Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce CommissionThe Commission, 1887 |
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... authority , was paid by these companies for the last fiscal year to the amount of $ 187,356,540 , and the aggregate payment to stockholders in dividends was $ 80,094,138 . Some idea of the magnitude of the interest which the act ...
... authority , was paid by these companies for the last fiscal year to the amount of $ 187,356,540 , and the aggregate payment to stockholders in dividends was $ 80,094,138 . Some idea of the magnitude of the interest which the act ...
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... authority of the States ; the cor- porate charters under which they were operated , and which prescribed the rights , privileges , and powers of the associated owners were State laws ; the States determined for them the measure of their ...
... authority of the States ; the cor- porate charters under which they were operated , and which prescribed the rights , privileges , and powers of the associated owners were State laws ; the States determined for them the measure of their ...
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... authority , as in Ward v . Maryland ( 12 Wallace , 418 ) , and Welton v . Missouri ( 91 United States Reports , 275 ) , has been important and useful in a con- siderable number of cases , but in the nature of things it could not ...
... authority , as in Ward v . Maryland ( 12 Wallace , 418 ) , and Welton v . Missouri ( 91 United States Reports , 275 ) , has been important and useful in a con- siderable number of cases , but in the nature of things it could not ...
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... authority to construct them with extraordinary privileges in management and operation is an expression of sovereign power , only given from a consideration of great public benefits which might be expected to result therefrom . From ...
... authority to construct them with extraordinary privileges in management and operation is an expression of sovereign power , only given from a consideration of great public benefits which might be expected to result therefrom . From ...
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... the benefits . The law must stand as the conclu- sive evidence of its own wisdom , and the authorities charged with en- 10638 I C- -2 forcing it were not to question but to obey it REPORT OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION . 17.
... the benefits . The law must stand as the conclu- sive evidence of its own wisdom , and the authorities charged with en- 10638 I C- -2 forcing it were not to question but to obey it REPORT OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION . 17.
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act to regulate Alabama Answer filed Application received Atlanta Auditor Interstate Commerce Augusta Birmingham Boston C. C. MCCAIN cars Central Railroad cents Charleston Chicago Cincinnati circumstances and conditions citizens Clarksville classification common carrier competing competitive points Complaint alleges excessive Complaint filed connection DEAR SIR direction distant points East Saint Louis Evansville fact favor fourth section Georgia Grand Trunk Railway greater charge Hearing intermediate points intermediate stations Interstate Commerce Commission interstate rates June 15 Kansas City Lake Erie Lexington longer distance Louisville and Nashville lower rates Manager Memphis miles Mississippi Missouri River Mobile Montgomery Nashville Railroad Company October 20 Ohio Railroad operated Orleans pany petition Pittsburgh ports provisions reason regulate commerce relief reply respectfully Richmond road rule Savannah Selma Shawneetown shippers short haul shorter distance South statute tariffs Tenn Tennessee tion traffic transportation Washington water competition West Western Railroad York
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Página 13 - 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...
Página 13 - 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...
Página 132 - Reasonable notice must first be given in writing by the party or his attorney proposing to take such deposition to the opposite party or his attorney of record, as either may be nearest, which notice shall state the name of the witness and the time and place of the taking of his deposition.
Página 115 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this Act, than it charges, demands, collects, or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby...
Página 9 - 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...
Página 32 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier, subject to the provisions of this act to enter into any contract, agreement, or combination with any other common carrier or carriers for the pooling of freights of different and competing railroads, or to divide between them the aggregate or net proceeds of the earnings of such railroads, or any portion thereof...
Página 22 - That the Commission hereby created shall have authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this 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...