An Investor's Notes on American RailroadsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886 - 224 страници |
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... practical observations on salient points in the situation may be acceptable to those investors who have neither time nor inclination for any approach to exhaustive in- vestigation of the subject . The present notes are confined to a ...
... practical observations on salient points in the situation may be acceptable to those investors who have neither time nor inclination for any approach to exhaustive in- vestigation of the subject . The present notes are confined to a ...
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... practical statesmanship may , it is thought , be trusted to deal with each case according to its peculiar merits . When the Free - trader objects that during this period the consumer suffers , the answer commonly given is that ...
... practical statesmanship may , it is thought , be trusted to deal with each case according to its peculiar merits . When the Free - trader objects that during this period the consumer suffers , the answer commonly given is that ...
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... practical insight . If all the nations of the world would accept their rules , there is no doubt whatever that England would for many years to come profit by such a result . But suppose one success- ful player proposes the adoption of a ...
... practical insight . If all the nations of the world would accept their rules , there is no doubt whatever that England would for many years to come profit by such a result . But suppose one success- ful player proposes the adoption of a ...
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... practical purposes - may properly be essayed . In this view , " Control " is the power of creat- ing and regulating a market , in relation to the securi- ties of a given undertaking , which its creator subse- quently proposes to ...
... practical purposes - may properly be essayed . In this view , " Control " is the power of creat- ing and regulating a market , in relation to the securi- ties of a given undertaking , which its creator subse- quently proposes to ...
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... practical railroad administrator doubt that a better and cheaper service would to - day be at the command of the public , and that the stockholder would be the richer by untold thousands of pounds ? No doubt such a com- bination , in ...
... practical railroad administrator doubt that a better and cheaper service would to - day be at the command of the public , and that the stockholder would be the richer by untold thousands of pounds ? No doubt such a com- bination , in ...
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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.