Canada railways, statistics of,[388]
Canals, beginnings of American,[10]
Canal construction, revival of,[17]
Canals, scarcity of capital for,[18]
Capital expenditure of British, German and American railways,[251]
Capital for improvements the railway problem of to-day,[211]
Capital, increased cost of,[176]
Capital needed for Southern railways,[61]
Capital, private, develops river traffic,[12]
Capitalization, 1909,[337]
Capitalization, foreign railways,[344]
Capitalization, net, 1904-1909,[339]
Capitalization of turnpikes,[16]
Capitalization, Pres. Roosevelt rejects claims of over,[107]
Car construction,[128]
Car service operation,[356]
Cars, number and capacity, 1902 to 1909,[317]
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R. R., condition of,[72]
Civil war, importance of railways during,[118]
Class rates, no change in certain, since 1897,[165]
Coastwise commerce first developed,[15]
Clothes we wear, freight rates on,[108]
Commission, Interstate Commerce, its creation and purpose,[208]
Commissions have advantages over legislatures,[208]
Commodities, proportions of various, moved,[355]
Comparison of American and English loads,[82]
Competition has ceased to regulate,[233]
Competition, public facilities increased by,[252]
Conflict between competitive and uniform rates,[83]
Congress, conditions confronting, in 1909,[288]
Construction, cost of,[342]
Control by democracy,[229]
Cooking utensils, freight rates on,[108]
Cooley, Judge, on superhuman task of fixing rates by Commission,[273]
Cost of American and foreign railways compared,[50]
Cost of living,[329]
Cost, original, of Penn R. R., Harrisburg to Pittsburg,[36]
Corporate entities necessary to railway construction,[206]
Cotton, effect of freight charge on,[95-99]
Cotton, freight rates on,[110]
Crackers, relation of freight charge to price,[99]
Cummins, Senator, on physical value of railways,[343]
Daily compensation of employes, average, 1892 to 1908,[324]
Damages and injuries to persons,[365]
Dead weight hauled in mail service excessive,[149]
Decisions of I. C. C. reducing rates,[301]
Depreciation of money, significance,[192]
Development of railways,[45]
Depression, 1908, effect of,[296]
Depression of 1908, effect on C. B. & Q. pay roll,[67-71]
Difficulties under the present law,[216]
Diminished purchasing power of railway earnings,[165]
Discriminations once the rule without objection,[201], [213]
Distribution of gross earnings, 1909,[361]
Dividends, 1908, exaggerated,[292], [340]
Dollar purchases less labor or commodities now than 1897,[166]
Dressed beef, freight rates on,[111]
Early history of railroads,[116]
Early methods of travel,[6]
Earnings and expenses, 1908-1909,[358]
Earnings, gross, calendar years 1907, 1908, 1909,[296]
Eggs, freight rates on,[111]
Eggs, price slightly affected by freight charge,[91]
Employes, average daily compensation, 1892-1909,[324]
Employes, number and compensation, 1909,[321]
Employes, pay of foreign,[326]
Enlightened public opinion the hope of the railways,[237]
Equipment cost, 1897-1907,[194]
Equipment of American railways, 1909,[314]
Equipment, output, 1899 to 1909,[314]
Equipment requirements for replacement,[315]
Erie railroad completed to Lake Erie,[117]
Ethics of railroad operation high and just,[202]
European wars, effect on American development,[11]
Expenses, calendar years 1907, 1908, 1909,[297]
Express, receipts from carrying,[350]
Farm animals and freight rates,[184]
Farms better investments than railways,[77]
Fatalities, proportion of, to traffic,[138]
Fink, Henry, on the right to increase rates,[281]
Flour, effect of freight charge on price,[96]
Flour, freight rates on a sack of,[110]
Food stuffs, relation of freight charge to price,[101]
Foreign railways, mileage of,[310]
Foreign railways, ratio to area and population,[310]
Foreign railways, statistics of,[386]
Freight car performance, 1908-1909,[319]
Freight car shortages and surplus, 1907-1910,[318]
Freight cars, number and capacity, 1902-1909,[317], [318]
Freight moved ten miles for three cents,[49]
Freight rate primer,[107]
Freight rates decrease in 1897-1907,[180]
Freight rates, low, encourage production,[90]
Freight service compared with mail service,[151]
Freight traffic, 1908-1909,[352]
Freight traffic, statistics of, 1888 to 1909,[354]
French railway employes, number of,[329]
French system vicious,[235]
Fuel, cost of, 1899 to 1909,[367]
Fuel, cost of, in several states,[170]
Fuel for locomotives, cost of,[168]
German railway employes, number and pay of,[328]
German railways owned and operated by the state,[220]
Germany, railway statistics of,[390]
Gibb, Sir George S., on Railway Nationalization,[238]
Government assistance sought,[12]
Government may not usurp management of railways,[207]
Government ownership must assume all risks,[259]
Gradients on first Pennsylvania railroad,[22-26]
Grade crossings, elimination of,[133]
Growth of the railways,[137-391]
Harbors insignificant compared to railroad yards,[52]
Harrisburg to Pittsburg, location of road from,[21]
Hazard, decreased, to train crews,[377]
Heating cars,[129]
Heurteau, Emile, on American railway system,[282]
Hides, relation of freight rates to price,[98]
High grade tonnage, increase in,[190]
Highways in the 18th century,[9]
Hill, James J., speeches at Seattle and Tacoma,[45]
Home markets, Americans turn to,[11]
Hostility to railroads, reasons therefor,[241]
Household furniture, freight rates on,[109]
Human element in operation,[135]
Improvements, demand for, imperative,[203]
Improvements, postponement of,[68]
Income account, 1908,[292]
Income account, calendar year 1909,[298]
Income account of leased roads,[360]
Increasing cost of railway maintenance and operation,[67]
Injuries to persons and damages,[365]
Interrelation of rates,[275]
Interlocking signals,[125]
Interstate Commerce Law contradictory,[201]
Iron ore, relation of freight charge on, to industry,[100]
Isolation of interior settlements,[7]
Italian railways owned by the state,[221]
Knapp, Chairman I. C. C., letter to Senate committee,[285]
Knapp, Chairman I. C. C., analysis of same,[286]
Knapp, Chairman I. C. C., on fair returns for railway investments,[113]
Kruttschnitt, Julius, on railway mail pay,[142]
Land grants unremunerative to railways,[76]
Lane, Commissioner I. C. C., on relation of capitalization to rates,[84]
Leather belting, freight rates on,[112]
Legislation adds to expense of railways,[74]
Lighting cars,[130]
Lincoln, Abraham, in Mississippi bridge case,[131]
Living, cost of,[329]
Living, cost of, for normal families, 1901,[330]
Locomotives, cost, 1897-1907,[194]
Locomotives, cost to build in Australia,[316]
Locomotives, development,[129]
Locomotives, hauling power measured by weight, not revenues,[149]
Locomotives, number and capacity, 1902 to 1909,[315]
Low freight rates, how made possible,[104]
Lumber, relation of freight charge to price,[100]
Mail carrying made unremunerative,[143]
Mail cars stronger and cost more,[146]
Mail pay, railway,[142]
Mail, receipts for carrying,[350]
Mail, receipts from, compared with other receipts,[144]
Mail routes, effect of heavy traffic on,[155]
Management, railway, a learned profession,[210]
Manufactures earn more than railways,[77]
Margin between earnings and expenses narrow,[114]
Massachusetts railroad commission commended,[236]
Meat, effect of freight charge on price,[92]
Mexican railway situation,[226]
Mileage by states, 1907, 1908 and 1909,[307]
Mileage of American railways, 1909,[306]
Mileage, ratio to area and population,[307]
Mileage, 1890 to 1909,[308]
Miles built in 1890-1909, by states,[308]
Mississippi river, first bridge across,[131]
Money for improvements must be earned or borrowed,[50]
Municipal bodies unfitted for business enterprises,[256]