Hearings, June 30-July 1, 1942 |
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Page 25
... result fairly dependable . The very business of our field representatives , of course , is to prevent car detention . Necessarily their time is almost exclusively devoted to the worst offenders . As we are reporting on the greatest ...
... result fairly dependable . The very business of our field representatives , of course , is to prevent car detention . Necessarily their time is almost exclusively devoted to the worst offenders . As we are reporting on the greatest ...
Page 30
... results in an unloading of the car you have not helped the man who is deprived of that car for transporta- tion purposes . You have to make your extra demurrage charge , from a penalty standpoint , high enough to do the business . Now ...
... results in an unloading of the car you have not helped the man who is deprived of that car for transporta- tion purposes . You have to make your extra demurrage charge , from a penalty standpoint , high enough to do the business . Now ...
Page 31
... results , or the shippers do not voluntarily cooperate , or the railroads do not cooperate to a point that ... result , this resolution will never be heard of again ; and if it has not , I warn you right now , it goes back to ...
... results , or the shippers do not voluntarily cooperate , or the railroads do not cooperate to a point that ... result , this resolution will never be heard of again ; and if it has not , I warn you right now , it goes back to ...
Page 32
... results on all the matters that I have mentioned . And then , of course , I think even more than demurrage itself is the general sentiment that exists , as Commissioner Johnson has indicated , in a most high degree , and I shall have to ...
... results on all the matters that I have mentioned . And then , of course , I think even more than demurrage itself is the general sentiment that exists , as Commissioner Johnson has indicated , in a most high degree , and I shall have to ...
Page 36
... result in wasteful car service in interstate commerce ; and It also appearing , That such misuse and wasteful use of railroad equipment is detrimental to the public interest and to the prosecution of the war : Therefore , in respect to ...
... result in wasteful car service in interstate commerce ; and It also appearing , That such misuse and wasteful use of railroad equipment is detrimental to the public interest and to the prosecution of the war : Therefore , in respect to ...
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24 hours 48 hours AITCHISON American Railroads anthracite coal apply Association of American average detention average rule bituminous coal Bureau car detention car efficiency car per day cars handled cars held cars unloaded chairman Chamber of Commerce Chicago coal cars Commissioner commodities common carrier consignee cooperation Defense Transportation delays demurrage charges demurrage rules February fruit and vegetable further ordered going GOODYEAR held beyond free hereby HOLLOPETER increase Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission JOHNSON Joint Resolution 147 June June 30 KENDALL legislation loading and unloading loading or unloading matter mines months movement number of cars Office of Defense open-top cars operation Ordnance Plant penalty percent Potomac Yard production promptly public by depositing rail Railway reconsignment record refrigerator cars release SCHWIETERT secretary Senate Joint Resolution Senator REED Senator TUNNELL SERVICE ORDER shipments shortage situation statement storage subcommittee switching tariffs tidewater tion tons W. P. BARTEL yard
Popular passages
Page 38 - At a General Session of the INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, held at its office in Washington, DC, on the 1st day of June, 1908.
Page 43 - ... 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.
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 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 14 - Commission. Demurrage charges are thus published as a part of the tariffs filed pursuant to the statutes. All demurrage charges have a double purpose. One is to secure compensation for the use of the car and of the track which it occupies. The other is to promote car efficiency by providing a deterrent against undue detention.
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 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...
Page 7 - ... to his siding, which he had failed to fully unload within the time prescribed by the rule, and defendant by retaining the coal in its possession and demanding...
Page 37 - At a session of the Interstate Commerce Commission, division 3, held at its office in Washington, DC, on the 19th day of March, AD 1956.
Page 39 - Act; that each of said railroads, on or before the effective date hereof, and upon not less than one day's notice .to the Commission and to the public...