Transportation
The railroads and the shipping public The Government takes the railroads Government reorganization of railroads Railroad rates Classifications Rates in Official Classification and Southeastern Territory Transcontinental rates and the Panama Canal Export and import rates Special services and charges Terminal services and charges in New York Express and parcel post The Transportation Act Inland water transportation
Business as it is conducted today would not be possible without the railroad.
The corner grocery store as well as the big manufacturing company is directly affected by traffic, rates and methods. The prosperity of many a business and community is largely dependent upon relations with transportation companies. Yet many business men are unfamiliar with even the elements of rate making and traffic handling.
The war made great changes in railroad organization and when the railroads were returned at the close of the war to their former owners a new set of problems had to be faced. Rail rates had assumed a new importance, labor and other costs had increased and both shipper and carrier were called upon to consider transportation in an entirely different light than before the war. All of these problems receive careful consideration in this Text, and the tendencies of the times, so far as they have been clearly revealed, are pointed out.
Classifications, rates, special services, terminal facilities and charges are some of the specific questions discussed.