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LIST OF WITNESSES.

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

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

Page.

275-285

824-830

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

373-387 636-652

72-85

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

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..

306-317

86-103

777-816

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

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 masier 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

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

8-72

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 Mcrton, representing the Merchants' Association of

New York, New York City

859-883

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

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..

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..

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 ..

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

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

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.

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

626-636

360-373

Thomas, E. B., president Erie Railroad Company, New York City. 548-560 Walter, Alfred, president Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, South Bethlehem, Pa

543-548

743-757

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

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

ances):

Appliances, defective, as cause

Comparison of railways, in different countries.
Interstate Commerce Commission, reports to

Audit and examination, difference between

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Fuller, 41

Accounts of corporations:

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

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

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

Bemis, 91

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

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advantage of requirement by Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion

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

Greene, 480
Fuller, 10

Barter, 309-317
Fuller, 10

Griffith, 856

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

Railways, extent and advantage of system

Transcontinental freight rates, nature of

Wheeler, 749; Stubbs, 764

Agreements between telegraph companies, effect on rates

Alabama, telegraph service in

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

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

Relative cost of building
Short-sighted policy of builders

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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..

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Wages paid

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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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Clark, 220-221; Roberts, 272

Allotment of tonnage between railroads discussed..

Bethell, 793-795

Bethell, 794-796

Woodlock, p. 451;
Childs, 500: Saward, 514, 515; Haddock, 527;
Walter, 545, 547: Thomas, 550, 554: Stearns,
581-583; Harris, 598, 601, 602; Rice, 748

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

Cars, discrimination in supply of, discussed

Central Railroad of New Jersey, purchase by Reading Company
Woodlock, 454, 455; Greene, 471, 475; McLeod, 572; Harris, 607-609
Saward, 516
Stearns, 584

Children, employment at mines...
Coal lands, accumulation of fund to cover exhaustion
Control by railroads..

Woodlock, 451, 453; Greene. 468;
Childs, 497, 498, 503; Saward, 509; Haddock,
521; Stearns, 588, 589; Harris, 604; Rice, 742

Reading's purchases forced by competition
Reason for holding in reserve..

Coke, competition of

Colorado, deposits in

Haddock, p. 523
Harris, 602, 606
Stearns, 585

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...

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Anthracite Coal-Continued.
Combination and community of interest, etc.-Continued.
Economies and advantages to public.

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Woodlock, 452;

Greene, 468-471; Saward, 517, 519; Haddock, 534; Wal-
ter, 544; Thomas, 556; McLeod, 568, 571, 575; Harris, 598

Competition not destroyed by
Middlemen, possible elimination.
Effect on prices and general public

Childs, 502
McLeod, 568
Greene, 469, 470, 473;

Haddock, 530-531; Stearns. 586, 587; Harris, 609; Rice, 738
Independent operators, impossibility of driving out of business.

Proportion of railroads and traffic controlled by.
Haddock, 526; Stearns, 586, 589, 594;
Recent movement described.

Stearns, 586, 587

Childs, 502, 504;
Harris, 598, 599, 608
Woodlock, 451-455;

Saward, 512, 513, 516; Walter, 545
Harris, 605, 606

Conditions of mining in different regions
Cost of mining, different regions.... Walter, 547: Stearns, 584; Harris, 606, 607
Estimation of....

Increase

Greene, 472, 474; Saward, 515;

Fleming, 540; McLeod, 565, 566, 567,570; Harris, 602, 606, 607
Saward, 511; Walter, 544; Harris, 606, 607

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Delaware and Hudson Railroad, relation to other companies

Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill Railroad.

Electricity, competition of...

Erie Railroad, combination with other companies.
Purchase of Pennsylvania Coal Company

Haddock, 528

Harris, 608

Woodlock, 451,
Stearns. 577, 590

Greene, 470

Thomas, 552, 553
Woodlock, 452;

Greene, 475; Haddock, 521; Thomas, 552, 553; McLeod, 572; Stearns, 589

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New England

Ton rates. per mile

Percentage of tide water price, chiefly determined by
Percentage contracts, comparison of tariff rates with

Relation to prices.

Reasonableness discussed

Greene, 470
Woodlock, 453, 454; Fleming. 536, 539
Childs, 496, 497; Saward, 509

McLeod, 561, 562
Saward, 509

Haddock, 523, 532, 534; Thomas, 549

Various points

Western shipments..

Gas and other products, competition of.

Childs, 496

Stearns, 583

McLeod, 570

Independent operators, discrimination against, in supply of cars, dis-

cussed

Haddock, 524-526, 532; Fleming, 536, 537;
Walter, 545; Stearns, 580, 588; Harris, 600, 601

Different positions of different classes of operators.

Number decreasing
Policy of

Haddock, 521, 522, 527, 532
Stearns, 579, 580
Haddock, 531

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