FIRST ANNUAL REPORT of The Chief Engineer of the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY RAILWAYS AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SOUTHERN RAILWAYS AND THEIR NEEDS PROBLEMS CONFRONTING AMERICAN RAILWAYS THE RAILROAD SITUATION OF TODAY TRANSPORTATION CHARGE AND PRICES PROGRESSIVE SAFETY IN RAILWAY OPERATION THE DIMINISHED PURCHASING POWER OF RAILWAY EARNINGS THE RAILROADS AND PUBLIC APPROVAL THE RELATION OF RAILROADS TO THE STATE. CONCERNING ADVANCES IN RAILWAY RATES STATISTICS OF AMERICAN RAILWAYS TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Fractions have been left in the form a/b except for ¼ ½ ¾. A dozen or so occurrences of 'nn a-b' have been changed to 'nn-a/b', mainly on pages 27-40, for consistency. Footnote anchors in a table are of the form (a) and the corresponding Footnote is placed at the bottom of that table. Other Footnote anchors are of the form [A] with placement at the end of that Chapter. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. More detail can be found at the end of the book. The Railway Library |