...to this1 chapter shall abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation thereof, unless and until there shall first have been obtained...certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity permit of such abandonment. (Feb. 28, 1920, c. 91, sec. 402, 41 Stat. 476.) For text...

...any railroad. Paragraph 18 prohibits carriers from extending their lines, or constructing new ones, " unless and until there shall first have been obtained...certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require the construction, or operation, or construction and operation,...

...subject to this act shall abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation thereof, unless and until there shall first have been obtained...certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity permit of such abandonment. That is the law to-day. Senator SHORTRIDGE. Whether it is...

...acquire or operate any line of railroad or engage in the transportation under the act without getting from the commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require the construction, or operation, or construction and operation....

...acquire or operate any line of railroad or engage hi the transportation under the act without getting from the commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require the construction, or operation, or construction and operation....

...company shall undertake " the extension of its line of railroad, or the construction of a new line of railroad, . . . unless and until there shall first...certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require " the construction and operation thereof. The difference of phraseology...

...shall engage in transportation under this part over or by means of such additional or extended line of railroad, unless and until there shall first have...certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require the construction, or operation, [or construction and operation,]...

...shall engage in transportation under this part over or by means of such additional or extended line of railroad, unless and until there shall first have...certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require the construction, or operation, or construction and operation,...

...shall engage in transportation under this part over or by means of such additional or extended line of railroad, unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission » certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require...

...subject to this part shall abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation thereof, unless and until there shall first have been obtained...certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity permit of such abandonment (13, p. 10). Debate of the issue of abandonment has become...