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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..

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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...

Hall, 817, 818, 819,821, 822
Bethell, 810-812
Bemis, 100

Exchange connections, annual

Expenditures

Interior Department, service of..

History

Department of Labor investigations

Long distance charges, how established

Effect of, on telegraph...

Message rate system, its superiority and fairness

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, 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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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;

Randall, 242, 243, 250; Roberts, 266, 267, 268

Government ownership of telegraph, favored.

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Legislation, adequate, to prevent..
Penalties. suggested modification

Roberts, 268

McGovern, 673

McGovern, 672

McGovern, 672

McGovern, 672

McGovern, 673

McGovern, 673, 674

McGovern, 673

Rai road agents, practices with regard to

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

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Bryant, 397

United Fruit Company:

United Gas Company of Philadelphia:

Consolidated Gas Company of New 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

Bemis, 87
Bemis, 87

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, 229
Parsons, 886

Howes, 713, 715, 716, 717, 718

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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

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Merchants' and Miners' Transportation Co., inspection of.

Telephone system; service; rates....

Capitalization of street railways in.

Wages:

Agreements of employers and employees regarding..
Anthracite coal miners...

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War Department, alleged discrimination in letting contracts for supplies.

Wanamaker, John:

Views on telegraph

Favors postal telegraph.

War-revenue tax, evaded by Western Union Telegraph Company

Washington, D. C., waterworks..

Washington (State), telegraph service

Water power, California, development in

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Wheeler, 756

Roberts, 272

Foote, 113

Clark, 208

Wheeler, 752

Davant, 6, 7

Water transportation (see also Coast wise transportation; Lake navigation;

Economies of steamship and railway companies compared

Griffith, 855
Guillaudeu, 448

Passenger rates, Merchants' and Miners' Transportation Co. Hayne, 419, 420
Railways, effect of development, beneficial.

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Anderson, 639, 641, 642

Griswold, 614

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

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Western States:

Alkali products, freight rates on

Classification disadvantages of lack of uniformity

Markham, 439

Langley, 859

Stubbs, 763

Langley, 860
Langley, 860

Bacon, 80
Bacon, 80

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International Ocean Telegraph Co., relations to

Inventions, policy toward new

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

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Parsons, 185, 186
Roberts, 269

Parsons, 190, 191; Clark, 223; Roberts. 269, 271

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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

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

Howes. 718

Bemis, 88, 89

Thomas, 551, 552

Bacon, 72-76, 80, 81

Bemis, 93; Foote, 104, 111

Foote, 108

Public indebtedness.

State examiner..

Taxation, reduction of

Foote, 107
Foote, 107, 108
Foote, 104-111
Foote, 108

Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railway, its relation to Illinois Central
Railway

Zurich telephone service

Markham, 441
Bethell, 789

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