Report and Testimony of the Special Committee of the Assembly to Investigate the Desirability of Municipal Ownership of the Street and Elevated Railroads of the Various Cities of the State, Volume 2Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Company, state printers, 1896 - Municipal ownership |
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Page 1025
... tion for them at one - half rates . Q. You have no reports of the delivery of those tickets ; that is , you do not settle on such reports ? A. We settle every month ; simply a statement made . Q. That is based on the tickets taken up ...
... tion for them at one - half rates . Q. You have no reports of the delivery of those tickets ; that is , you do not settle on such reports ? A. We settle every month ; simply a statement made . Q. That is based on the tickets taken up ...
Page 1031
... tion of fare between those hours when the laboring people are using the road to ride to and from their work , could it not ? A. I would hardly think that they could , simply because we are giving those people the benefit of a full ride ...
... tion of fare between those hours when the laboring people are using the road to ride to and from their work , could it not ? A. I would hardly think that they could , simply because we are giving those people the benefit of a full ride ...
Page 1047
... tion that the sinking fund commission would be able to examine into , and then decide what addition , if any , to the three and five per cent . should be added to secure to the city a fair and just com- pensation for the use of the ...
... tion that the sinking fund commission would be able to examine into , and then decide what addition , if any , to the three and five per cent . should be added to secure to the city a fair and just com- pensation for the use of the ...
Page 1050
... tion as they may deem proper , with regard to securing adequate compensation to the city for the use of the streets . Q. Would you make that changeable ? A. What ? Q. Would you permit them to change that from time to time ? A. You asked ...
... tion as they may deem proper , with regard to securing adequate compensation to the city for the use of the streets . Q. Would you make that changeable ? A. What ? Q. Would you permit them to change that from time to time ? A. You asked ...
Page 1068
... tion being , as I recollect it , the explicit terms of the charter re- quiring , that when the city had constructed the lines it thought desirable , those lines should be leased for operation to a company which might make a favorable ...
... tion being , as I recollect it , the explicit terms of the charter re- quiring , that when the city had constructed the lines it thought desirable , those lines should be leased for operation to a company which might make a favorable ...
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Page 1942 - ... the corporation described in, and which executed, the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like order.
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Page 1337 - ... fulfill and carry out said contract, for the construction of such road or roads, upon the routes and in accordance with the plans and specifications so adopted, for such sum or sums of money, to be raised and paid out of the treasury of said city, as hereinafter provided, and on such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the aforesaid plans and specifications, as said board shall determine to be best for the public interests.
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Page 1502 - But no law shall authorize the construction or operation of a street railroad except upon the condition that the consent of the owners of onehalf in value of the property bounded on, and the consent also of the local authorities having the control of, that portion of a street or highway upon which it is proposed to construct or operate such railroad be first obtained...
Page 1337 - ... to consider the routes, plans and specifications, if any, previously laid out and adopted by them or their predecessors, and for which the consents have been obtained referred to in section five of this act; and either to proceed with the construction of such railway or railways...
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