An Investor's Notes on American RailroadsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886 - 224 páginas |
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... duties to the State , and their relation to the people . Many valuable conclusions have been arrived at , and much technical knowledge has been made accessible to the casual reader . In the excellent and well - known work of Mr. Charles ...
... duties to the State , and their relation to the people . Many valuable conclusions have been arrived at , and much technical knowledge has been made accessible to the casual reader . In the excellent and well - known work of Mr. Charles ...
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... duties of good citizenship , and you sap the morals and weaken the backbone of that very labouring class which it is the delight of the demagogue to flatter and mislead . If the lessons derivable from many years ' experience in the ...
... duties of good citizenship , and you sap the morals and weaken the backbone of that very labouring class which it is the delight of the demagogue to flatter and mislead . If the lessons derivable from many years ' experience in the ...
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... duties upon finished products . Common- sense and practical statesmanship may , it is thought , be trusted to deal with each case according to its peculiar merits . When the Free - trader objects that during this period the consumer ...
... duties upon finished products . Common- sense and practical statesmanship may , it is thought , be trusted to deal with each case according to its peculiar merits . When the Free - trader objects that during this period the consumer ...
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... duty of the railroad in that behalf be disproved . But the champions of the " Granger " movement could not be convinced of the absolute necessity , not to say ex- pediency , imposed on railroad administrators of charging such rates as ...
... duty of the railroad in that behalf be disproved . But the champions of the " Granger " movement could not be convinced of the absolute necessity , not to say ex- pediency , imposed on railroad administrators of charging such rates as ...
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... duty as a factor in prior reorganizations . He will note that , in many great combined schemes , there have been several weak and comparatively worthless sections of line which were intrinsically and of their own nature destined to ...
... duty as a factor in prior reorganizations . He will note that , in many great combined schemes , there have been several weak and comparatively worthless sections of line which were intrinsically and of their own nature destined to ...
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Página 212 - 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.
Página 203 - 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 211 - 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...
Página 203 - 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 204 - railroad " as used in this act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any 203 railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease ; and the term " transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Página 211 - ... the date of the taking effect of this Act, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven 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.
Página 219 - ... 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 209 - ... act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Página 210 - 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...
Página 212 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.