Safety Appliances: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, Sixty-fourth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 10485 and 9047, June 22, 1916U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - 33 pages |
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16-hour clause affecting the movements ALBEN W amendment ARTHUR W bill BRADY CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE common carrier continuously operated night cover CULLOP DECKER delivers orders DEWALT draft duty electric lines electric railroads electric railway electric roads ESCH feet FITZPATRICK flagman FOREIGN COMMERCE go on top hearing HOWARD SUTHERLAND inches Indiana Indianapolis injured inter INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN Interstate Commerce Commission interurban cars interurban electric interurban lines interurban railroads interurban railways interurban road Jersey locomotive engine MCKINLEY miles motormen and conductors motormen or conductors moved or hauled movement of trains night and day obstructions operated by electricity PARKER passengers provision rail railroads operated RAYBURN receive orders RICHARD WAYNE PARKER SAM RAYBURN SIMS stations steam railroads steam roads STEPHENS STERLING street cars subcommittee telegraph or telephone THETUS W top and engaged train dispatchers transmits trolley pole Union Traction WEADOCK wire words
Popular passages
Page 4 - railroad" as used in this Act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract. agreement, or lease ; and the term "transportation" shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page 14 - That no such authorization or order shall be made unless the Commission finds, as to such extension, that it is reasonably required in the interest of public convenience and necessity, or as to such extension or facilities that the expense involved therein will not impair the ability of the carrier to perform its duty to the public.
Page 5 - Jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed, and it shall be the duty of such district attorney to bring such suits upon duly verified information being lodged with him of such violation having occurred.
Page 5 - That the Interstate Commerce Commission may from time to time upon full hearing and for good cause extend the period within which any common carrier shall comply with the provisions of this act.
Page 5 - That it shall be the duty of the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce the provisions of this Act, and all powers heretofore granted to said Commission are hereby extended to it for the purpose of the enforcement of this Act. SEC. 5. That the term "common carrier...
Page 5 - ... shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every such violation, to be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by the United States district attorney in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed...
Page 4 - Columbia or any Territory of the United States, or from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or from any place...
Page 17 - to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 5 - ... any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every such violation, to be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by the State's Attorney in the Circuit Court of the county having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have occurred...
Page 24 - State and the city and were issued for the benefit of the public and not for the benefit of the...