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LIST OF WITNESSES.

Barter, Henry C., secretary-treasurer International Longshoremen's
Association, Detroit, Mich..

Bemis, Prof. Edward Webster, of the Bureau of Economic Research,
Mount Vernon, N. Y..

Adams, Alton D., electrical engineer, Boston, Mass..

Adams, Charles Francis, former chairman Massachusetts railroad commission, Boston, Mass

Adams, Henry C., statistician Interstate Commerce Commission, Ann
Arbor, Mich.

Page. 275-285

824-830

373-387

Anderson, George H., secretary Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburg, Pa... 636-652
Bacon, M. R., freight manager Michigan Alkali Company, Wyandotte,
Mich

72-85

306-317

86-103

Bethell, U. N., general manager New York Telephone Company, New
York City

777-816

Bryant, John W., secretary Steamboat Captains and Owners' Exchange,
New Orleans, La

387-400

Chandler, Albert B., chairman of the board of directors Postal Telegraph Company, New York.

193-206

Childs, James E., general manager New York, Ontario and Western
Railroad, New York City.

496-508

Clark, Thomas F., vice-president Western Union Telegraph Company,
New York

206-241

Davant, James S., commissioner of the Memphis Freight Bureau, Memphis, Tenn..

5-8

Dunlap, Samuel C., general manager Cornelia and Tellulah Falls Railroad, Gainesville, Ga.

1-4

Fitzpatrick, Val, third vice-grand master Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, United States and Canada, Columbus, Ohio...

830-841

Fleming, Henry S., secretary-treasurer Anthracite Coal Operators' Association, New York City.

535-542

Foote, Allen Ripley, editor Public Policy, Chicago.

103-123

Fuller, H. R., national representative of National Brotherhood of Railroad Employees, Fifty-sixth Congress, Beaverfalls, Pa

8-72

Griffith, Charles D., representative Denver Chamber of Commerce.
Griswold, B. H., general freight and passenger agent Western Maryland
Railroad, Baltimore, Md...

Greene, Thomas L., vice-president Audit Company of New York, New
York City

467-495

848-858

611-626

Guillaudeu, William Leggett, president Old Dominion Steamship Company, New York City.

442-451

Haddock, John C., independent anthracite coal operator, New York City. 521–534 Hall, Edward J., vice-president and general manager of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company

817-824

Harris, Joseph S., former president Reading Company, Reading Terminal, Philadelphia, Pa.

596-611

Hayne, Daniel H., general solicitor Merchants and Miners' Transportation Company, Baltimore, Md.

413-425

Hitchcock, Romyn, civil engineer, New York City

890-896

Howes, Osborne, secretary Boston Board of Fire Underwriters, Boston,
Mass...

700-718

Jackson, James F., of the Massachusetts State Board of Railroad Commissioners, Fall River..

841-848

Langley, James Morton, representing the Merchants' Association of
New York, New York City

859-883

Lindenberger, F. T., chairman committee on hostile legislation Ameri-
can Ticket Brokers' Association, Detroit, Mich..
McGovern, P. J., chairman Southern Classification Committee, Atlanta,
Ga....

Markham, M. C., assistant traffic manager Illinois Central Railroad and
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, Chicago, Ill........
Nicholson, William, manager Central Railway Clearing House, Buffalo,
N. Y...

McLeod, Archibald A., former president of the Reading Railroad, New
York City

Penje, William, secretary Lake Seamen's Union, Chicago, Ill.
Randall, A. L., chairman International Typographical Union committee
on Government control and ownership of the telegraph, Washington,
D. C ...

Parsons, Prof. Frank, president National Public Ownership League,
Back Bay post-office, Boston, Mass.

317-360

652-686

561-576

425-442

718-731

123-193, 883-890

400-412

Rice, Isaac Leopold, president Consolidated Rubber Tire Company,
New York City.

Ripley, Prof. William Z., professor of economics, Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, Boston, Mass.
Roberts, F. C., member International Typographical Union telegraph
committee, Washington, D. C..

241-265

732-743

285-306

266-274

Saward, Frederick E., editor The Coal Trade Journal, New York City.. 508-520
Schiff, Jacob H., of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., bankers, New York City
Stearns, Irving A., president Coxe Bros. & Co., incorporated, Wilkes-
barre, Pa..

769-777

576-596

Stubbs, J. C., third vice-president of the Southern Pacific Company, San
Francisco, Cal

757-769

Talcott, T. M. R., assistant to the president Seaboard Air Line, Richmond, Va

626-636

Teisberg, A. K., secretary State Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn.

360-373

Thomas, E. B., president Erie Railroad Company, New York City
Walter, Alfred, president Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, South
Bethlehem, Pa

548-560

543-548

Wheeler, William R., representing Pacific Coast Jobbers' Association,
San Francisco, Cal

743-757

Wilson, Edward P., secretary various Ohio commercial organizations,
Cincinnati, Ohio...

687-700

Woodlock, Thomas F., railroad editor Wall Street Journal, New York

City

451-467

INDEX OF TESTIMONY.

(References give names of witnesses and pages of testimony-not in digest. For
index of digest see p. CCLXXXIX.)

Accidents (see also Employers' liability; Relief department; Safety appli-

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Audit and examination, difference between

Page.

Fuller, 41

Balance sheets, proper items to be published, discussed
Depreciation, method of accounting for
Methods of auditing discussed.

Parsons, 153

Fuller, 41

Greene, 481

Greene, 492, 493

Greene, 493

Bemis, 93

Greene, 479-482, 483, 489-494

Accounts of public and quasi public corporations (see also Uniform

public accounting) auditing, in England.

Accounts, public:

Examination of, in Wyoming

Public regulation, importance of

Publicity of municipal, advocated

Bemis, 93; Foote, 104
Bemis, 93; Foote, 107; Schiff, 773

Bemis, 91

Bemis, 91; Foote, 103–123

Uniform system of, for public and quasi public corporations advo-

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Rice, 739, 740

Foote, 122
Greene, 479
Talcott, 635
Rice, 739, 741
Greene, 479, 480;

Woodlock, 464
Adams, 382-386

advantage of requirement by Interstate Commerce Commis-

sion

Age limit, Railroad employees, injustice of.
Agreements of employers and employees (see also Arbitration):
Longshoremen

Agreements of railroads (see also Community of interest; Pooling):
Denver rates fixed by

Agreements between telegraph companies, effect on rates

Greene, 480
Fuller, 10

Barter, 309-317
Fuller, 10

Griffith, 856

Wheeler, 749; Stubbs, 764

Chandler, 195, 198

Clark, 207

Wilson, 693

Bacon, 81

Bacon, 72–76, 80, 81

Alabama Great Southern Junction Railway Co., relation to South-

Railways, extent and advantage of system

Transcontinental freight rates, nature of

Alabama, telegraph service in

western Investment Security Co

Alkali products:

Classification in different districts.

Freight rates on, discussed.

Methods and conditons of business, discussed.
Tariff on

Allegheny, Pa., cost of electric light in

Bacon, 72, 80, 85
Bacon, 80, 85
Bemis, 98

American and Hawaiian Steamship Company, description of business-

Wheeler, 750; Stubbs, 763

American Economic Association, resolutions as to public accounting

American Federation of Labor:
Anti-scalping laws, attitude toward

Bemis, 86, 94; Foote, 103

Government ownership of telegraph, favored by.. Randall, 242; Roberts, 274
Lake Seamen's Union, connected with..

Lindenberger, 329

Penje, 400

American Merchant Marine. (See Merchant Marine, American.)
American ships:

Relative cost of building
Short-sighted policy of builders

Page.

Howes, 705, 707, 708

Howes, 705

American Telegraph Company absorbed by Western Union Telegraph

Company

Roberts, 272

American Telephone and Telegraph Company. (See also Telephones.)

General system described.

Accommodations of..

Growth of

Assets

Bell Telephone Company, relations to.

Capitalization authorized.

Collateral trust bonds

Dividends of

Expenses and earnings, percentage of

Hall, 820-823
Bethell, 784
Hall, 819
Hall, 823

Bethell, 810-811

Hall, 819
Hall, 819

Bethell, 783

Bethell, 783
Hall, 819

Extent of service..

Labor, conditions of

New York Subway Corporation, relations with the
Organization.

Profits

Report for year 1900.

Service furnished compared with service in Europe
Stock

Wages paid

Bethell, 784, 785
Bethell, 779-780

Hall, 817

Bethell, 782, 783

Hall, 820-823

Bethell, 786-808

Hall, 819, 821

Bethell, 783, 784
Bethell, 812

Western Union Telegraph Company, relations to
American Ticket Brokers' Association, membership, constitution, etc.

Lindenberger, 320–325

American Union Telegraph Company, absorption of, by Western Union
Telegraph Company

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Desire of railroads to increase their proportions.
New York, Ontario and Western.
Pennsylvania Railroad, attitude toward
Reasons for existing proportions

Result of gradual development, not of agreement
Slight variations between railroads in recent years.
Bituminous coal, competition of

Stearns, 590
Childs. 496, 500
Haddock, 532

Harris, 602

Thomas, 550, 554

Harris, 601, 602

Greene, 469, 470;
Haddock, 528-530;

Childs, 501, 502; Saward. 510, 512;
Fleming, 537, 541; Walter, 543, 548: Thomas, 555,
McLeod, 562, 567, 569; Stearns, 583, 585; Harris, 602
Fleming, 536, 537;
Walter, 545; Stearns, 588; Harris, 600, 601
Central Railroad of New Jersey, purchase by Reading Company-
Woodlock, 451, 455; Greene, 471, 475; McLeod, 572; Harris, 607–609

Cars, discrimination in supply of, discussed

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Combination and community of interest among railroads—

Absolute ownership not sought-

Attempted, 1893

Consolidation, desirability of

Legal difficulties encountered by

Control of future supply.......

Woodlock, 452; Walter, 545
Childs, 503; Rice, 737
Greene, 468-471
Greene, 475

Stearns, 587

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