Twentieth Century Manual of Railway Station Service: Freight, Baggage and Passenger DepartmentsRand, McNally, 1911 - 271 pages |
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advanced charges amount arrival auditor of freight bad order baggage agent baggage cars baggage check baggagemen bill of lading blank bonded freight Car Number card waybill carrier collected common carrier Conductor connecting lines consignee consignor corpse coupon Daily Rail Road delivered delivery duplicate check employe endorsed error excess baggage fare foreign lines forwarding agent freight accounts freight agent freight charges freight claim agent freight received half ticket initials instructions interline Iowa issued James Brown junction point Ladora less than carload liable live stock contract loaded loss or damage Marengo marked notation notified owner owner's risk P. P. O. waybill packages party person prepaid proper punch railroad company Railway Company receiving agent refrigerator cars route rules seals sent shipment shipper shipping bill stamp station Station agents storage stub tariffs thereon tickets tion train transportation unless unloaded waybill correction weight
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Page 11 - ... hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction within the district in which such offense was committed, be subject for each offense to a fine of not exceeding five thousand dollars or imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Page 10 - The schedules printed as aforesaid by any such common carrier shall plainly state the places upon its railroad between which property and passengers will be carried, and shall contain the classification of freight in force, and shall also state separately the terminal charges and any rules or regulations which in any wise change, affect or determine any part or the aggregate of such aforesaid rates and fares and charges.
Page 11 - ... to obtain transportation for such property at less than the regular rates then established...
Page 11 - United States of competent jurisdiction within the district in which such offense was committed, be subject to a fine of not exceeding five thousand dollars, or imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the Court, for each offense; and such person, corporation, or company shall also, together with said common carrier, be liable, jointly or severally, in an action...
Page 11 - ... property at less than the regular rates then established and in force on the line...
Page 46 - No carrier is bound to transport said property by any particular train or vessel, or in time for any particular market or otherwise than with reasonable dispatch.
Page 48 - Sec. 10. Any alteration, addition, or erasure in this bill of lading which shall be made without the special notation hereon of the agent of the carrier issuing this bill of lading, shall be without effect, and this bill of lading shall be enforceable according to its original tenor.
Page 59 - ... without unloading the same for rest, water, and feeding, for a period of at least five consecutive hours, unless prevented from so unloading by storm or other accidental causes.
Page 249 - Rule 6. Every dead body must be accompanied by a person in charge, who must be provided with a passage ticket and also present a full first-class ticket marked "Corpse...
Page 46 - No carrier or party in possession of all or any of the property herein described shall be liable for any loss thereof or damage thereto or delay caused by the act of God...