Some Facts about RailroadsJ.A. Wayland, 1902 - 16 strani |
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
40 per cent 50 cents annual tribute average car average freight train Belgium CALIFORNIA LIBRARY car only carries carries about three carrying the mails cent per mile cents per barrel charge the government Civilization Civilized cost Cowles earn England extortionate charges fares and freight farmer favored individuals forty tons franchises freight rates gittin haul Henry D Henry Lloyd Interstate Commission says intolerable nuisance kill Lloyd says load MAYBELL miles of track mismanagement nominal title non-paying weight number injured number of passengers owing to high Passenger fares passenger trains POSSIBILITIES OF RAILWAY practice private persons profit public enemies public highways public powers RAILROADS ARE PUBLIC Railway charges railway managers reckless reference to distance regard to distance revenues ride roads ruin rivals serving a population shown stage coaches Standard Oil company thirty tons ticket train only carries trains pay expenses uniform rate UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA W. C. GREEN
Priljubljeni odlomki
Stran 2 - ... who possess opinions and a will; Men who have Honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And Damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog in public duty and in private thinking; For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds, Their large professions and their little deeds, Mingle in selfish strife, Lo! freedom weeps, Wrong rules the land, and waiting justice sleeps.
Stran 2 - ... strong Minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands. Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have Honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And Damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog in public duty and in private thinking...
Stran 4 - The cardinal virtues cannot be established and kept at work in trade and on the highways with the old apparatus. In order that the spirit that gave rebates may go to stay, the rebate itself must go. If the private use of private ownership of highways is to go, the private ownership must go. There must be no private use of public power or public property. These are created by the common sacrifices of all, and can be rightfully used only for the common good of all — from all, by all, for all. All...
Stran 4 - There must be no private use of public power or public property. These are created by the common sacrifices of all, and can be rightfully used only for the common good of all — from all, by all, for all. All the grants and franchises that have been given to private hands for private profit are void in morals and void in that higher law which sets the copy for the laggard pens of legislatures and judges. "No private use of public powers
Stran 9 - ... winnings of a policy which, we have seen, has certain constant features. Property to the extent of uncounted millions has been changed from the possession of the many who owned it to the few who hold it: 1. Without the knowledge of the real owners. 2. Without their consent. 3. With no compensation to them for the value taken. 4. By falsehood, often under oath. 5. In violation of the law.
Stran 2 - God give us men ! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands. Men whom the lust of office does not kill ; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who...
Stran 3 - ... existence. Very early the question arose whether a state's right of eminent domain could be exercised by a private corporation created for the purpose of constructing a railway. Clearly it could not, unless taking land for such a purpose was taking land for public use. The right of eminent domain nowhere justifies the taking of property for private use.