Download or read book Suggestions Concerning the Railroad Problem written by Otto H. Kahn and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Suggestions Concerning the Railroad Problem Classic Reprint written by Otto H. Kahn and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Suggestions Concerning the Railroad Problem It is one of the characteristic qualities of the American people to learn quickly. One year's experience has sufficed to demonstrate to the people at large that government operation of railroads means deterioration in service, higher cost, lessened eagerness to please the shipper and study his convenience - not to mention the menace of politics becoming a determining factor in the fixing of wages, in new construction, betterments, etc. I believe that a decisive majority of the farmers, the shippers and the consumers in general have made up their minds that in this country government operation of railroads is not wanted. 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 Railroad Problem written by U. S. Academy of Political Science and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railroad Problem: A Collection of Papers on Various Aspects of the Railroad Problem and Presenting Many Points of View and Contending Suggestions Concerning Its Solution All of the papers contained in this volume have been copyrighted by the Academy of Political Science in the publications in which they originally appeared, but the Academy will gladly grant permis sion to reproduce part of them or all of them in any legitimate way that will increase their educational usefulness. The papers contained in Part One of this volume are taken from the Proceedings of the Academy, volume 8, number 4, January 1920, which were edited by Professor Thurman William Van Metre of Columbia University; they cover the series of addresses and papers presented at the annual meeting of the Academy, November 21-22. 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 Railroad Problem Classic Reprint written by Edward Hungerford and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railroad Problem On a certain estate there dwells a large family of brothers and sisters. There are many of them and there is great variety in their ages. They are indifferent to their neighbors; they deem themselves quite self-sufficient. But, for the most part they are an industrious family. They are a family of growing wealth - in fact, in every material sense they may already be called rich. And their great estate is slowly beginning to reach its full development. In this family there are several older brothers who long since attained a strength and dominance over some of the younger members of the family. It is one of these brothers about whom this book is written. It does not assume to be a story of his life. That story has been told by abler pens. It merely aims to be a brief recital of his present condition. For, truth to tell, this older brother has come upon hard times. After a long life of hard work, at a time when his service should be of greatest value to the estate, he has broken down. He has begun to fail - and in an hour when the greedy neighbors grow contentious and he may be of greatest service to his own big family. 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 Railroad Problem written by Walter Wesley Davis and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Railroad Problem written by Robert S. Lovett and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railroad Problem: Comments on Certain Methods, Suggested for Solving It In the discussion of the Railroad Problem now before Congress, it seems safe to assume that the following propositions are too clear to require or admit of argument: 1. That it is necessary for Congress to enact, at the earliest date practicable, legislation required to develop and continue to provide the railroad facilities which the country must have. 2. That the country has definitely made up its judgment against the ownership and operation of the railroads by the Government. 3. That public opinion overwhelmingly favors the continuance, by private ownership, of competition in service and facilities furnished by railroad carriers. It will be assumed, therefore, that these propositions are established, and they will not be discussed. Plans for solution of the problem have been presented in such number, and discussion has taken such wide range, that Congress must be confused by the multitude of suggestions. Probably every theory of railroad regulation has been presented; and many of these theories, while plausible and attractive in the abstract, are impracticable when applied to actual conditions. The situation, however, is very real, and we must deal with actualities. 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 Heart of the Railroad Problem written by Frank Parsons and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Heart of the Railroad Problem: The History of Railway Discrimination in the United States, the Chief Efforts at Control, and the Remedies Proposed, With Hints From Other Countries Special acknowledgments are due to Dr. Taylor, who paid a part of the cost of the special investigations on which the book is based and has taken a keen interest in the progress of the work from its inception, and also to Mr. Ralph Albertson, who has worked almost constantly with the writer for the past eight months and more or less for two years before that, and has rendered great assistance in research, in consultation and criticism, and in the checking and revision of proof. 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 Charles Francis Adams and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railroads: Their Origin and Problems By side with George Stephenson, on the seat of his locomotive, over the as yet unopened road, is one of the most interesting and life-like records we. 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 . This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Railroad Problem: A Study in War and Reconstruction The object of this book is to provide for the intelligent citizen - including the large inarticulate public, as well as the student, the publicist, the legislator, the business man, the shipper, and the railroad security holder, executive, and employee - an analysis of the American railroad problem as it presents itself to-day. Of all the great current social and economic questions, it is doubtful whether any domestic problem is as significant or far-reaching, from the standpoint of the general welfare, as the problem of the railroads. Not only is every citizen vitally concerned in its satisfactory adjustment, but the degree of success which crowns the joint efforts of private enterprise and government activity in its solution will constitute the most convincing test of the efficacy of our democratic institutions in meeting the dominant tasks of this generation. At every point, therefore, the essential issues must be conceived in terms of their public bearing, and each measure designed to adjust conflicting claims must be assessed with reference to the common good. A great complexity of interests is involved. Even when reduced to most general categories, they comprehend those of the users of the transportation service, of the owners of the railroad properties, and of the employees engaged in the performance of transportation tasks. While each of these interests must be adequately safeguarded, the public stake in the proper functioning of the transportation industry transcends them all. "Justice," once wrote Dean Roscoe Pound, "is the ideal compromise between the activities of each and the activities of all in a crowded world." 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 Railroad Question written by William Larrabee and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railroad Question: A Historical and Practical Treatise on Railroads, and Remedies for Their Abuses HE people of the United States are engaged in T the solution of the railroad problem. The main question to be determined is: Shall the railroads be owned and operated as public or as private property Shall these great arteries of commerce be owned and controlled by a few persons for their own private use and gain, or shall they be made highways to be kept under strict government control and to be open for the use of all for a fixed, equal and reasonable compensation? 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 Railway Problems written by William Z. Ripley and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railway Problems: Edited With an Introduction This collection of reprints, like its predecessor, Trusts, Pools, and Corporations, is directed to the accomplishment of two purposes: not alone to render more easily accessible to the interested public, valuable technical material upon a question of paramount interest and importance at the present time, but also to facilitate the work of the college instructor in the economics of transportation. The worst evil of modern academic life, particularly under the elective system, is that the student may so seldom be called upon to think for himself; - not merely to "cram" and memorize, to absorb information predigested by an instructor, but rather to actively use his reasoning powers in effecting recombinations of ideas. Mere passive contact for a brief period of life with cultivating influences and high ideals, as exemplified in books, general environment, and, it is to be hoped, instructors of the right sort, tends to produce the dilettante, unless at the same time the mind is constantly invigorated by action. This is especially true of the economic and social sciences. To provide material, preferably of a debatable sort, which may be worked over under discussion in the class room, instead of being merely committed to memory, constitutes the pedagogical aim of this book. Some of the extracts, especially the historical ones, are of course not susceptible of such treatment. They are merely reference readings for convenient use. But the others, notably the decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission, usually provide debatable matter of an admirable sort. This is peculiarly true of cases or decisions with a dissenting minority opinion. Another advantages which many of these economic cases possess, over proposition in mathematics, logic, or even laws, as material for training the intelligence, is that they are always charged with human, and often with great public, interest and that they incidentally involve an acquaintance with the underlying business condition and trade of the country at large. 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 Suggestions Concerning the Railroad Problem written by Otto Hermann Kahn and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 20 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 The Railroad Problem a Discussion of Current Railway Issues Vol 86 written by American Academy Of Political A Science and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railroad Problem, a Discussion of Current Railway Issues, Vol. 86: The Annals; November, 1919 A Suggested Plan for Permanent Governmental Supervision of Railroad Open tion after the War, Alexander W. Smith. The Necessity for Public Ownership of the Railways, Frederic C. Howe. State Regulation of the Securities of Railroads and Public Service Companies Mary L. Barron. Desirable Scope and Method of Federal Regulation of Railroad Securities, Mn Thelen. The Point Now Reached in the Federal Regulation of Intrastate Rates, J. A. Little. Necessity for Exclusive Federal Control over State and Interstate Rates, Edgar J. Rich. How Could Nationalization of Rate Regulation Best Be Accomplished? Martin S. Decker. Legal Questions Involved in Nationalization of Rate Regulation, William E. Lamb. Regional Railroad Commissions: Their Relation to the State Commissions and to the Interstate Commission, J. E. Love. 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 Will the Railroad Act of 1920 Solve the Railroad Problem Classic Reprint written by William Wilson Cook and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Will the Railroad Act of 1920 Solve the Railroad Problem? All of this is now changed. A silent revolution has taken place in the minds of men. Competition is recognized as im possible. Accordingly the Railroad Act of 1920 authorizes pooling, and the leasing of one railroad to another,3 and the purchase by one railroad of the stock of another.' It author izes the consolidation of railroad systems and goes farther and directs the Commission to formulate a plan for consolidating all the railroads of the country into a few systems.6 The Act of 1920 authorizes, with the consent of the Commission, the acquisition of one railroad by another, by lease or stock con trol or in any other manner, except by consolidation. Even consolidation is authorized, but competition shall be preserved as fully as possible. That preservation of competition is feeble indeed. Then there is another fundamental departure in the Act of 1920, namely, that the Commission shall make railroad rates high enough to pay at least on the value of the railroads for two years at least. This approaches real public control and the elimination of private control. The government is being swept by the cur rent of events into greater and more absolute control. It is dictating rates, as well as expenses. 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 Railway Problem and the Railways of the Future Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-06 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railway Problem and the Railways of the Future The existing railway machinery will be found monstrously dis proportionate to the useful effect produced in four-fifths of the number of times that the machine is put in action. And to this waste of power may be most justly attributed much of the present embarass ment of railway companies. 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 Confessions of a Railroad Signalman Classic Reprint written by J. O. Fagan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Confessions of a Railroad Signalman Considering the nature and intent of the fol lowing essays Ou the safety problem on American railroads, some kind of a foreword will not be out of place. As much as possible I wish to make this foreword a personal presentation of the subject. But in order to do this in a satisfactory manner, it will be necessary to take a preliminary survey of the situation and of the topics in which we, as railroad employees, are all personally interested. 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 Railways the Trusts and the People Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Frank Parsons and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railways, the Trusts, and the People, Vol. 1 In respect to Dr. Taylor, any expression of acknowledgment from the author in ordinary terms must fall far short of the mark, for the book owes its existence to the Doctor's initiative. He proposed it and he made its execution possible. The foreign investigation was also his suggestion and he bore the larger portion of the expense involved in it and also a part of the cost of the special investigations made in this country. From start to finish he has taken the keenest interest in the work, and tho he has sent some vigorous English to Boston regarding the length of time the work has taken and the space it occupies, the author deems it only fair to say, that in view of the great temptation pressing on a writer to tell all the strong facts he has at command and the ease with which almost every one of the chapters in this book could be expanded into a volume, the reader must thank the Doctor that he will not have to spend the rest of his life to find out the relations be tween the railways and the people. The book is in two parts. The first consists of twenty chapters full of vital facts from the railway history of the United States, showing the dangers and abuses that have developed, and have created the railroad problem of our day. 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.
