Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the Year Ending ..., Volume 15

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Page 38 - Commerce with foreign countries, and among the States, strictly considered, consists in intercourse and traffic, including in these terms navigation, and the transportation and transit of persons and property, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.
Page 24 - All reports of investigations made by the Commission shall be entered of record, and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the party who may have complained, and to any common...
Page 33 - ... stations or station houses, or any change in its rates of fare for transporting freight or passengers, or any change in the mode of operating its road and conducting its business is reasonable and expedient in order to promote the security, convenience and accommodation of the public...
Page 295 - Total passenger revenue — Average amount received from each passenger. „ Average receipts per passenger per mile — Total passenger earnings „ Passenger earnings per mile of road Passenger earnings per train mile : Train mileage not kept.
Page 455 - Total freight revenue Average amount received for each ton of freight Average receipts per ton per mile Total freight earnings Freight earnings per mile of road Freight earnings per train mile..
Page 899 - ... proceed to hear and determine the matter speedily as a court of equity and without the formal pleadings and proceedings applicable to ordinary suits in equity...
Page 907 - That any person, firm, corporation, or association, or any mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society, or any body politic or municipal organization complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act in contravention of the provisions thereof...
Page 907 - State or Territory, at the request of such commissioner or commission, and may institute any inquiry on its own motion in the same manner and to the same effect as though complaint had been made.
Page 455 - Freight traffic : Number of tons carried of freight earning revenue... Number of tons carried one mile...
Page 145 - Miles run by freight trains Miles run by mixed trains, .... Total Mileage Trains Earning Revenue, Miles run by switching trains, Miles run by construction and other trains...

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