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Halaman 318 - In fact, active and continuous competition between public utility corporations furnishing the same service to the same locality seems to be out of the question. This has been shown by experience. Such competition is also contrary to the very nature of things. Two distinct and separate corporations are not likely to remain separate very long after it becomes clear that the services rendered by both can be more cheaply and more effectively furnished by only one of them.
Halaman 333 - In Life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscles trained: know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes ? or when she'll say to thee, 'I find thee worthy, do this thing for me' ? I have said that it was doubtful if Shakespeare had any conscious moral intention in his writings.
Halaman 333 - Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them; power flows to the man who knows how.
Halaman 318 - It necessarily means that interest and maintenance must be earned on a much greater, if not twice as great an investment, and that the actual cost of operation is likely to be relatively higher. Competition in this service therefore usually means a bitter struggle and low rates, until one of the contestants is forced out of the field, when the...
Halaman 176 - IT is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good; to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise ; to be disgraced by miscarriage, or punished for neglect, where success would have been without applause, and diligence without reward.
Halaman 435 - Physics" (1885). He was elected a member of the American institute of electrical engineers, and of the American association for the advancement of science.
Halaman 319 - ... unnecessary digging up of the streets from time to time, and the interference with pavements, street railway tracks, water pipes, and other structures. In reference to some kinds of public service and under some conditions, it is thought by many that regulation by the State is better than competition.
Halaman 326 - DR. WB CANNON, Chairman Professor of Physiology, Harvard University DR. GEORGE W. CRILE Professor of Surgery, Western Reserve University DR. YANDELL HENDERSON Professor of Physiology, Yale University DR. SJ MELTZER Head of Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research DR.
Halaman 317 - No common carrier or public utility governed by the provisions of this act shall transact business in the state of Kansas until it shall have obtained a certificate from the Public Utilities Commission that public convenience will be promoted by the transaction of said business and permitting said applicants to transact the business of a common carrier or public utility in this state. This section shall not apply to any common carrier or public utility governed by the provisions of this act now transacting...