Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress, 2nd Session, Volumen3,Parte2 |
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... corn into it , and send it to any man he likes in New England , at the current rate of freight , which has been gradually reduced from time to time , until at the present time , or through the summer months , when it gets down to about ...
... corn into it , and send it to any man he likes in New England , at the current rate of freight , which has been gradually reduced from time to time , until at the present time , or through the summer months , when it gets down to about ...
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... corn and grain , which has to be moved in quantities of eight or ten thousand bushels at a time to one consignee , it would be cheaper for him probably to move that property by water , if it was going to a point that could be reached by ...
... corn and grain , which has to be moved in quantities of eight or ten thousand bushels at a time to one consignee , it would be cheaper for him probably to move that property by water , if it was going to a point that could be reached by ...
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... corn and oats more largely than any other grain . Q. Where is the flour made , in the Toledo market ? A. It is made in the interior , all over . There is a good deal of flour brought from Saint Louis , manufactured there . Q. How much ...
... corn and oats more largely than any other grain . Q. Where is the flour made , in the Toledo market ? A. It is made in the interior , all over . There is a good deal of flour brought from Saint Louis , manufactured there . Q. How much ...
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... corn and oats , at points in the West , and shipped to points in the East , re- main , frequently , from seven to forty - five days from the time of arrival before being dis- charged . In eastern markets , blockades are common ; and ...
... corn and oats , at points in the West , and shipped to points in the East , re- main , frequently , from seven to forty - five days from the time of arrival before being dis- charged . In eastern markets , blockades are common ; and ...
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... corn per ton of 2,000 pounds , or an average of about $ 6 per ton , at which rates carriers have made little or no profit on the canal portion of the route . With all large vessels on the lakes , and an enlarged Erie Canal for boats of ...
... corn per ton of 2,000 pounds , or an average of about $ 6 per ton , at which rates carriers have made little or no profit on the canal portion of the route . With all large vessels on the lakes , and an enlarged Erie Canal for boats of ...
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Página 250 - ... freight or cars or unjust discrimination in relation thereto be deemed and taken in all courts of this state as prima facie evidence that the rates therein fixed are reasonable and just maximum rates of charges for the transportation of freight and cars upon the railroads...
Página 661 - This applies to the case of a road, a canal, or a railway. These are always, in a great degree, practical monopolies ; and a government which concedes such monopoly unreservedly to a private company, does much the same thing as if it allowed an individual or an association to levy any tax they chose, for their own benefit, on all the malt produced in the country, or on all the cotton imported into it.
Página 486 - That the governor of this state be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each of the senators and representatives in congress from this state.
Página 661 - It is perhaps necessary to remark, that the state may be the proprietor of canals or railways without itself working them; and that they will almost always be better worked by means of a company, renting the railway or canal for a limited period from the state.
Página 327 - Such notice must state the time and place of the meeting, and its object, and the amount to which it is proposed to increase the capital stock. The proceedings of such meeting must be entered on the minutes of the proceedings of the company, and thereupon the capital...
Página 250 - The railroad and warehouse commissioners are hereby directed to make, for each of the railroad corporations doing business in this State, as soon as practicable, a schedule of reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight and cars on each of said railroads...
Página 661 - There are many cases in which the agency, of whatever nature, by which a service is performed, is certain, from the nature of the case, to be virtually single ; in which a practical monopoly, with all the power it confers of taxing the community, cannot be prevented from existing.
Página xx - An act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States...
Página 661 - But in the many analogous cases which it is best to resign to voluntary agency, the community needs some other security for the fit performance of the service than the interest of the managers; and it is the part of government, either to subject the business to reasonable conditions for the general advantage, or to retain such power over it that the profits of the monopoly may at least be obtained for the public.
Página 250 - Provided, that the schedules thus prepared shall not be taken as prima facie evidence as herein provided until schedules shall have been prepared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad companies now organized under the laws of this State, and until...