The Railway Library, 7권Slason Thompson Gunthorp-Warren Printing Company, 1916 |
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195 페이지 - If the situation has become such, by reason of the interblending of the interstate and intrastate operations of interstate carriers, that adequate regulation of their interstate rates cannot be maintained without imposing requirements with respect to their intrastate rates...
157 페이지 - You are welcome to the use of the school house to debate all proper questions in, but such things as railroads and telegraphs are impossibilities and rank infidelity. There is nothing in the Word of God about them. If God had designed that His intelligent creatures should travel at the frightful speed of fifteen miles an hour by steam, He would clearly have foretold it through His holy prophets. It is a device of Satan to lead immortal souls down to hell.
139 페이지 - Utica and Schenectady, Syracuse and Utica, Auburn and Syracuse, Auburn and Rochester, Rochester and Syracuse direct, Rochester, Lockport, and Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Lockport, Tonawanda, Attica and Buffalo.
123 페이지 - the Constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
132 페이지 - The case of the North-Eastern is a striking illustration. That railway or system of railways is composed of 37 lines, several of which formerly competed with each other. Before their amalgamation they had, generally speaking, high rates and fares, and low dividends. The system is now the most complete monopoly in the United Kingdom; from the Tyne to the Humber with one local exception...
134 페이지 - to get even with the other," and both were resolved, no matter how much it cost, to have its " share of the business." Between them they ruined the business, dissatisfied every one, and then — came to terms with each other. Meanwhile, in the southeastern section of the state peace certainly prevailed, if not absolute contentment. As respects railroads this last it is not well to expect, and, if expected, it will not be found. Nevertheless it is certainly true that, according to general experience,...
129 페이지 - ... upon the whole railroad line; and this crosses many States. One of the States, therefore, if it possesses the power to regulate the issue of securities of an interstate carrier, may defeat a financial plan approved by all the other States and necessary to the carrier's transportation efficiency. * * * In other words, the greediest, the most selfish, and the most unreasonable State thus secures by its own laws a preference for its own commerce over the commerce of its sister States and over interstate...
184 페이지 - Accrued Amortization of Capital.'" "Note A. Until otherwise ordered, the 'amount estimated to be necessary to cover such wear and tear and obsolescence and inadequacy as have accrued during any month shall be based on a rule determined by the accounting corporation.