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Page 126 - ... with reference to the security and accommodation of the public and the compliance of the several corporations with the provisions of their charters and the laws of the State...
Page 126 - ... and shall examine the same, and keep themselves informed as to their condition, and the manner in which they are operated, with reference to the security and accommodation of the public...
Page 101 - ... constitution of the state. At the present time the leading railway associations are the following: The Trunk Line Association, embracing the great railroads which operate between the Atlantic seaboard and the cities of Buffalo, Pittsburg and Wheeling ; the Central Traffic Association, which includes most of the roads in the territory west of the Trunk Lines as far as Chicago and St. Louis; the Interstate Commerce Railway Association, with its affiliated organizations called the Western Freight...
Page 137 - Control of railways by commissions is the truly conservative method of control. If it succeeds, we may look for a solution of all the vexed industrial problems in harmony with the fundamental principles of English liberty. If it fails, there is nothing for the future of our civilization but the tyranny of socialism.
Page 84 - Notwithstanding any provision in any general or special act, every railway company shall submit to the Board of Trade a revised classification of merchandise traffic, and a revised schedule of maximum rates and charges applicable thereto, proposed to be charged...
Page 130 - It shall be the duty of said commissioners upon the complaint and application of the mayor and aldermen of any city or the mayor and council of any incorporated town, or the trustees of any township, to make an examination of the rate of passenger fare or freight tariff charged by any railroad company, and of the condition or operation of any railroad, any part of whose location lies within the limits of...
Page 46 - ... system. For the first and only time in railroad history, a case was presented in which competition did not result in combination. The one system of lines being owned by the state and the other by private companies, no consolidation of the two was practicable as against the public ; and accordingly the government found itself in a position to regulate the whole system through the ownership of a part of it, and in consequence was able to establish a policy of cheap railroad transportation, under...
Page 22 - ... disturbed. The relations between the community in France and its railroad system are moreover reasonably satisfactory, and no strong disposition to force a change is apparent. Though not especially enterprising, the companies are as a rule solvent, impartial and reliable. Indeed those managing them look with simple astonishment on the wild fluctuations in the railroad tariffs incident to the American method of operation, and they do not hesitate to say that if any similar outrages were perpetrated...
Page 146 - Court will be appealed to to determine h questions relative to the calculation of indemnity to be paid shareholders. The experiment which Switzerland is about to undertake cannot fail to be a very instructive one. It will be interesting to see what measures the federal government will take in effecting the purchase of the railways, in procuring the necessary funds, and in operating the roads. It will be especially interesting to see whether or not the state will be able to keep the promises which...
Page 134 - ... or their possible form, are well worthy of discussion. Contrary to the general and popular conviction, an increasing number of those who have given most thought to the subject, whether as railroad officers or simply from the general economical and political points of view, are disposed to conclude that, so far from being necessarily against public policy, a properly regulated combination of railroad companies, for the avowed purpose of controlling competition, might prove a most useful public...