Reports of the Industrial Commission...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 |
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Page xxi
... railway rates . Mr. Markham , of the Illinois Central Railway , declares that rail- way rates throughout the country are influenced by the transportation on the oceans and the Gulf , on the Mississippi and other large rivers , and on ...
... railway rates . Mr. Markham , of the Illinois Central Railway , declares that rail- way rates throughout the country are influenced by the transportation on the oceans and the Gulf , on the Mississippi and other large rivers , and on ...
Page xxiii
... rail transportation . These wit- nesses agree in stating that the amount of transportation by the river has decreased during the past 20 years as compared with rail transportation . Mr. Bryant asserts that there has been some absolute ...
... rail transportation . These wit- nesses agree in stating that the amount of transportation by the river has decreased during the past 20 years as compared with rail transportation . Mr. Bryant asserts that there has been some absolute ...
Page xxiv
... rail rates from and to points far distant from the river . Chicago , for example , insists upon having rail rates to Southern points which will enable it to compete with St. Louis in the distribution of goods , while other smaller towns ...
... rail rates from and to points far distant from the river . Chicago , for example , insists upon having rail rates to Southern points which will enable it to compete with St. Louis in the distribution of goods , while other smaller towns ...
Page lxviii
... rail- roads and do sundry other things which railroad companies ordinarily can not do . It controls by ownership of a majority of all of the stocks a number of separate rail- roads which make up what are known as the Atlantic system and ...
... rail- roads and do sundry other things which railroad companies ordinarily can not do . It controls by ownership of a majority of all of the stocks a number of separate rail- roads which make up what are known as the Atlantic system and ...
Page lxxiii
... Railway and Steamship Association . Mr. TALCOTT says that the South- ern Railway and Steamship Association , of which he was at one time commissioner , was composed of the Southern rail lines and the steamship lines between the north ...
... Railway and Steamship Association . Mr. TALCOTT says that the South- ern Railway and Steamship Association , of which he was at one time commissioner , was composed of the Southern rail lines and the steamship lines between the north ...
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