Judicial and Administrative Supervision and Control of Railway Affairs

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Judd & Detweiler, Incorporated, 1908 - 56 sider
 

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Side 31 - At a General Session of the Interstate Commerce Commission, held at its office in Washington, DC, on the 19th day of May AD 1914.
Side 11 - ... every railroad company in the United States, whose road is operated by steam, its successors and assigns, be and is hereby authorized to carry upon and over its road, boats, bridges and ferries, all passengers, troops, government supplies, mails, freight and property on their way from any State to another State, and to receive compensation therefor, and to connect with roads of other States so as to...
Side 51 - I, the heir of all the ages in the foremost files of time, and — For I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs.
Side 24 - The Statistical Abstract of the United States," published by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. The...
Side 27 - To give each community the rightful benefit of location, to keep different commodities on an equal footing so that each shall circulate freely and in natural volume, and to prescribe schedule rates which shall be reasonably just to both shipper and carrier is a task of vast magnitude and importance. In the performance of the task lies the great and permanent work of public regulation.
Side 40 - It may conservatively be stated that the inadequacy of transportation facilities is little less than alarming; that its continuation may place an arbitrary limit upon the future productivity of the land, and that the solution of the difficult financial and physical problems involved is worthy the most' earnest thought and effort of all who believe in the full development of our country and the largest opportunity for its people.
Side 53 - One mode, as already suggested (the validity of which is not questioned), of compelling a witness to testify before the interstate commerce commission to answer questions propounded to him relating to the matter under investigation, and which the law makes it his duty...
Side 49 - there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.
Side 11 - That every railroad company in the United States whose road is operated by steam, its successors, and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to carry upon and over its road, boats, bridges, and ferries all passengers, troops, government supplies, mails, freight, and property on their way from any state to another state, and to receive compensation therefor, and to connect with roads of other states so as to form continuous lines, for the transportation of the same to the place of destination.
Side 39 - ... consequent distress in certain parts of the country. The inability of the Commission to afford any effective relief was pointed out, and it was further stated that the Commission was not prepared to recommend a definite scheme of legislative action. While the car shortage is not at present so acute as a year ago, it still exists in some sections, and the general question of the provision of adequate transportation facilities unquestionably merits serious consideration by the Congress.

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