The Freight Traffic Red Book, Issues 3-6Traffic Publishing Company, 1927 - Railroads |
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agent all-rail amended application approved arbitration authority bill of lading canceled car float carload carrier subject cents charges claim class rates Classification commodity rates common carrier complaint concurrence CONFERENCE RULINGS consignee consignor court damage delivered delivery demurrage destination effect Elkins Act established export February 28 Federal control filed foreign Fourth Section handling held Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission issued joint rates lawfully less than carload lighterage loading mileage Mississippi River named notice officer Oklahoma operating packages paragraph party Passenger Traffic payment person pipe line point of origin port pounds power of attorney prescribed published rail railroad Railway rates or fares reasonable receipt received reconsignment Relates to Passenger route scale shipment shipper Southern specific Stat station storage supplement switching terminal Texas thereof thereto transit trucks United unloading vessel warehouse weight York York Harbor
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Page 325 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Page 340 - It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures.
Page 328 - ... state separately all terminal charges, storage charges, icing charges, and all other charges which the Commission may require, all privileges or facilities granted or allowed and any rules or regulations which in any wise change, affect, or determine any part or the aggregate of such aforesaid rates, fares, and charges, or the value of the service rendered to the passenger, shipper, or consignee.
Page 328 - ... rates, fares, or charges will go into effect; and the proposed changes shall be shown by printing new schedules, or shall be plainly indicated upon the schedules in force at the time and kept open to public inspection...
Page 320 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 332 - That the Commission hereby created shall have authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted...
Page 332 - ... the costs and expenses of such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States...
Page 349 - States a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation, which shall accrue to the United States and may be recovered in a civil action brought by the United States.
Page 332 - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing. And in case of disobedience to a...
Page 325 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...