The Interstate Commerce Commission: Its History, Activities and Organization, Issue 18 |
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... trains with driving - wheel brakes , the train brake sys- tem , and automatic couplers . The commission was empowered to extend the period for carriers ' compliance with the law's require- ments " upon full hearing and for good cause ...
... trains with driving - wheel brakes , the train brake sys- tem , and automatic couplers . The commission was empowered to extend the period for carriers ' compliance with the law's require- ments " upon full hearing and for good cause ...
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... train operation in the passage of the act of June 1 , 1898 ( 30 Stat . L. , 424 ) , whereby the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission was designated , together with the Commissioner of Labor , to attempt the settlement of labor ...
... train operation in the passage of the act of June 1 , 1898 ( 30 Stat . L. , 424 ) , whereby the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission was designated , together with the Commissioner of Labor , to attempt the settlement of labor ...
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... train operatives . The first attempt to utilize the law , made within a year of its enactment , not only resulted in ... trains and to overhead obstructions to fifty - eight killed and 480 injured . 35 Bureau of Labor , Bulletin 98 , p ...
... train operatives . The first attempt to utilize the law , made within a year of its enactment , not only resulted in ... trains and to overhead obstructions to fifty - eight killed and 480 injured . 35 Bureau of Labor , Bulletin 98 , p ...
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... trains operated with power or train brakes should have such brakes used and operated by the engineer of the locomotive drawing the train , and that all power - braked cars in such train which were associated together with 50 per cent ...
... trains operated with power or train brakes should have such brakes used and operated by the engineer of the locomotive drawing the train , and that all power - braked cars in such train which were associated together with 50 per cent ...
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... train had started upon its run by hot boxes , leaky flues , or other ordinary incidents of railroad operation . The commission , therefore , recommended that the law be made more specific in this particular in order to restrict the ...
... train had started upon its run by hot boxes , leaky flues , or other ordinary incidents of railroad operation . The commission , therefore , recommended that the law be made more specific in this particular in order to restrict the ...
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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 124 - Session, 1912 — 2 vols. what services are maintaining stations at any city or point in the United States. The Institute hopes that upon the completion of the present series, it will be able to prepare a complete classified statement of the technical and other facilities at the disposal of the government. The present monographs will then furnish the details regarding the organization, equipment, and work of the institutions so listed and classified. OUTLINE OF ORGANIZATION * INTERSTATE COMMERCE...
Page 67 - ... power to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all such documentary evidence relating to any matter under investigation.
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 149 - 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...