Bismarck, Otto, speech of, on railways
Bituminous coal (see Coal).

Blacklisting:

Application for employment, form of
Instances of practice

Laws prohibiting, difficulty of enforcement
Enactment by Congress advocated

Private correspondence, use of .

Reading road, practically practiced by

Western Union Telegraph Company, established by

Blanket descriptions, case regarding Pacific coast rates

Boats on Mississippi River:

Barge lines

Cost and insurance

Bonds, railroads:

Excessive issue undesirable.

Erie Railroad, sinking fund on anthracite lands
Interest, reduction of rates

Limited to amount of capital stock in Massachusetts

Boston:

As a competitor of New York

Canadian export trade..

Canadian railway connections, its advantages by reason of

Commercial importance

Enterprise at

Street railway system.

Telephone service, compared with Amsterdam

Transportation facilities at

Boston and Albany Railroad:

Competitors of

Discriminations by-

Lease of, by New York Central

Report of Massachusetts Railroad Commission on.

Boston and Maine Railroad:

Freight rates on anthracite coal

Lease of the Fitchburg road

Jackson, 843, 844

Bethell, 794

Howes, 701

Parsons, 132

Parsons, 129-134; Howes, 702

Parsons, 129
Parsons, 129, 130, 131

Thomas, 553

Howes, 702

Boycotts, strikes distinguished from

Fuller, 70

Brazil, per capita trade of, with the United States.
Bridges, danger to river navigation from
Brokers, telegraph business, favor by telegraph companies, discussed.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, insurance, cost of.

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen:

Employers' liability, resolution regarding.
Membership...

Method of considering grievances.

Bemis, 88, 102
Parsons, 145
Fuller, 56

Buffalo Railway Clearing House (see also Central Railway Clearing

Wheeler, 748; Stubbs, 762

Capitalization of corporations generally (see also Telegraphs; Telephones):

Amount of, advantage of large, as regards price of securities..

Preferred and common stock, basis for
Tangible assets and good will, issue of securities for

Rates, reasonable, relation to... Ripley, 291, 292; Teisberg, 362;

Reading Company.

Reasonableness in United States asserted.
Regulation by Government, discussed..

By Interstate Commerce Commission, advocated
By Massachusetts State Board

Woodlock, 457
Greene, 476

Woodlock, 455, 456;

Rice, 732, 733
Greene, 490, 491
Adams, 380, 381
Harris, 597, 598
Woodlock, 456

Teisberg, 365;

Woodlock, 460–462

Thomas, 560

Jackson, 843

Reorganization, effect on

Ripley, 291,

297-298; Greene, 487, 488; Harris, 597, 598

Stock watering by selling bonds at low figure
Street railways, compared with

Ripley, 304

Bemis, 90, 91

Adams, 380, 381

Jackson, 844

Surplus income, capitalization of

Terminals, value not included in assets, Massachusetts.

Car trusts.

Carload rates

Denver, rates to..

Discrimination against small shippers-

Arbitrary

Effect on jobbing trade.

Pacific coast, case regarding differentials.

Langley, 861, 862

Wheeler, 745; Stubbs, 758, 761

Carnegie, Andrew, United States Steel Corporation, relation to formation
of

Carrier's risk rates, comparison with owner's risk rates..

Cars, difficulty of furnishing in busy season

Discrimination in supply of anthracite coal cars discussed

Harris, 600-601; Fleming, 536-537; Walter, 545

Cartage, relation to freight rates
Central Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific, relation to...
Central Railroad of Georgia, competitor of the Southern Railway.. McGovern,

682-683

Central Railroad of New Jersey, contro: of, by Reading Railroad.. Greene, 471,
475; McLeod, 572; Harris, 607–609; Rice, 737, 738

Chicago-Continued.

Southern lumber, receipts of

Southern trade, interest in..

Page.

Markham, 432
Wilson, 692

Chicago and Alton Railroad, capitalization, recent increase, dis-

cussed

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad:

Extension to Pacific coast.

Woodlock, pp. 458, 459; Schiff, 775

Relations to Northern Pacific and Great Northern.

Chicago-Charleston rate, how made
Chicago-Norfolk rate, how made..
Child labor:

Anthracite coal mines, employment in

China, cotton goods, rates on shipments to

Chinese characters, effect on American industry
Cincinnati:

Chicago, cooperation with, for Southern trade.
Freight traffic of

Louisville, rivalry with

Wheeler, 747; Stubbs, 764
Wheeler, 747; Stubbs, 765
McGovern, 684-686
McGovern, 684, 686

Louisville and Nashvil e Railway Company, relation to

Railway discriminations against

Southern trade of.

Saward, 516

Dunlap, 3, 4

Wheeler, 755

Wilson, 692

Wilson, 687, 700

Wilson, 687
Wilson, 694

Wilson, 688, 689

Wilson, 687

Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Syndicate, its relation to Southwest-

ern Investment Security Company.

Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railroad Company:

Cincinnati Southern Railroad, lessee of..
Southern Railway Company, relation to..

Southwestern Investment Security Company, relation to.

Cincinnati Southern Railroad:

Municipal governments, need of, in

Municipal officers, not applicable to, in Masssachusetts.

Necessity of, in Government business.

Telegraph employees, relation to

Wilson, 693

Wilson, 692–693

Wilson, 693

Wilson, 693

Wilson, 687, 692, 693

Wilson, 694

Wilson, 693

Wilson, 692–694

Classification Committees, duty of, in respect of single package
Classification of freight (see also Under classification of freight;

ern Classification Committee):

Discussed generally.

Ripley, 302; Hayne, 418, 419;

Markham. 434, 435; Griswold, 617-619; McGovern, 652

Armour Packing Company, change in, requested by
Attorney-General, no authority in reference to
Changes, methods of making.

Prior to Interstate-Commerce Law, classes, number of .
Commercial conditions, must meet

Langley, 860
McGovern, 668

Commodity rates, system described and discussed

Griswold, 617;

Disadvantages of lack of

Impracticability

Freight traffic, effect of, on miscellaneous

General list, number of items in.

Interstate Commerce Commission, control over, advocated

Doubts of jurisdiction of

Interstate-Commerce Law. condition of prior to.

McGovern, 652; Wilson, 698; Nicholson, 726, 727

Langley, 864

Quasi conspiracy against. advanced.

Jurisdiction of different.

Manipulation of

Objections to

Obligation on the part of shippers to observe
Official classification, territory of

Official classification committee, advances made by
Rates, changes in as affecting

Comparison of..

Effect on

-

Markham, 434, 435; McGovern, 654, 655, 667, 669
Increase of Ripley, 302; Griswold, 618, 619; McGovern, 670; Langley, 860
Relation of, to.

Shippers, can not accommodate individual
Soda and alkali products criticised
Southern classification, discussed generally.

McGovern, 654-655; Langley, 860

Talcott, 632-634; McGovern, 652, 653, 655, 663, 682

Southern classification committee, revision by
Territories of

Transcontinental traffic, basis of
Uniform, advocated.

Consolidation of railroads
Desirability and difficulties

Evils of lack of

Griswold, 617-619; McGovern, 678; Wheeler, 749

Talcott, 633; McGovern, 677; Stubbs, 766, 767

McGovern, 669
Bacon, 72-74, 81
Guillaudeu, 446;

Ripley, 302, 303;

Ripley, 302
Bacon, 74, 82

Instances of lack of.

Bacon, 73, 74, 81

Possibility of.

Bacon, 83

Bacon, 74, 76, 82, 84
Bacon, 83

Coastwise transportation (see also Water transportation):

Baltimore steamship lines described

Companies engaged in

Freight, distribution of.

Saward, 512
Wheeler, 752
Markham, 426

Griswold, 621, 622

McGovern, 664

Hayne, 419