Light on the Law: A Reference Book on "The Act to Regulate Commerce" : Comprising the Inter-state Commerce Law, as Enacted, the Original Reagan and Cullom Bills, Debates in Congress on Railway Regulation, Interpretations of the Law by Railway Officials and Associations, Organization and Official Action of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Etc. ... |
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... mile , no matter what the distance may be . I shall not stop to discuss the subject presented by this objection . It ... miles from Omaha , Neb . , and Council Bluffs , Iowa , to Chicago , Ill . Suppose the railroad companies operating ...
... mile , no matter what the distance may be . I shall not stop to discuss the subject presented by this objection . It ... miles from Omaha , Neb . , and Council Bluffs , Iowa , to Chicago , Ill . Suppose the railroad companies operating ...
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... miles be fixed at $ 40 , as put in the illustration I have used , it will not conclude the shipper from con- testing a charge of the same amount for a carriage of 200 , or 100 , or 50 , or any other number of miles . The first office of ...
... miles be fixed at $ 40 , as put in the illustration I have used , it will not conclude the shipper from con- testing a charge of the same amount for a carriage of 200 , or 100 , or 50 , or any other number of miles . The first office of ...
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... mile , or what is the same , the average charges per ton per mile of these roads in 1876 was 91⁄2 mills , almost 1 cent per ton per mile ; while in 1885 , the time during which this trunk - line commission has been in operation , the ...
... mile , or what is the same , the average charges per ton per mile of these roads in 1876 was 91⁄2 mills , almost 1 cent per ton per mile ; while in 1885 , the time during which this trunk - line commission has been in operation , the ...
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... miles of railroad line . I find that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company , originally com- posed of local roads , has under one system and one management 7,000 miles of railroad track . I find that what is called the Wabash system ...
... miles of railroad line . I find that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company , originally com- posed of local roads , has under one system and one management 7,000 miles of railroad track . I find that what is called the Wabash system ...
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... the conference committees of both Houses unqualifiedly and without mistake understands this not to be a prorate per ton per mile law , but that the corporations shall not be allowed to charge in the aggregate INTEB - STATE COMMERCE LAW .
... the conference committees of both Houses unqualifiedly and without mistake understands this not to be a prorate per ton per mile law , but that the corporations shall not be allowed to charge in the aggregate INTEB - STATE COMMERCE LAW .
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Page 123 - Act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance; provided, however, that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this Act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved...
Page 30 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property...
Page 17 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 30 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 34 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 9 - Provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 55 - 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 13 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 16 - President; but their successors shall be appointed for terms of six years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 15 - That any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation...