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ACCIDENTS actually addition Aggregate length Average cost baggage cars balances belonging bonds bridges Capital Stock paid cars causes cent charged Chicago CLASS Cleveland Company construction corporations cost of construction cost of equipment cost of road crossings crossings of highways Damages Date debt debt liabilities December Detroit distance dividends earnings exclusive expenses fare per mile feet fences freight carried freight trains give given grade hands Income incurred injuries interest iron July killed Lake Shore land locomotives machinery main line March Mich Michigan mile of road Miles run mixed trains Name Number of crossings Number of locomotives Number of passenger operating expenses passenger cars passenger trains Percentage persons Proportion purchase railroad rails rate of fare Receipts received Repairs reported ROAD AND EQUIPMENT road operated Saginaw shares sidings sold specifying statement stations steel rails tender tons Total length track Transportation weight Weights per yard whole York
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Page 133 - What express companies run on your road, and on what terms, and what •onditions as to rates, etc.; what kind of business is done by them, and do you take their freights at the depot, or at the office of such express companies?
Page lxxv - Any person who shall unlawfully and intentionally injure, molest or destroy any of said lines, posts, piers or abutments, or the materials or property belonging thereto, shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine not exceeding...
Page lxxiii - To cause such examination and surveys for the proposed railroad to be made as may be necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route...
Page 178 - Company, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he has caused the foregoing statements to be prepared by the proper officers and agents of this Company, and having carefully examined the same, declares them to be...
Page 55 - What freight and transportation companies run on your road, and on what terms and on what conditions as to rates, use of track, machinery, repairs of cars, etc.; do they use the cars of your company, or those furnished by themselves, and are their cars or their freight given any preference in speed, or order of transportation, and if so, in what particular?
Page lxvii - If two or more persons shall willfully and maliciously combine or conspire together to obstruct or impede by any act, or by means of intimidation, the regular operation and conduct of the business of any railroad company or any other corporation, firm or individual...
Page 285 - Do sleeping, parlor, or dining.room cars run on your road ; and if so, on what terms are they run, by whom are they owned, and what charges are made in addition to regular passenger rates ? None run on this road.
Page lxxiii - ... obstruct any public highway or street, by cars or trains, for more than five minutes at any one time...
Page 336 - MAIL. What is the compensation paid you by the US government for the transportation of its mails, and on what terms of service ? $1,164.19 per month.
Page 22 - DESCRIPTION OF ROAD. 1. Date when the road or portions thereof were opened for public use. From to . From to . From to . From to . 2.