Boston and Maine Railroad: Hearing...on S. Res. 65, May 24 and 25, 1917 |
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Page 7 - Marked features and significant incidents in the loose, extravagant, and improvident administration of the finances of the New Haven as shown in this investigation are the Boston & Maine despoilment; the iniquity of the Westchester acquisition; the double price paid for the Rhode Island trolleys; the recklessness in the purchase of Connecticut and Massachusetts trolleys at prices exorbitantly in excess...
Page 7 - There Is reason for the belief that this railroad In the hands of its former management would have continued to pay dividends and serve its constituency of passengers and shippers with reasonable rates and adequate facilities. That is the picture before the transactions to which I shall refer. Then the Boston & Maine ran into stormy days. Through the intermediation of a member of the banking firm of Lee, Higginson & Co., of Boston, arrangements were...
Page 4 - LEASES UPON NAVAL OIL RESERVES. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1924. UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND SURVEYS, Washington, DC The committee met, pursuant to call of the chairman, at 2 o'clock pm, in Room 210 Senate Office Building, Hon.
Page 14 - ... permit. Elsewhere in this county little has been done. THE PRESENT OUTLOOK. Looking at the field as a whole, the prospect may be pronounced highly encouraging. In many places in the State excellent results have already been attained in the face of difficulties and discouragements of the gravest kind, and there is no evidence of any disposition on the part of those who are working in the field of sanitary improvement to abandon any part of the ground already occupied. On the contrary, the feeling...
Page 65 - The United States District Court in the Southern District of New York, however, held that such orders of deportation may not stand, though unfortunately in unreported opinions.
Page 39 - The New England investigation in the matter of rates, classifications, regulations, and practices of carriers," submitted May twentieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen.
Page 36 - ... evidence was with respect to that fact, it will be presumed that the statement made by the court was correct, and that the evidence was uncontradicted that the copying, printing, and publishing of these two photographs by the defendant was without the consent of the plaintiffs. [5] It is further objected that there was no evidence of any intent on the part of the defendant to evade the law. The penalty provided by the statute is for the act of copying, printing, and publishing a copyrighted article,...
Page 57 - ... named, a copy of which is on file in this office, be hereby approved. APRIL 5, 1921. [DPU 386] Petition of the Boston and Maine Railroad for approval of lease of Suncook Valley Railroad. terminable by either party on thirty days' notice, has been authorized by the stockholders of each company and approved by the Public Service Commission of the state of New Hampshire, and that the terms of said lease are lawful and consistent with the public interest, it is — Ordered, That the terms of the...
Page 4 - Commission is hereby requested to make an investigation of all the mutters, facts, and circumstances set forth in the foregoing preamble and make report to the Senate of the evidence, its findings, and any recommendations which may seem to it appropriate.