Proctor advocated progressive forestry policies, reorganized Vermont's courts and reformed the commission that regulated utilities and railroads.
Virginia was the first state in the south to try to regulate railroads with the creation in 1877 of the Office of the Railroad Commissioner.
But it actually describes a similar drama from 1887, when Congress created the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroads, the high-tech industry of the day.
It reasoned that only the Interstate Commerce Commission, which regulates railroads, had the authority to decide whether the rail line had been abandoned.
The Interstate Commerce Commission, established during Cleveland's administration to regulate railroads, was a charade for public consumption.
Some agencies on the chopping block are old, like the Interstate Commerce Commission, created in 1887 to regulate railroads.
America's Legal system developed as a reaction to policies attempting to regulate railroads and their effects.
He also supported efforts to regulate railroads.
Congress has tried for years to kill the I.C.C., which now regulates trucking, bus lines and water carriers as well as railroads.
Despite its name, it no longer regulates railroads.