Railroad Reorganization

by Stuart Daggett

[800] Madison, 1899.

[801] Madison, 1908 and 1910.

[802] Chicago, 1896.

INDEX

• Abbott, E. H., [290], [291].
• Accounts, juggling with, Baltimore & Ohio, [11], [15], [21–23];
• Erie, [37];
• Reading, [127];
• Southern, [169];
• Atchison, [208–10].
• Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., [7], [232–7].
• Adams Committee, [293–5], [296–7], [302].
• Alabama Central, [149], [151].
• Alabama Great Southern, [188].
• Aldrich Committee, [221–2].
• Alexander, E. P., [154], [164], [169], note.
• Ames, Oliver, [250].
• Anderson, E. E., [40], [244], [248].
• Anthracite coal, see [Coal].
• Armour, P. D., [31].
• Assessments, Baltimore & Ohio, [6];
• Erie, [35], [44], [47], [68], [70];
• Reading, [107], [111], [114], [139];
• Southern, [155–6], [181–2], [185–6];
• Atchison, [212–14];
• Union Pacific, [252];
• Northern Pacific, [269], [303], [305–6];
• General, [350–4].
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, [192–219], [235], [259], [260], [277], [342].
• Atlantic & Great Western, see [New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio].
• Atlantic & Pacific, [194], [195], [208], [216].
• See also [St. Louis & San Francisco].
• Atlantic Coast Line, [148], [158], [161].
• Bacon, E. R., [18].
• Baer, George F., [111], [142].
• Baltimore & Ohio, [1–33], [38], [145], [169], [259], [260], [342].
• Baltimore Committee, [24].
• Baring Brothers & Co., [11], [215].
• Bartol Committee, [103], [104–5].
• Belen, [218].
• Belmont, August, & Co., oppose Erie reorganization plan, [63–6];
• lead opposition to Adams Committee, [290];
• members of Northern Pacific reorganization committee, [296], note;
• of Northern Pacific voting trust, [307];
• underwrite Northern Pacific mortgage, [274].
• Bigelow, F. G., [300], [301], [308].
• Blanchard, George R., [2], [3].
• Boissevain, A. H., [242–4], [245–7].
• Bond, Frank S., [89], [90], [91];
• plan of reorganization by, [92–5]; [95–6].
• Boston & Maine, [122], [124], [126], [127–8].
• Boston, Hartford & Erie, [36].
• Branches, Baltimore & Ohio, [9–10];
• Erie, [51–3], [57], [59–60], [74];
• Southern, [168];
• Atchison, [196–8], [217–18];
• Union Pacific, [230–31], [232–3], [236], [248–9], [250–51], [253–4];
• Northern Pacific, [275], [276], [277–8], [286–7], [291], [292], [304], [306–7];
• Rock Island, [315–16], [319–20], [328–31];
• General, [369–71].
• Brice, Calvin S., [150], [160], [244].
• Brown, Shipley & Co., [9], [11].
• Buffalo, New York & Erie, [38].
• Burleigh, Andrew F., [300], [301].
• Cable, R. R., [314].
• Caldwell, Stephen A., [81], [82], [97].
• Capitalization, Baltimore & Ohio, [1], [9], [11];
• Erie, [34], [35], [36], [39], [44], [48], [71–2];
• Reading, [75–6], [82], [101], [115], [138], [141];
• Southern, [151], [183–4], [186];
• Atchison, [198], [200], [211], [219];
• Union Pacific, [221–4], [225], [227], [229], [232], [236], [251];
• Northern Pacific, [264], [266], [268], [271], [275], [276], [278], [279], [302], [304];
• Rock Island, [311–12], [315], [318], note, [322], [331], [332–3];
• General, [339], [363–9], [372–4], [374–9].
• Cash requirements and floating debt, Baltimore & Ohio, [11–15], [26–7];
• Erie, [34–5], [40], [54], [55–6], [61], [68];
• Reading, [79], [81–2], [101], [124–6], [127], [133], [139];
• Southern, [152], [156], [160], note, [168], [173], [182], [186];
• Atchison, [197], [199–200], [213];
• Northern Pacific, [266–7], [267–9], [272], [274], [276], [287–9], [295], [304–6];
• General, [348–56].
• Cass, George W., [266], [267].
• Central of New Jersey, [9], [10];
• leased by Reading, [97–9], [117], [120], [122];
• shares purchased on margin, [99–100].
• Central, New England & Western, [123].
• Central Railroad & Banking Company of Georgia, [162–6], [169], [175–8], [188].
• Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta, [147], [159].
• Chicago & Alton, Harriman buys stock in, [259], [331];
• Rock Island buys stock in, [330], [331];
• reorganization of, [337].
• Chicago & Atlantic, [52], [54], [57], [62].
• Chicago & Northern Pacific, [283–4], [286], [287];
• loss on operation of, [289], [291–2];
• Northern Pacific abandons lease of, [290], [302], [308].
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, [277], [310], [343].
• Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville, [189].
• Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, [259], [343].
• Chicago Terminal Transfer Company, [33], [283];
• Northern Pacific sells stock in, [308].
• Childs, Attorney-General, [298].
• Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf, [319–20], [328].
• Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, [52–3], [57], [74].
• Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific, [189].
• Clark, S. H., [240], [253].
• Clyde, W. P., [174–8].
• Coal, development of Erie’s traffic in, [38], [50–1], [73];
• interest of Reading in, [76–81], [97], [99], [118–23], [125–6], [141], [143], [145]; [311].
• Coal & Iron Company, Reading, [77], [80–83], [88], [92], [97], [101], [118–20], [123], [127], [139], [141–4].
• Colby, Charles L., [290].
• Colorado Midland, [203], [205], [212].
• Columbia & Greenville, [159], [160], note, [168].
• Committee of Investigation, Baltimore & Ohio, [15–16], [21];
• Erie, [37], [40], [55–6];
• Reading, [84], [119];
• Southern, [152], [170], [177];
• Atchison, [199–200];
• Northern Pacific, [285–6].
• Committee of Reorganization, see [Reorganization Committee].
• Competition, a cause of railroad failure, [340–1].
• Consolidation, through reorganization, [370–1].
• Contracts, trackage and traffic, Baltimore & Ohio, [9];
• Erie, [52];
• Reading, [121];
• Southern, [149];
• Atchison, [193–5], [217];
• Northern Pacific, [275], [283–4], [308].
• Cooke, Jay, interested in Northern Pacific, [264];
• failure of, [79], [265].
• Cooley, Thomas M., [7].
• Coppell, George, [128], [175].
• Corbin, Austin, [117], [118], [120].
• Coudert, F. R., [241].
• Cowen, J. K., [20], [29–30].
• Crédit Mobilier, [223–4].
• Cullom Committee, Albert Fink testifies before, [7].
• Davis, J. C. Bancroft, [35].
• Davis, John P., [222–3], [224].
• Deferred income bonds, [81], [84–6], [87–8], [90], [96], [115].
• Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, [120–1].
• Denver Pacific, [227], [228–30].
• Depew, Chauncey M., [250].
• Deutsche Bank, supports Henry Villard, [273]; [294];
• underwrites Northern Pacific reorganization plan, [296], [304]; [307].
• Differentials, between eastern seaboard cities, [5], [7];
• between stronger and weaker roads, [17].
• Dillon, Sidney, [233], [234], [237].
• Dressed beef, rates cut on, [17].
• Doane, John W., [241].
• Drew, Daniel, [34], [36].
• Drexel, Anthony J., [125], [126], [134].
• Drexel, Morgan & Co., take part in Erie reorganization, [62], [65], [66–9];
• in Southern reorganization, [167–8], [175], [178–86];
• underwrite Northern Pacific mortgage, [274].
• Dunan, S. H., [37].
• Durant, T. C., [223].
• Earle, George H., Jr., [135].
• East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia, see [Southern Railway].
• Employees, reorganization of the service, [15], [234];
• wages reduced or delayed, [37], [39], [41], [79], [81], [100], [199], [234];
• wages high, [222].
• Equipment, Baltimore & Ohio, [23], [28], [31];
• Erie, [73];
• Reading, [144];
• Southern, [168], [189], [190];
• Atchison, [218];
• Union Pacific, [261];
• Northern Pacific, [309].
• Equitable Life Assurance Company, [288].
• Erie, [2], [7], [17–18], [34–74], [342].
• Erlanger Roads, [166], [167], [185].
• Excelsior Enterprise Company, see [National Company].
• Express companies, [12], [14].
• Fairchild, C. S., [170].
• Fink, Albert, [6], [7], [10].
• Fink, Henry, [154].
• Fisk, Jim, [36].
• Fitzgerald, General Louis, takes part in Baltimore & Ohio reorganization, [24];
• in Reading reorganization, [136], [138];
• in Union Pacific reorganization, [244–5], [250], [251–4];
• in Northern Pacific reorganization, [293];
• examines Richmond Terminal properties, [170].
• Fixed charges, Baltimore & Ohio, [8], [10], [16], [20], [22], [28], [342], [357–9];
• Erie, [35], [36], [38], [39], [48], [58], [66], [69], [72], [73–4], [342], [357–9];
• Reading, [75], [82], [94], [96], [101], [115], [116], [118], [139–40], [144–5], [342], [357–9];
• Atchison, [197–9], [203], [213], [216], [218], [342], [357–9];
• Union Pacific, [224–5], [227], [229], [235–6], [251], [253–4], [261], [342], [357–9];
• Northern Pacific, [266], [271], [275], [284], [293], [304], [310], [342], [357–9];
• Rock Island, [312], [322], [357–9];
• General, [357–61], [363–5], [369–72].
• Fleming, Robert, [45–6], [155], [216].
• Floating debt, see [Cash requirements and floating debt].
• Foreclosure, Baltimore & Ohio, [28–9];
• Erie, [34], [35], [49–50], [73];
• Reading, [82], [141];
• Southern, [157], [187], [188];
• Atchison, [216];
• Union Pacific, [254–7];
• Northern Pacific, [270], [308].
• Foreign investors, Erie, [36], [37], [40–50], [55–6], [63];
• Reading, [82], [83], [84], [86–9], [91], [96], [119], [126];
• Southern, [155];
• Atchison, [206], [207–8], [210], [214], [215];
• Union Pacific [244];
• Northern Pacific, [264], [273].
• Garrett, John, [4], [9].
• Garrett, John B., [106], [114].
• Garrett, Robert, [9], [16].
• Gauge, on Erie, [34], [37], [38], [45], [51].
• Georgia Central Company, [164], [165], [177–8].
• Georgia Pacific, [149], [166].
• Gorman, Senator A. H., [13].
• Gould, Jay, prominent in Erie, [36]; [194];
• causes combination of Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific, [226], [228–30];
• unloads branch roads on Union Pacific, [230–31]; [233], [237].
• Gowen, F. B., [76], [81], [84], [86], [87–91], [95–7], [99], [101], [112–15], [118–19], [120].
• Grand Trunk, [2], [6], [7], [17], [18].
• Grant & Ward, [54].
• Great Northern, [258], [259], [277];
• proposes to guarantee Northern Pacific bonds, [296–8], [309–10].
• Gregory, Dudley S., [35].
• Guarantee fund, [199], [203].
• Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, [196], [202], [205], [218].
• Hallgarten & Co., on Reading underwriting syndicate, [139];
• on Southern reorganization committee, [171];
• oppose Erie reorganization plan, [63–6].
• Harriman, E. H., [32–3], [63–6], [188], [218], [258–60], [309–10], [331].
• Harris, Joseph S., [77–8], [83], [97], [125–8], [129], [131].
• Harris, Robert, [275].
• Hartshorne Committee, [136].
• Hepburn Committee, Albert Fink testifies before, [7].
• Higginson, H. L., [206], [245].
• Hill, J. J., buys interest in Baltimore & Ohio, [31–2];
• struggle with Harriman, [258], [310];
• proposed guarantee of Northern Pacific bonds, [296–8], [307].
• Hollins, H. B., [165], [179], [188].
• Hooper, John, [344].
• Houston & Texas Central, [328–9], [355].
• Houston East & West Texas, [329].
• Hoxie, H. M., [223].
• Huidekoper, F. W., [176], [177], note.
• Huntington, Collis P., [194], [258].
• Illinois Central, [19], [146], [259–60], [343].
• Improvements, Baltimore & Ohio, [15], [23], [28], [30–31];
• Erie, [42], [51], [60], [73];
• Reading, [80–81], [118], [144];
• Southern, [152], [168], [170], [189], [190];
• Atchison, [202], note, [204], [212], [218–19];
• Union Pacific, [234], [260–1];
• Northern Pacific, [276], [278–9], [309];
• Rock Island, [332], [333].
• Income bonds, [203–5];
• before and after reorganization, [365–6].
• See also [Deferred income bonds].
• Inman, John H., [164], [165].
• Iselin, A. & Co., [139].
• Ives, Brayton, [285], [287–8];
• president of Northern Pacific, [290];
• secures removal of receivers, [291–2], [298–9]; [294], [295];
• endorses Northern Pacific reorganization plan, [302].
• Jenkins, Judge, [289], [292], [300], [301].
• Jewett, H. J., [39], [40], [41], [49], [50–53], [55], [57].
• Joint Executive Committee, [6].
• Joint Executive Reorganization Committee, [210–16].
• Junior Securities Protective Committee, [137].
• Kansas Pacific, poor condition of, [225];
• attempt at reorganization of, [226–7];
• consolidated with Union Pacific, [228–30];
• sale of, [256–7].
• King, Edward, [206], [210–16].
• King, John, [55], [57], [59], note, [61].
• Kuhn, Loeb & Co., take part of securities issued under Baltimore & Ohio reorganization plan, [26];
• oppose Erie reorganization plan, [63–6];
• represented on Richmond Terminal investigating committee, [170];
• on Union Pacific reorganization committee, [250];
• agree to take Northern Pacific collateral trust bonds, [288].
• Lacombe, Judge, [61], [300], [301].
• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, [3], [18], [32], [145].
• Land grants, see [State and federal aid].
• Leases, Baltimore & Ohio, [2], [27];
• Erie, [51–3], [56], [58], [59–60], [71–2], [74];
• Reading, [97–9], [117], [120], [122], [123], [128], [130];
• Southern, [147], [148], [149], [159], [161–2], [166], [188];
• Atchison, [197];
• Northern Pacific, [276], [283–4].
• Leeds, W. B., [317–18].
• Lehigh Valley, [74], [75];
• leased to Reading, [120], [122], [123], [128–9], [130], [133].
• Lehigh Valley Terminal Railroad, [128].
• Lewis, Edwin A., [81–2], [97].
• Lewis, Howard, [119].
• Little, Stephen, report on Baltimore & Ohio, [21–3];
• on Atchison, [208–10], [213];
• set to work on the Reading, [128].
• Live stock, [17].
• Livingston, Johnston, [294], [307].
• Lockwood, E. Dunbar, [106], [112], [117].
• Logan, T. M., forms Georgia Central Company, [164];
• seeks control of Richmond Terminal, [164–6].
• Long Dock Company, [58].
• Lord, N. P., [345].
• Loree, S. F., [32].
• Louisville & Nashville, [146], [149].
• Maben, J. C, [175], note, [178].
• McCalmont Brothers, [86–91], [96].
• McCormick, Attorney-General, [143].
• McCullough, J. G., [61].
• McGill, Chancellor, [122].
• McHenry, E. H., [300], [301], [308].
• McHenry, James, [39–40], [49].
• McLeod, A. A., leases Lehigh Valley, [120];
• extends Reading into New England, [122–5];
• statement by, [125–6];
• resigns by request, [126–7]; [132].
• Macon & Brunswick, [149], [151].
• Manville, Allen, [202].
• Maryland, subscribes to Baltimore & Ohio stock, [1], [18].
• Mayer, Charles F., [16], [18–20].
• Memphis & Charleston, [148], [158], [168], [185], [188].
• Mercantile Trust Company, [206], [288], [294].
• Miller, O. G., [45–6].
• Mills, Captain J. H., [300].
• Mink, O. W., [240], [253].
• Missouri Pacific, [196], [229].
• Mobile & Birmingham, [146], [167], [168], [185], [188].
• Mobile & Ohio, [189], [329].
• Moore, James H., [318].
• Moore, William H., interested in Rock Island, [317–18];
• reorganization plan by, [321–6];
• buys St. Louis & San Francisco, [327–8];
• extends Rock Island to the Gulf, [328–30];
• relations with Chicago & Alton, [330–1];
• distrusted by investors, [332].
• Morgan, J. P. & Co., organize syndicate to relieve Baltimore & Ohio, [11–13];
• sell Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton to Erie, [74];
• reorganize Reading, [108–11], [139], [140], [141];
• members of Southern voting trust, [188];
• of Union Pacific reorganization committee, [245];
• take part in Northern Pacific reorganization, [296], [304], [307].
• Morgan, J. S. & Co., [11], [69].
• Morris, John, [40], [41].
• Mullen, Attorney-General C. W., [327].
• National Company, see [Philadelphia & Reading].
• New capital, provision for, [379–82].
• New York & Erie, [34], [35].
• New York & New England, [123], [124], [356].
• New York Central, [2–7], [17], [35], [38], [259], [343].
• New York, Lake Erie & Western, see [Erie].
• New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, leased by Erie, [51–3], [59–60]; [70–2].
• Norfolk & Western, [149], [151], [355].
• Northern Pacific, [18], [19], [232], [236], [258], [263–310], [315], [342].
• Northern Pacific & Manitoba, [292], [306].
• Northern Securities Company, [258], [259].
• Notes, short time, Atchison, [199], [203];
• Union Pacific, [237], [250], [251], [257];
• Northern Pacific, [287–9].
• Oakes, ——, [287], [289], [291], [292], [293], [299–300].
• Oakman, W. G., [176].
• Olcott, F. P., prominent in Reading reorganization, [135–6], [138], [140];
• in Southern reorganization, [155], note, [171–4], [179].
• Olney, Richard, [243].
• Oregon & Transcontinental Company, [272–3], [275], [276].
• Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, [236–7], [245], [249], [257], [272–3], [275–6].
• Oregon Short Line, [232–3], [236], [249], [257], [276].
• Patterson & Corwin, criticise Mr. Little’s report on the Baltimore & Ohio, [23].
• Payne, Henry C, receiver of Northern Pacific, [289], [292], [293], [299].
• Payne, Oliver H., [171], note.
• Pearsall vs. Great Northern Railway Company, [298].
• Pennsylvania Railroad, [2–8], [10], [17], [31–3], [38], [87], [108–10], [143], [147], [148].
• Perham, Josiah, [264], note.
• Pennsylvania Coal Company, [74].
• Pere Marquette, [74].
• Philadelphia & Reading, [9], [10], [18], [32], [75–145].
• Philadelphia, Reading & New England, [123], [128].
• Pierce, W. S., [243], [252], [253].
• Port Reading Railroad, [120], [122].
• Poughkeepsie Bridge, [123].
• Powell, T. W., [55], [56], [57–8], [84].
• Preferred stock, use of, in reorganizations, [366–8].
• Prevost, S. M., [31].
• Railroad failure, causes of, [336–42].
• Rate agreements, [4–7], [275].
• Rates, [3–5], [6–8], [17], [235].
• Rate wars, [3–5], [6–8], [17], [34–5], [38], [53], [196–7], [240].
• Ream, Norman D., [31].
• Receivers, Baltimore & Ohio, [20], [23], [28], [29];
• Erie, [35], [36], [38–9], [50], [61];
• Reading, [81–2], [97], [100–1], [117], [125–6], [127], [133–4];
• Southern, [175], [176], [187];
• Atchison, [205];
• Union Pacific, [240–1], [248–9];
• Northern Pacific, [289], [291–2], [295], [298–301].
• Receivers’ certificates, [23], [68], [127], [293].
• Reinhart, Joseph H., [202], [204], [205], [209–10].
• Reid, D. G., [317–18].
• Rentals, reduced through reorganization, [369–72].
• Reorganization, definition of, [335];
• causes of, [336–42];
• cancellation of floating debt by, [348–56];
• reduction of fixed charges by, [357–72];
• distribution of losses under, [361–2], [368–9], [376–7];
• general principles of, [384–6].
• Reorganization committees, Baltimore & Ohio, [21], [24], [29];
• Erie, [35], [40], [45–6], [55–6], [61–2], [63–5];
• Reading, [82], [84], [86], [101], [103–5], [112], [114], [117], [126], [128], [133–5], [138];
• Southern, [152], [155], [170], [171], [174], [175], [178–9];
• Atchison, [199–200]; [206–8], [210], [215], [216];
• Union Pacific, [244–5], [249–50], [257];
• Northern Pacific, [267], [293–4], [308];
• General, [343–5].
• Reorganization plans, Baltimore & Ohio, [24–8];
• Erie, [34], [35], [41], [42], [43–9], [57–8], [61–5], [66–73];
• Reading, [83–6], [91–4], [96–7], [101–3], [104–5], [106–8], [110–13], [114–16], [129], [133–4], [135–6], [138–40];
• Southern, [152–3], [155–6], [171–4], [179–84], [185–6], [187];
• Atchison, [200–2], [204], [206–8], [211–16];
• Union Pacific, [226–7], [228–30], [241–4], [245–8], [250–4];
• Northern Pacific, [265–6], [267–70], [296–8], [302–8];
• Rock Island, [312–13], [321–4].
• Reorganization trustees, for Erie, [35], [47];
• for Reading, [104–5], [106], [107–10], [114].
• Resolutions, Baltimore & Ohio, [15], [39];
• complimentary to Mr. Gowen, [99];
• by London bondholders’ committee, [207];
• by Northern Pacific bondholders, [268];
• by Northern Pacific preferred stockholders, [281], [285], note;
• by Northern Pacific directors, [285].
• Rice, I. L., [121], [124], [127], [132], [136], [164–6].
• Richmond & Danville, see [Southern Railway].
• Richmond & West Point Terminal Railway & Warehouse Company, [10], [18];
• see [Southern Railway].
• Riddle, Hugh, [314].
• Ripley, E. P., [216].
• Roberts, George B., [109], [110].
• Rock Island, [196], [277], [311–33], [337], [343].
• Rockefeller, J. D., [288].
• Rouse, Henry C., [289], [292], [293], [295], [299].
• Ryan, Thomas F., [178].
• St. Joseph & Grand Island, [249], [259].
• St. Louis & San Francisco, controlled by Atchison, [194], [202], [216];
• by Rock Island, [327–8], [329], [330], [356].
• St. Paul & Northern Pacific, [287], [288], [290], [296].
• St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba, see [Great Northern].
• Saratoga agreement, [4].
• Schiff, Jacob H., [170], [250].
• Securityholders, divergence in interest between, [335].
• Selma, Rome & Dalton, [149], [151].
• Sickles, General Daniel E., [86].
• Siemans, George, represents Deutsche Bank, [307].
• Simmons, J. Edward, [128], [134].
• Sonora Railroad, [194], [197], [217].
• Southern Kansas Railway Company, [196].
• Southern Pacific, [193–5], [217], [258].
• Southern Railway, [146–91], [330], [342].
• Southern Railway Security Company, [148].
• Speer, Judge, [176].
• Spencer, Samuel, [12–13];
• president of Baltimore & Ohio, [15], [16];
• of Southern Railway, [187];
• killed, [191].
• Speyer & Co., [26], [125], [333].
• Speyer Bros., see [Speyer & Co.]
• Stanton, Henry, [289], note.
• State and federal aid, Baltimore & Ohio, [1];
• Erie, [34];
• Richmond & Danville, [146];
• East Tennessee, [147];
• Atchison, [192], [194];
• Union Pacific, [220–1], [225], [238–40], [241–4], [249], [254–7];
• Northern Pacific, [263–6], [271].
• Staten Island Rapid Transit Company, [10], [29].
• Stockholders’ Protective Committee, [215], [296], [302].
• Stockton, Attorney-General, [121–2].
• Strong, W. E., prominent in Southern reorganization, [174–5], [178];
• president of the Atchison, [194–5], [202].
• Sully, Alfred, [133], [160], [164].
• Surplus, on Baltimore & Ohio, [15], [22];
• on railroads in 1893, [342–3].
• Syndicates, Baltimore & Ohio, [11–15], [20], [26];
• Erie, [68], [69];
• Reading, [86], [108–10], [113–15], [120], [134], [139];
• Southern, [150];
• Union Pacific, [226], [237], [252];
• Northern Pacific, [264–5], [271], [274], [276], [288], [296], [304];
• General, [345–8].
• Syndicates, compensation to, Erie, [69];
• Reading, [109], [111], [112];
• General, [347–8].
• Tappan, F. D., [155], note, [171], note.
• Terminals, of Baltimore & Ohio, [3–4], [9–10], [19], [33];
• of Erie, [58];
• of East Tennessee, [152];
• of Atchison, [217];
• of Northern Pacific, [283–4], [302], [308];
• of Rock Island, [300].
• Texas & Pacific, [194], [330], [356].
• Texas Railroad Commission, [329].
• Thomas, General Samuel, [160], [174], [175].
• Thurman Act, [238–9], [242].
• Trunk lines, see Rate wars.
• Trunk-line arbitrators, letter of Mr. King to, [6].
• Tyler, Captain, report of, [37].
• Union Pacific, [32–3], [220–62], [275–6], [277], [310], [342].
• United States Government, relations with Union Pacific, [220], [221–2], [238–40], [241–4], [249], [252–3], [254–6];
• with Northern Pacific, [263–4], [265–6].
• United States Supreme Court, decisions by, [238], [239], [298], [301].
• Valuation, of Reading coal properties, [77–8], [82–3].
• Vanderbilt, Commodore, [36], [95–6], [100], [314–15].
• Van Nostrand, [294].
• Vermilye & Co., [63–6].
• Villard, Henry, [237], [272–4], [275], [281–3], [286–7], [288], [290], [291–2].
• Virginia, subscribes to stock of Baltimore & Ohio, [1];
• aids Richmond & Danville, [146].
• Virginia Midland, [150], [159], [160], note.
• Voting trusts, Baltimore & Ohio, [18–19], [27], [32];
• Erie, [67];
• Reading, [111], [115], [119], [140];
• Southern, [183], [188];
• Atchison, [201], [212–13];
• Northern Pacific, [303], [307], [310];
• General, [382–4].
• Walker, Major Aldace F., [209], [216], [217].
• Watkin, Sir Edward, [40], [41], [43–5].
• Watson, P. H., [38], [39].
• Welsh, John Lowber, [108–10], [111], [128], [134].
• Western Union Telegraph Company, [14], [22], [27].
• Westlake, J., [55], [56], [57–8].
• Whelen, Townsend, [101–3], [104], [104–5], [108], [112].
• Wilbur, E. P., [125], [127], [128].
• Winslow, Lanier & Co., [274].
• Wisconsin Central, leased to Northern Pacific, [283–4], [286], [289], [290–92], [302], [308].

Transcriber’s Notes

Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained.

Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained; occurrences of inconsistent hyphenation have not been changed.

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