English Railways: Statistically Considered

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E. Wilson, 1903 - Railroads - 279 pages

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Page 186 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplere coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.
Page 8 - That they are not (or need not be, if properly constructed) nuisances to the public. "7. That they will become a speedier and cheaper mode of conveyance than carriages drawn by horses. "8. That as they admit of greater breadth of tire than other carriages, and as the roads are not acted on so injuriously as by the feet of horses in common draught, such carriages will cause less wear of roads than coaches drawn by horses. "9. That rates of toll have been imposed on steam carriages, which would prohibit...
Page 66 - ... issued by any commissioners incorporated by Act of Parliament for the purpose of supplying water, and having a compulsory power of levying rates over an area having, according to the returns of the last census prior to the date of investment, a population exceeding fifty thousand, provided that...
Page 186 - An Act 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 8 - That at this rate they have conveyed upwards of fourteen passengers. 3. That their weight, including engine, fuel, water and attendants, may be under three tons. 4. That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination with facility and safety. 5. That they are perfectly safe for passengers. 6.
Page 32 - ... for every 100/., and any fraction of 100/. over any multiple of 100/. of the amount of such capital or increase of capital as the case may be.
Page 271 - Majesty, upon giving to the said company three calendar months notice in writing of their intention, and upon payment of a sum equal to twenty-five years purchase of the said annual divisible profits, estimated on the average of the three then next preceding years...
Page 185 - It is a reproach to our civilization that any class of American workmen should, in the pursuit of a necessary and useful vocation, be subjected to a peril of life and limb as great as that of a soldier in time of war.
Page 249 - ... fide due thereon after charging the revenue of the half-year with all expenses which ought to be paid thereout...

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