish reasonable requirements with respect to uniform systems of accounts, records, and reports, preservation of records, qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees, and safety of operation and equipment.
Page 24 - State authorities in the enforcement of any provision of this act. "(4) whenever in any such Investigation the commission, after full hearing, finds that any such rate, fare, charge, classification, regulation, or practice causes any undue or unreasonable advantage, preference. or prejudice as between persons or localities In intrastate commerce on the one hand and Interstate or foreign commerce...
Page 61 - State, Territory, or the District of Columbia to any other State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or...
Page 39 - It shall be lawful for two or more carriers by railroad, subject to this Act, to consolidate their properties or any part thereof, into one corporation for the ownership, management, and operation...
Page 71 - ... for bodily injuries to or the death of any person resulting from the negligent operation, maintenance, or use of motor vehicles under such certificate or permit, or for loss or damage to property of others.
Page 61 - It shall be unlawful for any carrier to use or permit to be. used on its line...
Page 68 - Locomotives, 164 specification cards and 3,732 alteration reports were filed, checked, and analyzed. These reports are necessary in order to determine whether or not the boilers represented were so constructed or repaired as to render safe and proper service and whether the stresses were within the allowed limits. Corrective measures were taken with respect to numerous discrepancies found. Under rules 328 and 329 of the Rules and Instructions for Inspection and Testing of Locomotives Other Than Steam...
Page 16 - America, or any agency thereof, or any corporation (other than the Reconstruction Finance Corporation) the majority of the stock of which is owned by the United States of America, is a creditor or stockholder, the interests or claims thereof shall be deemed to be.
Page 52 - Clearly, the only pertinent value is that for purposes of sale or exchange. Cost of reproduction is to be given little, if any, weight in determining such value, in the absence of evidence that a reasonably prudent man would purchase or undertake the construction of the properties at such a figure.
Page 61 - ... and appurtenances thereof are in proper condition and safe to operate in the service to which the same is put, that the same may be employed in the active service of such carrier in moving traffic without unnecessary peril to life or limb...