Transportation Policy: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 6141 [and Others], Part 1 |
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Page 49
... increased rates . Under this provision , a shipper would continue to enjoy the old rate until the Commission had determined whether the proposed rate was lawful , or until the suspension period expired . At the close of World War I the ...
... increased rates . Under this provision , a shipper would continue to enjoy the old rate until the Commission had determined whether the proposed rate was lawful , or until the suspension period expired . At the close of World War I the ...
Page 51
... increasing rates where the present rates are not compensatory on certain types of traffic , not because the Commission has prescribed rates which are not compensatory , but because it fails to find that the proposals of the carriers for ...
... increasing rates where the present rates are not compensatory on certain types of traffic , not because the Commission has prescribed rates which are not compensatory , but because it fails to find that the proposals of the carriers for ...
Page 64
... increased markedly . Part of this , it is realized , results from the superior cost and service characteristics of these latter operations under particula circumstances . But in important respects the traffic erosion is the result of ...
... increased markedly . Part of this , it is realized , results from the superior cost and service characteristics of these latter operations under particula circumstances . But in important respects the traffic erosion is the result of ...
Page 70
... increased by approximately 6 million from 1929 to 1954. The average carried weight of tractor - trailer combinations on main rural roads has increased from 6.9 tons to 10.9 tons between 1936 and 1954 . The Government has appropriated in ...
... increased by approximately 6 million from 1929 to 1954. The average carried weight of tractor - trailer combinations on main rural roads has increased from 6.9 tons to 10.9 tons between 1936 and 1954 . The Government has appropriated in ...
Page 71
... increased rapidly there- after until 1950 when it equaled the rail - freight revenues and since then has forged ahead . A graph attached to my statement shows the dramatic extent to which trucking now has exceeded railroads in producing ...
... increased rapidly there- after until 1950 when it equaled the rail - freight revenues and since then has forged ahead . A graph attached to my statement shows the dramatic extent to which trucking now has exceeded railroads in producing ...
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Advisory Committee application ARPAIA authority bill cargo carload carrier by motor carriers by water carriers subject Chairman coastwise and intercoastal commodity rates common carriers compensatory competition Congress contract carriers cost deadweight tonnage Department of Defense DOLLIVER dry-cargo economic effect enactment established exemption fares filed FLYNT Foreign Commerce freight forwarders HARRIS HINSHAW increased intercoastal carriers intercoastal trade Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission joint rates legislation maximum ment military minimum rates mode of transportation motor carriers motor vehicle movement national transportation policy operation Panama Canal panel passenger percent PERCY PRIEST permit portation ports prescribe present proposed rate provisions of section rail railroads ratemaking reasonable minimum charges recommendations reduced rates regulation regulatory repeal ROTHSCHILD routes Secretary WEEKS section 15a section 22 shipments shippers ships SMITH statement suspension tanker tariff tion tonnage tons trans transcontinental railroads transportation service truck United vessels water carriers waterway