Report of the Select Committee on Transportation-routes to the Seaboard, Parte2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1874 |
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... give you the use of the cars immediately to return , and give you the use of the tracks to move more on ; the difficulty is not in the TRANSPORTATION TO THE SEABOARD . 3.
... give you the use of the cars immediately to return , and give you the use of the tracks to move more on ; the difficulty is not in the TRANSPORTATION TO THE SEABOARD . 3.
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... give the land . Q. My inquiry is merely as to the actual running expenses , as to the actual expenditure necessary for the operations of moving freight along the road ? A. There should not be any difference at all , where there is no ...
... give the land . Q. My inquiry is merely as to the actual running expenses , as to the actual expenditure necessary for the operations of moving freight along the road ? A. There should not be any difference at all , where there is no ...
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... give the actual net cost of transporting a ton of merchandise from New York to Chicago by either route , whichever you are the most fa- miliar with . Give first the actual cost , including the pay of the fuel and all the necessary ...
... give the actual net cost of transporting a ton of merchandise from New York to Chicago by either route , whichever you are the most fa- miliar with . Give first the actual cost , including the pay of the fuel and all the necessary ...
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... give practical answers to such questions as may be presented , and for that reason our general manager , Mr. Cassalt , and our controller , Mr. Lewis , are now here and will give you all information regarding the operating and general ...
... give practical answers to such questions as may be presented , and for that reason our general manager , Mr. Cassalt , and our controller , Mr. Lewis , are now here and will give you all information regarding the operating and general ...
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... give you any very accurate information on that point . Q. We desire to ascertain from some one the extent to which the Pennsylvania Central use water - transportation , and the cost . I will ask you the same question I put to Mr. Hayes ...
... give you any very accurate information on that point . Q. We desire to ascertain from some one the extent to which the Pennsylvania Central use water - transportation , and the cost . I will ask you the same question I put to Mr. Hayes ...
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Página 661 - 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 660 - Railways heretofore constructed or that may hereafter be constructed in* this State are hereby declared public highways, and shall be free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property thereon, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law.
Página 278 - Q. How long have you been engaged in that business? — A. About 10 years.
Página 566 - ... from incumbrance, with a view to such legislation as will render the same free to commerce at the earliest practicable period, subject only to such tolls as may be necessary for the superintendence and repair thereof, which shall not, after the passage of this act, exceed five cents per ton.
Página 250 - Commission finds that a through rate charged from a point without the state to a point within the state, or from a point within the state to a point without the state...
Página 250 - That the said Railroad Commissioners are hereby authorized and required to make for each of the railroad corporations doing business in this State, as soon as practicable, a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights and cars on each of said railroads...
Página 661 - I have already more than once adverted to the case of the gas and water companieSj among which, though perfect freedom is allowed to competition, none really takes place, and practically they are found to be even more irresponsible, and unapproachable by individual complaints, than the government.
Página 230 - ... lands heretofore granted by Congress to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the construction of said water communication, which amount shall be deducted from the actual value thereof as found hy said arbitrators.
Página 661 - ... and their other local taxes. In the case of these particular services, the reasons preponderate in favour of their being performed, like the paving and cleansing of the streets, not certainly by the general government of the state, but by the municipal authorities of the town, and the expense defrayed, as even now it in fact is, by a local rate. But in the many analogous...
Página 566 - Treasury to carry this provision into effect is hereby appropriated : Provided, That after the United States shall assume control of said canal, the tolls thereon on vessels propelled by steam shall be reduced to twenty-five cents per ton, and on all other vessels in proportion.