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Telegraph-Continued.
Telegrams, average number of words in United States and Great
Britain

Wanamaker, John, views on telegraph

Wires, life of..

Underground system

Word-count, defined.

Page.

Parsons. 887

Parsons, 888; Hitchcock, 891
Clark, 222
Chandler, 204; Hall, 817, 818,821

Clark, 210

Telephones and telephone service (see also American Telephone and

Telegraph Company; New York Telephone Company):
Accounts, false bookkeeping of companies
American and European compared.

Cities, comparison of service with small towns

Comparison of service in various places...

Parsons, 178, 179
Bethell, 784, 785, 787-807;
Hall, 819; Parsons, 884
Bethell, 808, 809
Parsons, 884-885
Parsons, 883

Cooperative Telegraph Company of Grand Rapids, Wis
Development, early improvements.

Discriminations in rates, none in New York

England. operation in.

Exchange connections, annual

Expenditures

History

Interior Department, service of.......

Department of Labor investigations

Long distance charges, how established

Effect of, on telegraph..

Message rate system, its superiority and fairness

Hall, 817, 818,819, 821, 822
Bethell, 810-812

Bemis, 100

Hall, 821

Hall, 822

Hall, 817-822

Parsons, 883

Bemis, 101

Hall, 819

Clark, 223

Bethell, 780, 781, 782, 793

Metallic-circuit service, its introduction into local exchanges.

Municipal operation, development of service.

Manhattan, Kans

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Hall, 818

Bemis. 100

Bemis, 101

Bemis, 100

Hall, 821

Hall, 818

Hall, 818

Bethell, 810,811
Parsons, 173-179
Parsons. 883

Bethell, 780-782.810, 811, 812
Parsons, 173-179
Bethell, 813
Hall, 821

Parsons, 883

Temple Iron Company, purchase of independent anthracite companies

Terminal, railroad, value of

Value not included in assets in Massachusetts.

Texas antiscalping law, decision on..

Ticket brokerage:

General discussion

Character of brokers

Frauds-

Brokers help to detect

Charges of, against ticket brokers unsupported

Haddock, 521

Adams, 375

Jackson, 844

Lindenberger, 349

Lindenberger, 318-360
Lindenberger, 350, 355, 357

Reward for detection offered by American Ticket
ciation

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Lindenberger, 322, 349
Lindenberger, 320

Lindenberger, 351

Lindenberger, 326, 350, 355, 357

Lindenberger, 336, 337
Lindenberger, 352
Fuller, 71

Howes, 714, 715
Markham, 438, 439

Nicholson, 731

Bacon, 74.76

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Tramp steamers:

Boston, absence of.

New Orleans.

Howes, 700, 701
Bryant, 398
Wheeler, 748; Stubbs, 762

Transcontinental discriminations, due to competition of Canadian
Pacific

Transcontinental Freight Bureau, nature of organization and controi

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Trunk lines. not desirous of merging with

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Wheeler, 749; Stubbs, 764

Langley, 875, 876

Stubbs, 761

Markham, 442

Markham, 429, 442

Langley, 875, 876

Stubbs, 765

Wheeler. 754; Stubbs, 767, 769

Nicholson, 721

Nicholson, 727

Schiff, 772

Transit-in-bond privilege, suspension of, an evil to certain shippers

Transportation, importance to industrial interests

Ripley, 299

Anderson, 637–639, 645, 64€

Transportation, Department of, establishment advocated..

Travel. (See Passenger traffic.)

Trimmer, vessel loading, defined

Trunk-line commission, jurisdiction of
Trunk lines:

Railroad. geographical location...
Transcontinental lines, attitude toward

Trusts. (See Combinations).

Typographical Union, International:
Government ownership, committee on

Bacon, 77, 80

Barter, 310

Nicholson, 725, 726

Schiff, 772

Schiff, 772

Randall, 241
Clark, 219;

Government ownership of telegraph, favored.

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Penalties, suggested modification

McGovern, 673, 674

McGovern, 673

Railroad agents, practices with regard to

Southern freight classification committee, no power to prevent. McGovern, 673

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Bemis. ST

Bemis, 87

United Gas Company of Philadelphia:

Consolidated Gas Company of Ñew York, relation to

Interests of

United Mine Workers of America:

Demand of anthracite operators, 1901.

Membership in anthracite coal field.

United States:

Area

Coal mines.

Freight classification, division of.

Population per square mile

Postal service

Number of post-offices

McLeod, 576
Saward, 520

Clark, 207

Howes. 715,717
Langley, 860
Clark, 207

Telegraph service and development compared with Great Britain

Extent of

Number of stations in

Trade relations with Canada

United States Courts:

No jurisdiction over larceny on State waters

United States Steel Corporation:

Carnegie, Andrew, relation to formation of
Pacific coast, results of formation of..

Clark, 208

Parsons, 886

Parsons, 185, 886, 887
Clark, 228, 299
Parsons, $86

Howes, 713, 715, 716, 717, 718

Hayne, 414, 415, 421-425

Woodlock, p. 464
Wheeler. 753

United States Telegraph Company, absorption by Western Union

Telegraph Company

Valuation of railroads (see Cost of construction; Capitalization).

Vanderbilt Railroad System:

Community of interests with Pennsylvania system

Fast freight lines of

Traffic

Vessels (see also Water transportation):

Roberts, 272

Woodlock. p. 462

Nicholson, 724

Nicholson, 728

Merchants and Miners' Transportation Co., inspection of.

Hayne, 417, 418

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War Department, alleged discrimination in letting contracts for supplies.

Wheeler, 756

War-revenue tax, evaded by Western Union Telegraph Company

Roberts, 272

Washington, D. C., waterworks..

Foote, 113

Washington (State), telegraph service

Clark, 208

Water power, California, development in

Wheeler, 752

Ocean transportation; River transportation):
Cotton, effect on rates from Memphis..

Water transportation (see also Coastwise transportation; Lake navigation;

Davant, 6, 7

Differentials in favor of

Griffith, 855

Economies of steamship and railway companies compared...
Passenger rates, Merchants' and Miners' Transportation Co.
Railways, effect of development. beneficial.

Rate cutting due to

Watering stock (see Capitalization):

Waterworks:

Guillaudeu, 448
Hayne, 419, 420

Anderson, 639, 641, 642

Griswold, 614

Municipal ownership compared with private.. Foote, 111, 112, 119; Parsons, 146

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Territory of

Markham, 439

Langley, 859

Stubbs, 763

Langley, 860

Western States:

Alkali products, freight rates on

Classification disadvantages of lack of uniformity

Langley, 860

Bacon, 80
Bacon, 80

Western Union Telegraph Company:
Absorption of other companies

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Clark, 220, 221; Roberts, 272

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, relation to -
Assets

Associated Press, relation to..

Bell Telephone Company, relation to
Capitalization..

Excessive

Cost of maintenance
Discriminations denied

Bethell, 812
Clark, 213, 226
Randall, 247, 248
Clark, 217, 219, 226, 227

Clark, 213, 221; Randall, 243, 244; Roberts, 267, 272
Parsons, 185, 186, 889, 890; Randall, 242, 243

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Clark, 215, 216, 221

Clark, 228; Randall, 257

Parsons, 187; Roberts, 271

Clark, 216, 226; Roberts, 270

Clark, 217

Roberts, 269

Parsons, 188, 189

Hitchcock, 893

Clark, 217

Clark. 231

Clark, 216; Roberts, 370

Clark, 207

Parsons, 191, 888

Roberts, 266

Clark, 228, 229

Randall, 243

Clark, 228-229

Parsons, 189, 190, 888;

Clark, 229; Randall, 249-251, 253; Roberts, 270; Hitchcock, 891, 893

Investigations of, by several States.

Parsons, 185, 186

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Lumber interests

Street railways, capitalization of

World markets, effect of competition of, on freight rates.
Wyandotte, Mich., freight rates on alkali products from

Wyoming:

Auditing of public accounts.

Counties of, on cash basis

Expenses in

Public indebtedness.

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Parsons, 191

Clark, 229
Roberts, 270
Parsons, 190, 191

Clark, 223

Parsons, 190, 191

Clark, 226

Roberts, 269

Clark, 207

Clark, 222
Roberts, 272

Howes, 715-717

Bemis, 89
Howe, 704
Howes, 701

Parsons, 126, 127

Wheeler, 753

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Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railway, its relation to Illinois Central

Markham, 441
Bethell, 789

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