An Investor's Notes on American RailroadsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886 - 224 sider |
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... rates of compensation , provided he is equally satisfied that an increase of wages will certainly follow on the realization of fair profits . * The Economic Crisis and Its Causes , M. E. de Laveleye , Contemporary Review , May , 1886 ...
... rates of compensation , provided he is equally satisfied that an increase of wages will certainly follow on the realization of fair profits . * The Economic Crisis and Its Causes , M. E. de Laveleye , Contemporary Review , May , 1886 ...
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... rates . Under the circumstances , in spite of the vast business which the road carries on , it will probably have to do a great part of it during the next year at less than cost . ( g ) Let a prominent reformer suggest a legislative ...
... rates . Under the circumstances , in spite of the vast business which the road carries on , it will probably have to do a great part of it during the next year at less than cost . ( g ) Let a prominent reformer suggest a legislative ...
Side 39
... rates that the main line can pay little or nothing by way of dividend on its own stock . The holders of the ... rate of interest earned by safely invested capi- tal , in railroads as well as in other forms ISSUE OF NEW CAPITAL . 39.
... rates that the main line can pay little or nothing by way of dividend on its own stock . The holders of the ... rate of interest earned by safely invested capi- tal , in railroads as well as in other forms ISSUE OF NEW CAPITAL . 39.
Side 40
... rate of interest is , of course , far less likely to be permanently sustained than a rate of four or five per cent . on a sound commercial security . It is at this point and in this con- nection that his attention will fasten on the ...
... rate of interest is , of course , far less likely to be permanently sustained than a rate of four or five per cent . on a sound commercial security . It is at this point and in this con- nection that his attention will fasten on the ...
Side 41
... rate for oil under any special contract that may be made . In short , his personal interests are in direct conflict with his fiduciary capacity . No doubt his faith in the value of the subordinate undertaking , in which he has become a ...
... rate for oil under any special contract that may be made . In short , his personal interests are in direct conflict with his fiduciary capacity . No doubt his faith in the value of the subordinate undertaking , in which he has become a ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 209 - ... act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Side 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...
Side 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.