| + + + | Spec. 98: 424. Mr. 16, ’07. 470w. |
“A wholly new contribution to the history of England—a contribution which is invaluable on account of its thoroughness of research, the fulness of the authorities quoted for every important statement, and not least for the excellence of its arrangement and indexing.” Annie G. Porritt.
| + + + | Yale R. 15: 460. F. ’07. 1420w. |
Webb, Walter Loring. Economics of railroad construction. $2.50. Wiley.
6–35441.
“It is designed as a manual of instruction for those engaged in the practical problems of railroad engineering, but it aims at the same time to give an insight into the problems of railroad management and control. With this in mind, Part 1 is devoted to the ‘Financial and legal elements of the problem,’ in which an excellent summary is given of railroad statistics, organization capitalization and valuation, and a chapter on methods of estimating volume of traffic. Part 2 concerns the ‘Operating elements of the problem,’ including motive power, car construction and operation, track economics, and train resistance. Part 3, called the ‘Physical elements of the problem,’ discusses distance, curvature and grades.”—Pol. Sci. Q.
“A more accurate and descriptive title for Professor Webb’s book would have been ‘The technical problems of railroad construction and operation.’” Emory R. Johnson.
| + | Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 619. N. ’07. 280w. |
“The work as a whole is an excellent treatment of a subject the complete understanding of which is essential to those upon whom rests the responsibility for the economic design and improvement of railways. A vast amount of matter is epitomized and systematized into convenient compass, which considering the authority of its source, should commend it alike to the student and the busy contractor.” Walter W. Colpitts.