Freight Tariffs and ClaimsInstitute of business science, 1923 - 207 pages |
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additional charge agent amount bill of lading boxed Cancels carload shipments Chicago City claimant class and commodity Class Class Class class rates collected commodity rates commodity tariffs common carrier connection consignee containing crated delivered delivery destination effect Empties Express Classification Express Company file of tariffs first-class rate governed handling I. C. C. number Interstate Commerce Commission Intrastate issued Item less than carload lines loaded located loss or damage ment Milwaukee & St minimum weight Minn Missouri modity N. Y. NYC necessary North Note Ogdensburg Ohio Ohio River Okla package point of origin pounds publication published Railway Rate Basis rates apply rates named Reference Marks regulations road route Rule schedules Section shipped shipper shown in Fig South specified stations sub-block supplements thereto Syracuse tion tracer traffic transportation unloading Wabash Railway Williamsport York Central York Central Railroad zone
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Page 12 - ... for any loss, damage or injury to such property caused by it or by any common carrier, railroad or transportation company to which such property may be delivered or over whose line or lines such property may pass, and no contract, receipt, rule or regulation shall exempt such common carrier, railroad, or transportation company from the liability hereby imposed...
Page 4 - Act; nor shall any carrier charge or demand or collect or receive a greater or less or different compensation for such transportation of passengers or property, or for any service in connection therewith, between the points named in such tariffs than the rates, fares, and charges which are specified in the tariff filed and in effect at the time...
Page 2 - Act shall file with the Commission created by this Act and print and keep open to public inspection schedules showing all the rates, fares, and charges for transportation between different points on its own route...
Page 3 - The names of the several carriers which are parties to any joint tariff shall be specified therein, and each of the parties thereto, other than the one filing the same, shall file with the Commission such evidence of concurrence therein or acceptance thereof as may be required or approved by the Commission...
Page 13 - States or within an adjacent foreign country when transported on a through bill of lading, notwithstanding any limitation of liability or limitation of the amount of recovery or representation or agreement as to value in any such receipt or bill of lading, or in any contract, rule, regulation, or in any tariff filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission; and any such limitation, without respect to the manner or form in which it is sought to be made is declared to be unlawful and void...
Page 3 - ... public notice, which shall plainly state the changes proposed to be made in the schedule then in force, and the time when the...
Page 7 - ... full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present...
Page 5 - States a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation, which shall accrue to the United States and may be recovered in a civil action brought by the United States.
Page 13 - Provided further, That it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to provide by rule, contract, regulation, or otherwise a shorter period for giving notice of claims than ninety days and for the filing of claims for a shorter period than four months, and for the institution of suits than two years...
Page 4 - No carrier, unless otherwise provided by this Act, shall engage or participate in the transportation of passengers or property, as defined in this Act, unless the rates, fares, and charges upon which the same are transported by said carrier have been filed and published in accordance with the provisions of this Act...