Report of the Railroad CommissionerE.L. Freeman Company, state printers, 1905 |
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account at beginning account at end avenue Average number Balance of construction brakeman bruised Capital stock actually city of Providence collisions of cars Commission construction account crossing the track E. L. FREEMAN ending June 30 fare per mile flagmen Floating debt freight cars Funded debt grade crossings Hartford Railroad Company Haven & Hartford Hopkinton Railway June 30 last amount charged main line Moshassuck Valley Railroad Newport Number built Number guarded Number of collisions Number of employees Number of freight Number of locomotives Number of passengers Number of persons Old Colony paid in common Pascoag passenger cars Passenger train cars Pawtucket persons walking power brakes Railroad Commissioner rate of fare Rhode Island Co Rhode Island Company Rhode Island Hospital Rolling stock account Sea View Railroad single track steam stock actually paid Street Railway Company struck Total number track injured track killed train cars equipped train cars heated Treasurer Wickford Woonsocket Worcester Division
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Page 60 - Company, on my oath do say that the foregoing return has been prepared under my direction, from the original books, papers, and records of said Company; that I have carefully examined the same, and declare the same to be a complete and correct statement of the business and affairs of said Company in respect to each and every matter and thing therein set forth, to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief...
Page 133 - At the time and place mentioned in said notice, or at any adjournment therefrom ordered by the court, the court, after hearing the parties interested who may appear and desire to be heard, shall first determine whether the lands in said certificate described are necessary to said...
Page 128 - At the end of the time allowed for filing such claims, or of any extension thereof, the commissioners, or a majority of them, shall fix a time and place for hearing all persons interested, as to the damages by them sustained, and shall give notice of such hearing by...
Page 11 - ... any oil or' fluid which will ignite at a temperature of less than three hundred degrees Fahrenheit.
Page 132 - ... of the first preferred stock shall be entitled to receive the par value of their preferred shares before anything shall be paid upon the second preferred stock or upon the common stock out of the assets of the corporation; and the holders of the second preferred stock shall be entitled to receive the par value of their preferred shares before anything shall be paid upon the common stock out of the assets of the corporation.
Page 27 - Co., March 1, 1893. All answers not found in this return are included in the returns of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. OFFICERS. Royal C. Taft President Providence, RI Benjamin B. Torrey Treasurer and Clerk Boston, Mass. DIRECTORS. Royal C. Taft Providence, RI Robert H. Stevenson 28 State St., Boston, Mass.
Page 154 - ... and many others. The fact that there exists so wide a diversity of opinion on this important subject and a careful examination of the reports sent in by the railway companies covering the more serious accidents suggests that if the public is to be supplied with full and accurate information concerning the causes of such accidents the facts ought to be made the subject of impartial investigation on behalf of the Government, and various reasons for such investigation of railway accidents by the...
Page 132 - Directors may determine, but not more than 20 percent of the subscription may be called in any one year. (c) Calls for further payment on subscriptions shall be uniform on all shares, and no calls shall be made unless funds are needed for the operations of the Bank. The proportion of subsequent payments to be made in gold...
Page 71 - Warren for the purpose of running and operating street cars shall run any of its cars at a greater rate of speed than eight miles an hour in...
Page 127 - Drain boards shall be provided and be of adequate size for the proper handling1 of soiled utensils prior to washing and of cleaned utensils following sanitization and shall be so located and constructed as not to interfere with the proper use of the dishwashing facilities. This does not preclude the use of easily movable dish tables for the storage of soiled utensils or the use of easily movable dishtables for the storage of clean utensils following sanitization. (F) Equipment and utensils shall...