Hearings, June 30-July 1, 1942 |
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... situation is that last year the railroads collected in demurrage charges about $ 9,000,000 . Roughly speaking that is the equivalent to an average detention beyond free time of 11,000 or 12,000 freight cars every day . It is the intent ...
... situation is that last year the railroads collected in demurrage charges about $ 9,000,000 . Roughly speaking that is the equivalent to an average detention beyond free time of 11,000 or 12,000 freight cars every day . It is the intent ...
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... situation to the attention of the country , in an earnest . effort to aid in an improvement of the service . I would ask the railroads and I see Mr. Kendall back there so I will address my question to him . Mr. Kendall , I do not know ...
... situation to the attention of the country , in an earnest . effort to aid in an improvement of the service . I would ask the railroads and I see Mr. Kendall back there so I will address my question to him . Mr. Kendall , I do not know ...
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... situation became chaotic . In an attempt to remedy that situation numerous " car service associations " were organized , the first appearing in Omaha in 1887 , each , however , having its own code of rules . In some of the early cases ...
... situation became chaotic . In an attempt to remedy that situation numerous " car service associations " were organized , the first appearing in Omaha in 1887 , each , however , having its own code of rules . In some of the early cases ...
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... situation were soon recognized : ( 1 ) The uncertainty then existing in the minds of many people as to whether jurisdiction over demurrage matters lay with the States or the Federal Government . I might interpolate at this point that ...
... situation were soon recognized : ( 1 ) The uncertainty then existing in the minds of many people as to whether jurisdiction over demurrage matters lay with the States or the Federal Government . I might interpolate at this point that ...
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... situation which were soon recognized : ( 2 ) The great disparities in the practices as between different sec- tions of the country , and as between particular commodities , especially as related to the computation of free time . ( 3 ) ...
... situation which were soon recognized : ( 2 ) The great disparities in the practices as between different sec- tions of the country , and as between particular commodities , especially as related to the computation of free time . ( 3 ) ...
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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...