Amending Interstate Commerce Act (certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity -- Railway Property) ... Hearing ... on H.R. 4165 ... June 18, 1954 |
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abandonment agreement amended application Army engineers assume the burden authorized believe bill bondholders build burden of proof carrier certificate of public CHAIRMAN Chief of Engineers Colonel WHIPPLE Congress congressional connection construction contemplated appropriation convenience and necessity Corps of Engineers cost court damage decided Department determine district engineer eminent domain filed Fisher River flood control gentleman yield heard hearing HESELTON highway International Joint Commission Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission involved jurisdiction Kootenai River Libby Dam Libby project line of railroad lumber main line matter MATTHIAS McNary Dam ment miles million negotiation Northern Railroad Northern Railway O'HARA opportunity Pacific Northwest paragraph 18 PELLY plans portion present proposed provides public convenience public interest Public Works Committees public-works project question of public rail railroad line railroad relocation referred reservoir right of eminent Rivers and Harbors Secretary statement testified testimony tion
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Page 7 - ... no carrier by railroad subject to this Act shall abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation thereof, unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity permit of such abandonment.
Page 71 - Resolved by the Committee on Commerce of the United States Senate, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby, requested to review the reports on the Sacramento River contained in House Document No.
Page 7 - State in which such additional or extended line of railroad is proposed to be constructed or operated, or all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation thereof, is proposed to be abandoned, with the right to be heard as hereinafter provided with respect to the hearing of complaints or the issuance of securities; and .said notice shall also be published for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in each county in or through which said line of railroad is constructed...
Page 65 - Whenever the Chief of Engineers shall find that any highway, railway, or utility has been or is being damaged or destroyed by reason of the operation of any dam or reservoir project under the control of the Department of the Army, he may utilize any funds available for the construction, maintenance, or operation of the project involved for the repair, relocation, restoration, or protection of such highway, railway, or utility...
Page 65 - Department, he may utilize any funds available for the construction, maintenance, or operation of the project involved for the repair, relocation, restoration, or protection of such highway, railway, or utility : Provided, That this section shall not apply to highways, railways, and utilities previously provided for by the War Department, unless the Chief of Engineers determines that the actual damage has or will exceed that for which provision had previously been made.
Page 70 - ... that if you require more money than the $75,000,000, you would have to go back to the Public Works Committee to raise that ceiling? Colonel POTTER. Yes, sir. May I call your attention to the fact that in the authorization of these items they are authorized substantially in accordance with the plan recommended in the report of the Chief of Engineers dated June 28, 1949. Mr. RABAUT. I want to come back to the $25,000,000 that came up in your answer to my question as to the increased costs.
Page 1 - Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Veterans
Page 5 - ... shall cause notice thereof to be given to and a copy filed with the governor of each State in which such additional or extended line of railroad is proposed to be constructed or operated, or all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation thereof, is proposed to be abandoned, with the right to be heard as hereinafter provided with respect to the hearing of complaints or the issuance of securities...
Page 3 - March 6, 1956, addressed to the Chairman of the Commission and requesting comments on a bill (S.