TABLE OF CONTENTS
Slason Thompson
Page
Introduction
3
Pre-Railway Era in America
5
By F. A. Cleveland and F. W. Powell.
First Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
21
By J. Edgar Thomson.
Railways and the Pacific Northwest
45
By James J. Hill.
Southern Railways and their needs
58
By John F. Wallace.
Problems Confronting American Railways
66
By Daniel Willard.
The Railroad Situation of To-day
80
By Frank Trumbull.
Transportation Charge and Prices
90
By Logan G. McPherson.
The Freight Rate Primer
107
Issued by the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co.
Progressive Safety in Railway Operation
116
By A. H. Smith.
Railway Mail Pay
142
By Julius Kruttschnitt.
The Diminished Purchasing Power of Railway Earnings
165
By C. C. McCain.
The Railroads and Public Approval
199
By Edward P. Ripley.
Railroads and the Public
205
By John C. Spooner.
Railroad Problems of To-day
211
By J. B. Thayer.
The Relation of the Railroads to the State
220
By W. M. Acworth, M. A.
Railway Nationalization
238
By Sir George S. Gibb.
Concerning Advances in Railway Rates
261
By the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1909.
Statistics of American Railways for 1909
291
By Slason Thompson.
I
Mileage in 1909
306
II
Equipment
314
III
Employes and their Compensation
321
IV
Capitalization
337
V
Cost of Construction
342
VI
Ownership of American Railways
345
VII
Public Service of the Railways
346
VIII
Earnings and Expenses
358
IX
Taxes
363
X
Damages and Injuries to Persons
365
XI
Locomotive Fuel
367
XII
The Safety of American Railways
368
XIII
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