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Արդյունքներ 100–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 29
... estimate of 25 per cent . Mr. MANN . That estimate of 25 per cent is not merely based upon a 25 per cent reduction in rates , but on a 25 per cent loss of business ? Mr. NICHOLSON . The loss on the whole thing . I will show you how I ...
... estimate of 25 per cent . Mr. MANN . That estimate of 25 per cent is not merely based upon a 25 per cent reduction in rates , but on a 25 per cent loss of business ? Mr. NICHOLSON . The loss on the whole thing . I will show you how I ...
Էջ 80
... estimate we have been able to make as to the cost of those earnings is $ 7,673,433.37 , making an expense ratio to the earnings of a little over 70 per cent . That expense ratio is arrived at by following the formula laid down by the ...
... estimate we have been able to make as to the cost of those earnings is $ 7,673,433.37 , making an expense ratio to the earnings of a little over 70 per cent . That expense ratio is arrived at by following the formula laid down by the ...
Էջ 82
... estimate , Mr. Chair- man . You mean the weight of the train without the passengers , or with the passengers ? The CHAIRMAN . No , as you carry it ; and then I want to ask you what would be the capacity of that engine ? Mr. HARRISON ...
... estimate , Mr. Chair- man . You mean the weight of the train without the passengers , or with the passengers ? The CHAIRMAN . No , as you carry it ; and then I want to ask you what would be the capacity of that engine ? Mr. HARRISON ...
Էջ 83
... estimate of the number you carry , based upon the population along the line through which your road passes ? Mr. HARRISON . That , in the nature of the case , would not be correct . I might make an estimate based on the increase of 1906 ...
... estimate of the number you carry , based upon the population along the line through which your road passes ? Mr. HARRISON . That , in the nature of the case , would not be correct . I might make an estimate based on the increase of 1906 ...
Էջ 172
... estimate that our loss on dining - car service alone will exceed $ 60,000 a year , and my opinion is that it will be nearer $ 75,000 . That is the actual loss , out of our pocket , for opera- ting dining - car service for the public ...
... estimate that our loss on dining - car service alone will exceed $ 60,000 a year , and my opinion is that it will be nearer $ 75,000 . That is the actual loss , out of our pocket , for opera- ting dining - car service for the public ...
Common terms and phrases
ADAMSON amount appropriation Assistant Postmaster-General authority average basis bill Captain SEBREE carried carriers cars cents a mile cents per mile CHAIRMAN Cheyenne River Agency Chicago clerks Commission Commissioner committee Congress construction contract contractor cost COULBY CUSHMAN Department dollars earnings employees engineer estimate expenses freight GARFIELD gentlemen glanders Government grade HARDWICK HARRISON HITCHCOCK horses increase Indian inspectors Interstate Commerce Interstate Commerce Commission Isthmian Canal Commission January 21 JESSE OVERSTREET labor light-house MANN matter mileage NEILL NICHOLSON number of passengers offices operation Pacific PAYSON percentage post-office Postmaster-General postmasters present question railroad company railway reason recommendation reduced RICHARDSON road Rousseau routes RYAN salary Secretary TAFT SHALLENBERGER SHONTS SNAPP South South Dakota square mile STAFFORD STEVENS ticket tion TOWNSEND traffic United veterinarian VICKERY Washington WILLARD York
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Էջ 70 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Էջ 70 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Էջ 38 - Witnesses summoned before the commission shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States...
Էջ 15 - All of the expenses of the Commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners, or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman of the Commission.
Էջ 74 - Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness" sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Էջ 75 - Act and the employees of such carrier, seriously interrupting or threatening to interrupt the business of said carrier, the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Commissioner of Labor shall, upon the request of either party to the controversy, with all practicable expedition, put themselves in communication with the parties to such controversy, and shall use their best efforts, by mediation and conciliation, to amicably settle the same...
Էջ 21 - That the provisions of this act shall not apply in any case of casualty or unavoidable accident or the act of God; nor where the delay was the result of a cause not known to the carrier or its officer or agent in charge of such employee at the time said employee left a terminal, and which could not have been foreseen: Provided further, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the crews of wrecking or relief trains.
Էջ 194 - The State cannot justify unreasonably low rates for domestic transportation, considered alone, upon the ground that the carrier is earning large profits on its interstate business, over which, so far as rates are concerned, the State has no control.
Էջ 51 - ... due process of law and the equal protection of the laws from our state governments no less than from our national one.
Էջ 37 - ... may invoke the aid of the United States courts to compel witnesses to attend and testify and to produce such books, papers, contracts, agreements and documents to the same extent and under the same conditions and penalties as is provided for in the Act to regulate commerce, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and the amendments thereto.