An Investor's Notes on American RailroadsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886 - 224 страници |
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... given but slight personal attention to the choice or protection of his investments in American railroads . It is accordingly thought possible that a few practical observations on salient points in the situation may be acceptable to ...
... given but slight personal attention to the choice or protection of his investments in American railroads . It is accordingly thought possible that a few practical observations on salient points in the situation may be acceptable to ...
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... given country are at least as important as its intrinsic resources . If the habits of the people , its social machinery , legislative procedure and jurisprudence be unsettled or unsatisfactory , the value of its internal resources is ...
... given country are at least as important as its intrinsic resources . If the habits of the people , its social machinery , legislative procedure and jurisprudence be unsettled or unsatisfactory , the value of its internal resources is ...
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... given to this question is that she has several points in her favour - economical , political , and social . ( a . ) Economical . She possesses immense territorial area and great varieties of climate , which may hereafter enable her to ...
... given to this question is that she has several points in her favour - economical , political , and social . ( a . ) Economical . She possesses immense territorial area and great varieties of climate , which may hereafter enable her to ...
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... given is that production precedes consumption ; that the producer is in turn a consumer ; and that , although any specific class of producers forms , at any given time , a minority of the whole community , still the verdict of the whole ...
... given is that production precedes consumption ; that the producer is in turn a consumer ; and that , although any specific class of producers forms , at any given time , a minority of the whole community , still the verdict of the whole ...
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... given railroad was roughly measured by comparatively simple and definite conditions ; such , for instance , as the amount of the company's fixed and float- ing debt , the volume of its business , the relation between net and gross ...
... given railroad was roughly measured by comparatively simple and definite conditions ; such , for instance , as the amount of the company's fixed and float- ing debt , the volume of its business , the relation between net and gross ...
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 209 - ... act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Страница 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...
Страница 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.