Download or read book American Railway Transportation Classic Reprint written by Emory R. Johnson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Railway Transportation The rapid progress made by American railroads dur ing the past five years, and the extraordinary amount of regulative legislation enacted by the States and the Fed eral Government, have made necessary a thorough revision of this volume. The continued sale of the book among railway officials and employees, and, especially, its use as a text with university classes, emphasize the desirability of keeping the information contained in the volume as nearly up to date as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Outlines of American Railway Transportation Classic Reprint written by Ralph H. Hess and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Outlines of American Railway Transportation A comprehensive study of transportation would include a survey of the transmission of goods, persons, and ideas by means of all known vehicles of the land, water, and air. The course of study here outlined is confined to an examina tion of the economic and social aspects of the transportation of goods, persons, and mails upon railways, and with special refer ence to conditions in the United States. In this study, matters of first importance concern the relation of the railway business to other businesses and to the nation as a social unit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Outlines of American Railway Transportation written by Heiskell B. Whaling Ralph Henry Hess and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Private Freight Cars and American Railways Classic Reprint written by L. D. H. Weld and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Private Freight Cars and American Railways My work has been hampered by a lack of material due to the reluctance of private-car companies to divulge facts concerning their earnings or their relations with the rail roads. What data I have been able to secure in regard to the earnings of private cars and similar questions have come from various sources and contain many con icting statements. For these reasons I have been compelled in many instances to resort to approximations. In dividing my work into chapters I have found the different phases of the question so closely related that I have been forced to repeat certain facts in different connections, but I trust that what is gained in clearness will more than counter balance any tediousness resulting from such repetition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book American Railways and the War Classic Reprint written by Samuel Orace Dunn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Railways and the War In every successive stage of this awful trial of nations railway transportation has become a more important factor in failure or in success. General Joffre has said that the battle of the Marne was won by the railways of France. He has also characterized this as A railway war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The American Railway written by Thomas Curtis Clarke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances The Niagara Cantilever and the enormous Forth Bridge - Elevated and Underground Roads - Responsibilities of the Civil Engineer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book American Railroads written by William James Cunningham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Railroads: Government Control and Reconstruction Policies Up to the middle of the decade 1900 to 1910, the steady growth in traffic and the economies from improved Operating methods, enabled the rail roads to absorb the burden of higher wages and other costs, and to move the traffic at lower rates per ton-mile. The net income was sufficient to pay a reasonable rate of return on securities and to attract new capital when needed. New lines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Proceedings of the American Electric Railway written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Electric Railway: Transportation and Traffic Association, 1921 John leeming, Medical Counsel, Chicago Surface Lines, Chicago, Ill. D. Burpee, Manager, Ottawa Electric Railway Company, Ottawa, Canada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Day of Two Noons Classic Reprint written by Carlton Jonathan Corliss and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Day of Two Noons For nearly a century the American railroads, large and small, have been working together with a View to providing the public with the best possible transportation service. Their cooperative effort has included the standardization of gauge and equipment, the adoption of a uniform code of operating rules, a uniform plan for the interchange of freight cars, joint rates and fares, and numerous other arrangements without which there could be no through schedules, billings or services. The story of the adoption by the railroads of Standard Time, told in the following pages, strikingly illustrates the benefits of cooperative action on the part of the railway industry. Although the lives and habits of people everywhere are regulated by Standard Time, few persons are aware that it was through the joint efforts of the American railroads, working together to improve their services, that this orderly method of reckoning and keeping time was introduced more than two-thirds of a century ago. The work of standardization and coordination of railway operations which began many years ago is carried on today through various branches of the Association of American Railroads. Railroad men are constantly working together on scores of research and standardization projects involving equipment, materials and methods - all for the purpose of effecting economies and increasing the efficiency and safety of railway operations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Origin and Development of the Railway Rail written by G. P. Raidabaugh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Origin and Development of the Railway Rail: English and American Wood, Iron and Steel Since the very beginning of man's existence he must, of necessity, have had some means of transporting both himself and material for his use. This at first consisted of what he was able to do by the aid of his body and phy sical exertion. No doubt the first effort to improve this condition came 'way back in the ages, long before the writ ten history of man, when some primitive man in his efforts to make for himself and mate a home, conceived the plan of placing a round section of a small tree under a stone or other obstruction to lighten the burden of its removal. Thus was made the first step toward the production of the wheel and axle, the basis of all successful land transportation. The next step was taken by some prehistoric genius who, in an effort to still further lighten his burdens, with infinite patience and labor, produced a pair of rough wheels by either burning or cutting them from the trunk of a large tree and piercing them with holes for an axle. Thus, step by step, improvements have been made from the roller and primitive cart and rough trails of our cave ancestors to the wonderful railroads and palatial cars of today. We have become so accustomed to their use and presence that few stop to consider their origin and history and the in u ence they have contributed to the progress and happiness of mankind. Today we are more, in need of transportation facilities than at any other time in the history of the world. As is well known, all the products of nature do not exist at the place where they are consumed, but must be trans ported to and from the place of manufacture before they can be used for man's wants. This makes man dependent upon the means of transportation at his command. This is probably best illustrated by the late Otis Tufton Mason, Curator of the Department of Ethnology, U. S. National Museum, who in one of his reports on primi tive travel and transportation describes the first sleeping car by a picture of an Indian woman with a sleeping baby slung upon her back. When we compare this picture with our modern sleeping cars, we have a most vivid and lasting impression of what the rail and railway have accomplished for the welfare of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book American Railway Management written by Henry S. Haines and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Railway Management: Addresses Delivered Before the American Railway Association, and Miscellaneous Addresses and Papers Railway Accidents: Their Causes. And Practicable Safeguards Against Them - Analysis of Railway Accidents in the United States in 1892. Paper Read before the World's Railway Commerce Congress. Chicago, Ill. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Transportation Rates and Their Regulation written by Harry Gunnison Brown and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transportation Rates and Their Regulation: A Study of the Transportation Costs of Commerce With Especial Reference to American Railroads A number of chapters of this book will appear also as Part III of my Principles of Commerce, shortly to issue from the press. A few footnote references to Part I and Part II are to that other work. The present book is confined to the discussion of transporta tion problems and is, as to these, more complete than the other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Railroads written by William Zebina Ripley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railroads: Finance and Organization The foregoingstaternent affords one explanation for the quite abounding account of the shortcomings Of our American railroad financiering within these covers. The stream of the text, especially in certain chapters, flows across a somewhat dreary landscape. But facts are facts. It takes too much time, besides missing the main point, to call a spade an instru ment Of husbandry. But there is another warrant for entire frankness. Outspoken and rigorous analysis Of wrongdoing has a scientific as well as a moral side. Pathology is as well recognized a department of medicine as therapeutics. The laws of health can be worked out only in a fulness Of knowledge as to the nature of disease. And until the cause and the com pleted course of disease are thoroughly understood, the prac titioner is well - nigh helpless to effect a cure. Yet the student of medicine, because his attention for a time is fixed upon phys ical disorders, does not lose faith in the curative possibilities Of his art. Neither does he conclude that all men are bodily unsound, because his clinic reveals so much human defective ness. Just so would we conclude our study with the affirmation that never in our history, and probably nowhere else in the world, has the standard Of probity, the quickened sense of responsibility, both public and private, among American rail road men, been more pronounced than it is at the present time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book American Railways Classic Reprint written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Railways The greater part of the matter contained in the following pages appeared in a series of thirteen articles published in The Times between January 5 and June 5, 1903, under the heading of "American Railways," the facts given having been collected during a four months' tour of the United States, made in the winter of 1902-3, and representing a total of about 9000 miles of railway travelling on the American continent. For the purposes of the present work, however, I have considerably expanded a number of the original articles, and have added several fresh ones - such as "On the Cars," "In the Rockies," "A Mining Camp Railway in Colorado," and "The Santa Fe Trail" - together with sections given in Chapter XIX., "Miscellaneous," under the headings: "The Capture of the Small Shareholder," "The Suburban Traffic Problem at Chicago," "Luggage and Parcels," "The Policy of Combination," "Ton-Mileage Statistics," and "Promotions of Staff in Railway Service." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book The American Railroad Problem written by Isaiah Leo Sharfman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Railroad Problem: A Study in War and Reconstruction The difficulties involved in this problem are neither new nor transient. From the very beginning of railroad transporta tion in the United States the American people have found them selves compelled to adopt a distinct public attitude toward the railroads. This attitude has varied, in difierent periods and with reference to difierent elements of the problem, from a policy of helpfulness to one of repressive regulation; but the necessity of intimate public concern in the status of the railroads has always been recognized. It is impossible to understand the post-war railroad situation without an understanding of its historical antecedents. Recent railroad experience, particu larly since the outbreak of the Great War, is deserving of spe cial consideration. Transportation difficulties were dramatic ally accentuated by the imposition of extraordinary war burdens upon the carriers; and the war-time administration of the rail roads, both through voluntary private cooperation and through Federal Control. Involved many striking departures from traditional methods, in operating practice as well as in public policy. A just evaluation of the significance of the war period nxessitates an impartial consideration of the outstanding facts of the experience. The current interpretations which are based upon a priori dogmas, whether prejudicial to the efiicacy of private enterprise or of governmental effort, must yield to the reasoned conclusions which spring from objective investi gation and rational analysis. Only through such an approachdevice can be relied upon to provide an automatic solution. Neither reversion to the vigorous individualism of the old days, nor acceptance of the tenets of forward-looking liberal ism can in itself solve the American railroad problem. The relative merits of public operation and private management. And the effectiveness of the traditional regulative approach in matters of service, rates, credit, capitalization, financial return, and labor relationships must receive detailed examination; and the essmtial facts in each of these fields must be interpreted in the light of the in uence of the organic needs of our dynamic industrial institutions, of the inhibitions of the prevailing social mellow. And of the dictates of the dominant political W095! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Electric Railway Transportation Vol 37 written by Emory R. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Electric Railway Transportation, Vol. 37: The Annals, American Academy, Political and Social Science, Issued Bi-Monthly, January, 1911 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The People s Freight Railway Co Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The People's Freight Railway Co It is founded upon the further theory that any new railroad between the West and the East, under private corporate control, will furnish no material element in solving the problem of cheap transportation, unless it be provided with some certain protection against the' con trol and influence of such great railroad corporations as the Pennsylvania and the New York Central. And upon the further theory, that a new railroad be tween the East and the West can be made to carry freight as cheaply, if not more cheaply, than can be done by water transportation, if it be honestly constructed, for the ready cash, in the most judiciously economical manner, of the three feet gauge, with double tracks and low grades; provided the railroad company owns the road-bed and tracks, and individuals and firms who wish to become common carriers own and operate the trains, paying the railroad company prescribed tolls, the trains being moved at a uniform speed of, say ten miles per hour, and there being full business for the capacity of the road thus managed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
