Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of North Carolina, for the Year Ending ...

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J. Daniels, State printer and binder, 1894

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Página 544 - Act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance; provided, however, that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this Act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved...
Página 559 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this act, than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited...
Página 568 - ... to inmates of the National Homes or State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and of Soldiers
Página 569 - All of the expenses of the commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the commissioners or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the commission.
Página 560 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Página 570 - State, viz., the number of miles of such telegraph and railroad lines in each county in this State and the total number of miles in the State, including the roadbed, right-of-way and superstructures thereon, main and side tracks, depot buildings and depot grounds, section and tool houses...
Página 566 - Commissioners, and said court shall have power to punish for contempt, as in other cases of refusal to obey the process and order of such court.
Página 496 - ... stations or station houses, or any change in its rates of fare for transporting freight or passengers, or any change in the mode of operating its road and conducting its business is reasonable and expedient in order to promote the security, convenience and accommodation of the public...
Página 521 - State by any railroad company, whether organized under the laws of this State or organized under the laws of another State, and doing business in this State...
Página 558 - State, shall charge, collect, demand or receive more than a fair or reasonable rate of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freight...

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