LIST OF WITNESSES. Adams, Alton D., electrical engineer, Boston, Mass... Page. 275-285 Adams, Charles Francis, former chairman Massachusetts railroad commission, Boston, Mass 824-830 Adams, Henry C., statistician Interstate Commerce Commission, Ann 373-387 Anderson, George H., secretary Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburg, Pa Barter, Henry C., secretary-treasurer International Longshoremen's Bemis, Prof. Edward Webster, of the Bureau of Economic Research, 636-652 72-85 306-317 86-103 777-816 Bethell, U. N., general manager New York Telephone Company, New Bryant, John W., secretary Steamboat Captains and Owners' Exchange, 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 496-508 Clark, Thomas F., vice-president Western Union Telegraph Company, 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 Greene, Thomas L., vice-president Audit Company of New York, New 467-495 Griffith, Charles D., representative Denver Chamber of Commerce. 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, 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 American Ticket Brokers' Association, Detroit, Mich McGovern, P. J., chairman Southern Classification Committee, Atlanta, Markham, M. C., assistant traffic manager Illinois Central Railroad and McLeod, Archibald A., former president of the Reading Railroad, New Parsons, Prof. Frank, president National Public Ownership League, Penje, William, secretary Lake Seamen's Union, Chicago, Ill. 317-360 652-686 561-576 425-442 718-731 123-193, 883-890 400-412 Rice, Isaac Leopold, president Consolidated Rubber Tire Company, Ripley, Prof. William Z., professor of economics, Massachusetts Insti- 241-265 732-743 285-306 266-274 Saward, Frederick E., editor The Coal Trade Journal, New York City.. 508-520 769-777 576-596 Stubbs, J. C., third vice-president of the Southern Pacific Company, San 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 548-560 543-548 Wheeler, William R., representing Pacific Coast Jobbers' Association, 743-757 Wilson, Edward P., secretary various Ohio commercial organizations, 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 Accidents (see also Employers' liability; Relief department; Safety appli- ances): Appliances, defective, as cause Comparison of railways, in different countries. Page. Fuller, 41 Accounts of corporations: Audit and examination, difference between Balance sheets, proper items to be published, discussed Parsons, 153 Fuller, 41 Greene, 481 Greene, 492, 493 Greene, 493 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, advoated Bemis, 93 Bemis, 93; Foote, 104 Bemis, 91 Uniform system of, for public and quasi public corporations advo- cated... Accounts of railroads: Confusion by operation of subsidiary companies Auditing, suggested plan of.. Expert auditors, examination by, advocated. Improvements, accounts to which charged Inspection of, desirability of by Interstate Commerce Commission, discussed. Uniformity of, reasons for Bemis, 91; Foote, 103-123 Rice, 739, 740 Foote, 122 Greene, 479 advantage of requirement by Interstate Commerce Commis- Age limit, Railroad employees, injustice of Railways, extent and advantage of system Greene, 480 Barter, 309-317 Fuller, 10 Agreements of railroads (see also Community of interest; Pooling): Transcontinental freight rates, nature of Griffith, 856 Agreements between telegraph companies, effect on rates. Alabama Great Southern Junction Railway Co., relation western Investment Security Co Alkali products: American Merchant Marine. (See Merchant Marine, American.) Relative cost of building 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 Collateral trust bonds Dividends of Expenses and earnings, percentage of Extent of service.. Labor, conditions of New York Subway Corporation, relations with the Profits Report for year 1900. Service furnished compared with service in Europe Stock Wages paid Hall, 820-823 Bethell, 810-811 Hall, 819 Hall, 819 Bethell, 783 Bethell, 783 Bethell, 784, 785 Hall, 817 Bethell, 782,783 Hall, 819, 821 Bethell, 783, 784 Western Union Telegraph Company, relations to Lindenberger, 320–325 American Union Telegraph Company, absorption of, by Western Union Desire of railroads to increase their proportions Result of gradual development, not of agreement Cars, discrimination in supply of, discussed Stearns, 590 Harris, 602 Thomas, 550, 554 Harris, 601, 602 Childs, 501, 502; Saward, 510, 512; Haddock, 528-530; Children, employment at mines.. Woodlock, 451, 453; Greene, 468; Reading's purchases forced by competition Coke, competition of Colorado, deposits in Haddock, p. 523 Saward, 519; Griffith, 857 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 Greene, 468-471 Stearns, 587 Page. Anthracite Coal-Continued. Combination and community of interest, etc.-Continued. Woodlock, 452; Greene, 468-471; Saward, 517, 519; Haddock, 534; Wal- Competition not destroyed by Childs, 502 Proportion of railroads and traffic controlled by Stearns, 586, 587 Saward, 512, 513, 516; Walter, 545 Conditions of mining in different regions Increase.. Fleming, 540; McLeod, 565, 566, 567, 570; Harris, 602, 606, 607 Delaware and Hudson Railroad, relation to other companies Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill Railroad Electricity, competition of... Erie Railroad, combination with other companies. Stearns, 584 Harris, 608 Greene, 470 Thomas, 552, 553 Greene, 475; Haddock, 521; Thomas, 552, 553; McLeod, 572; Stearns, 589 New England McLeod, 561, 562 Percentage of tide water price, chiefly determined by Saward, 509 Haddock, 523, 532, 534; Thomas, 549 Various points Childs, 496 Stearns, 583 Western shipments. Gas and other products, competition of. McLeod, 570 Independent operators, discrimination against, in supply of cars, dis- cussed Haddock, 524-526, 532; Fleming, 536, 537; Different positions of different classes of operators Number decreasing Haddock, 521, 522, 527, 532 |