Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, on House Bills 47, 145, 440, 10699, 12316, 12478, and 12615, Proposing to Extend the Time for which Cattle and Other Animals May be Confined During Shipment from One State to Another, [Jan. 23, 30 and Feb. 20, 1906]. |
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... yards well equipped for feeding , feed always on hand , attendants for the purpose of attending to the cattle , and they are unloaded and fed there , if they have come 200 miles , if they have come 400 miles , or if they have come 500 ...
... yards well equipped for feeding , feed always on hand , attendants for the purpose of attending to the cattle , and they are unloaded and fed there , if they have come 200 miles , if they have come 400 miles , or if they have come 500 ...
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... yards are provided there . If you en- force the twenty - eight hour law , what happens ? Your animals are stopped at 8 or 10 o'clock at night at Manhattan , or 12 o'clock , more likely . They remain there until the next day . They do ...
... yards are provided there . If you en- force the twenty - eight hour law , what happens ? Your animals are stopped at 8 or 10 o'clock at night at Manhattan , or 12 o'clock , more likely . They remain there until the next day . They do ...
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... yards . You can not deliver them all at once . There are hundreds and hundreds of cars . These trains have to stand and wait for others to be unloaded , notwithstanding the extensive stock yards there . It is impossible to handle this ...
... yards . You can not deliver them all at once . There are hundreds and hundreds of cars . These trains have to stand and wait for others to be unloaded , notwithstanding the extensive stock yards there . It is impossible to handle this ...
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... yards , and passenger trains have to come in . The business of the world has to go on . It is not only the cattle trains that have to be considered . Therefore it will be two hours , at best , from the time you begin loading your first ...
... yards , and passenger trains have to come in . The business of the world has to go on . It is not only the cattle trains that have to be considered . Therefore it will be two hours , at best , from the time you begin loading your first ...
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... yards , and the live - stock cars are switched in by a switch engine or a road engine , dependent upon the particular yards where this is carried on . Mr. CRAMMOND KENNEDY . To what extent is that rate maintained ? Mr. COWAN . In the ...
... yards , and the live - stock cars are switched in by a switch engine or a road engine , dependent upon the particular yards where this is carried on . Mr. CRAMMOND KENNEDY . To what extent is that rate maintained ? Mr. COWAN . In the ...
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American Humane Association animals arrived better bill BOICE bruised BUEL Buffalo BURKE carload cent CHAIRMAN Chicago committee condition CONGRESS THE LIBRARY COOPER COWAN cruelty Denver destination DYSON enforcement ESCH ETTEN extension fact feed and water Fort Worth forty hours freight gentlemen Grand Island handle hogs humane society inhumanity injury interest Kansas City KEECHLER KENNEDY KNOLLIN lambs LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Live Stock Association loading and unloading MACKENZIE MANN matter miles an hour Minnesota Missouri River National Live Stock o'clock owners PARSONS pens PHILBRICK question railroad companies range cattle RANSON reach reason rest RICQLES road RYAN sheep shipment shipped shipper shrinkage statement steer STEPHENS STEVENS stock cars stock trains stock yards stockmen suffering Texas thing thirty-six hours transit transportation twenty twenty-eight hours twenty-eight-hour law twenty-eight-hour limit Union Stock Yards unloading and reloading VAN ETTEN West WHITEHEAD
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Page 72 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, Which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the fie'ld: The wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, Which sing among the branches.
Page 162 - In estimating such confinement the time during which the animals have been confined without such rest on connecting roads from which they are received shall be included, it being the intent of this section to prohibit their continuous confinement beyond the period of twenty-eight hours, except upon contingencies hereinbefore stated.
Page 162 - Columbia or the owners or masters of steam, sailing, or other vessels carrying or transporting cattle, sheep, swine or other animals from one State...
Page 191 - That no railroad, express company, car company, common carrier other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, whose road forms any part of a line of road over which cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals...
Page 163 - ... by the owner or person having the custody thereof, or in case of his default in so doing then by the railroad...
Page 191 - ... for every such failure be liable for and forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars : Provided, That when animals are carried in cars, boats, or other vessels in which they can and do have proper food, water, space, and opportunity to rest the provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply.
Page 39 - Territory or the District of Columbia, or the owners or masters of steam, sailing, or other vessels carrying or transporting cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals...
Page 39 - ... then by the railroad company or owners or masters of boats or vessels transporting the same, at the expense of the owner or person in custody thereof ; and such company, owners, or masters shall in such case have a lien upon such animals for food, care, and custody furnished, and shall not be liable for any detention of such animals.
Page 39 - Animals so unloaded shall be properly fed and watered during such rest by the owner or person having the custody thereof...
Page 163 - ... that when animals shall be carried in cars, boats or other vessels in which they can and do have proper food, water, space and opportunity for rest, the foregoing provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply.