Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce CommissionThe Commission, 1887 |
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... agent often contained the only record of the rates made to the different patrons of the road , and it was in his power to place a man or a community under an immense obligation by conceding a special rate on one day , and to nullify the ...
... agent often contained the only record of the rates made to the different patrons of the road , and it was in his power to place a man or a community under an immense obligation by conceding a special rate on one day , and to nullify the ...
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... agents also , and even sometimes for his custom- ers . The demand for free transportation was often in the nature of blackmail , and was yielded to unwillingly and through fear of damaging consequences from a refusal . But the evils ...
... agents also , and even sometimes for his custom- ers . The demand for free transportation was often in the nature of blackmail , and was yielded to unwillingly and through fear of damaging consequences from a refusal . But the evils ...
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... agents and material of the United States Fish Commission ( Ibid . , p . 21 ) . The question of what may be included under the exception made for charitable purposes has never come before the Commission in such form as to call for an ex ...
... agents and material of the United States Fish Commission ( Ibid . , p . 21 ) . The question of what may be included under the exception made for charitable purposes has never come before the Commission in such form as to call for an ex ...
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... agents at a compensation agreed upon . This compensation is likely to be a definite share in the gross receipts from the freight traffic , and each of the several express companies has a ter- ritory of its own , so that each road ...
... agents at a compensation agreed upon . This compensation is likely to be a definite share in the gross receipts from the freight traffic , and each of the several express companies has a ter- ritory of its own , so that each road ...
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... agents a tariff which the agents can un- derstand and work by , and which at the same time is neither great in bulk nor cumbrous in use . What the express agent can understand it is fair to assume other people can understand also , and ...
... agents a tariff which the agents can un- derstand and work by , and which at the same time is neither great in bulk nor cumbrous in use . What the express agent can understand it is fair to assume other people can understand also , and ...
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Página 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...
Página 117 - ... 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 35 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith, and shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such connecting lines; but this shall not be construed as requiring any such common...
Página 26 - Commission to such common carrier, who shall be called upon to satisfy the complaint or to answer the same in writing within a reasonable time, to be specified by the Commission.
Página 1 - This report shall contain such information and data collected by the Commission as may be considered of value in the determination of questions connected with the regulation of commerce, together with such recommendations as to additional legislation relating thereto as the Commission may deem necessary; and the names and compensation of the persons employed by said Commission.
Página 11 - 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 1 - 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.
Página 119 - That nothing in this act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Página 11 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Página 35 - ... from the place of shipment to the place of destination; and no break of bulk, stoppage, or interruption made by such common carrier shall prevent the carriage of freights from being and being treated as one continuous carriage from the place of shipment to...