Expediting Loading and Unloading of Railroad Freight Cars: Hearings Before a Subcommittee...on S.J.Res. 147 |
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... handled in the period , but is , we believe , sufficient to give a result fairly dependable . The very business of our field representatives , of course , is to prevent car detention . Necessarily their time is almost exclusively ...
... handled in the period , but is , we believe , sufficient to give a result fairly dependable . The very business of our field representatives , of course , is to prevent car detention . Necessarily their time is almost exclusively ...
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... handled , 93 held beyond free time ; demurrage $ 209 . April , no demurrage . May , 288 cars handled , 93 held beyond free time ; demurrage $ 7.70 . Pacific Coast Demurrage Bureau assessed the following demurrage against Southern ...
... handled , 93 held beyond free time ; demurrage $ 209 . April , no demurrage . May , 288 cars handled , 93 held beyond free time ; demurrage $ 7.70 . Pacific Coast Demurrage Bureau assessed the following demurrage against Southern ...
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... handled , demurrage $ 2,183.50 ; February , 15,647 cars were handled , demurrage $ 1,160.50 ; March , 17,352 cars were handled , demurrage $ 176.50 . At a Detroit , Mich . , motor manufacturing company plant : Feb- ruary , demurrage ...
... handled , demurrage $ 2,183.50 ; February , 15,647 cars were handled , demurrage $ 1,160.50 ; March , 17,352 cars were handled , demurrage $ 176.50 . At a Detroit , Mich . , motor manufacturing company plant : Feb- ruary , demurrage ...
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... handled , 114 of which were held beyond the free time ; demurrage $ 72.60 . The May 1942 performance was 829 cars handled , 116 held beyond the free time , but compensated for by credits from early unloading . Summarizing improvement in ...
... handled , 114 of which were held beyond the free time ; demurrage $ 72.60 . The May 1942 performance was 829 cars handled , 116 held beyond the free time , but compensated for by credits from early unloading . Summarizing improvement in ...
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... handled a total of 8,360 cars at all plants , with an average detention of 1.226 days per car , that is after beginning of free time , namely 48 hours . This represents a total saving of 6,463 car - days of 24 hours each . This saving ...
... handled a total of 8,360 cars at all plants , with an average detention of 1.226 days per car , that is after beginning of free time , namely 48 hours . This represents a total saving of 6,463 car - days of 24 hours each . This saving ...
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Page 37 - ... best promote the service in the interest of the public and the commerce of the people, upon such terms of compensation as between the carriers as they may agree upon, or, in the event of their disagreement, as the Commission may after subsequent hearing find to be just and reasonable...
Page 19 - car service' in this Act shall include the use, control, supply, movement, distribution, exchange, interchange, and return of locomotives, cars, and other vehicles used in the transportation of property, including special types of equipment, and the supply of trains, by any carrier by railroad subject to this act.
Page 38 - At a General Session of the Interstate Commerce Commission, held at its office In Washington, DC, on the 19th day of May AD 1914.
Page 22 - VII, on all cars held for loading or unloading by such shipper or receiver shall be computed on the basis of the average time of detention to all such cars released during each calendar month, such average detention to be computed as follows : SECTION A.
Page 46 - ... and that notice of this order be given to the general public by depositing a copy in the office of the Secretary of the Commission at Washington, DC, and by filing it with the Director, Division of the Federal Register, the National Archives.
Page 19 - ... unless the same shall be suspended or modified or set aside by the commission, or be suspended or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Page 1 - UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE, Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 am in room 412, Senate Office Building, Senator Fred H.
Page 19 - Commission shall have, and it is hereby given, authority, either upon complaint or upon its own initiative without complaint, at once, if it so orders, without answer or other formal pleading by the interested carrier or carriers, and with or without notice...
Page 38 - Association ; and that notice of this order be given to the general public by depositing a copy in the Office of the Secretary of the Commission at Washington, DC, and by filing it with the Director, Office of the Federal Register.
Page 44 - Each of said railroads, on or before the effective date of this section, and upon not less than one day's notice to the Commission and to the public...