  Title: The Railroad Problem Author: Edward Hungerford Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 E-text prepared by David Edwards |
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THE RAILROAD PROBLEM
Courtesy of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.
An interesting illustration of rail-power development. Notice the evolution of the crude steam engine of
1848 into the giant locomotive of 1913, which in turn is overshadowed by the later arrival—electricity.
Courtesy of the C. M. & St. P. Railway.
Steam, the giant power, which, by welding our states together with bands
of steel, has been a mighty factor in the unifying of the nation.
The
Railroad Problem
By
Edward Hungerford
Author of “The Modern Railroad,” etc.
Illustrated
Chicago
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1917
Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1917
Published April, 1917
W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO
To
An Old Friend, and a Good One
Samuel O. Dunn
Acknowledgment
I wish to express my indebtedness to the editors of Collier’s, Every Week, and the Saturday Evening Post for their very gracious permission to use, as portions of this book, parts of my articles which have appeared recently in their publications. To Mr. E. W. McKenna of New York is due a special word of appreciation for his helpfulness in the preparation of this book.
E. H.
Contents
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Sick Man of American Business | 1 |
| II | The Plight of the Railroad | 5 |
| III | Organized Labor—The Engineer | 30 |
| IV | Organized Labor—The Conductor | 45 |
| V | Unorganized Labor—The Man with the Shovel | 62 |
| VI | Unorganized Labor—The Station Agent | 77 |
| VII | The Labor Plight of the Railroad | 90 |
| VIII | The Opportunity of the Railroad | 105 |
| IX | The Iron Horse and the Gas Buggy | 134 |
| X | More Railroad Opportunity | 158 |
| XI | The Railroad and National Defense | 181 |
| XII | The Necessity of the Railroad | 217 |
| XIII | Regulation | 235 |
| Index | 261 |
Illustrations
| PAGE | |
| Illustration of rail-power development | |
| The engineer | 34 |
| The knight of the ticket punch | 54 |
| The section gang | 66 |
| The station agent | 82 |
| The Pennsylvania’s electric suburban zone | 114 |
| Electricity into its own | 114 |
| The Olympian | 130 |
| Ore trains hauled by electricity | 130 |
| The motor-car upon the steel highway | 152 |
| The adaptable motor-tractor | 152 |
| When freight is on the move | 158 |
| The Bush Terminal | 166 |
| Freight terminal warehouse at Rochester | 166 |
| The railroad in the Civil War | 182 |
| The railroad “doing its bit” | 186 |
| America’s “vital area” | 196 |
| Rock Island government bridge | 206 |
| Railroad outline map of the United States | 216 |
| The Royal Gorge | 244 |
ERRATUM
The word “telephone” on page 182, line 2, should read “telegraph.”
THE RAILROAD PROBLEM
