6–6931.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The whole is like a bit of ‘Cranford’ with a few more masculine complications.” Mary Moss.
| + | Atlan. 99: 118. Ja. ’07. 190w. |
McPherson, Logan Grant. Working of the railroads. **$1.50. Holt.
6–43941.
“The author does not so much analyze the technical work of the individual railroad departments as the general principles which they pursue in their work.... The separate chapters deal with construction and operation, traffic, accounting and statistics, financial and executive administration, correlation and integration of the railroads and with their relations to the public and the state.” (Ann. Am. Acad.) “It would pay the railroads to buy a million copies of this book and place it in the hands of the public for educational purposes.” (Dial.)
| A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 125. My. ’07. S. |
“The general and elementary principles of railroad transportation are explained in an interesting way.”