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The Railroad Problem

The Railroad Problem

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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Railroad Problem, by Edward Hungerford

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Title: The Railroad Problem

Author: Edward Hungerford

Release Date: July 2, 2012 [eBook #40125]

Language: English

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***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE RAILROAD PROBLEM***

 

E-text prepared by David Edwards
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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from page images generously made available by
Internet Archive
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THE RAILROAD PROBLEM

 

 

 

Larger Image

Courtesy of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.

An interesting illustration of rail-power development. Notice the evolution of the crude steam engine of
1848 into the giant locomotive of 1913, which in turn is overshadowed by the later arrival—electricity.

 

Courtesy of the C. M. & St. P. Railway.

Steam, the giant power, which, by welding our states together with bands
of steel, has been a mighty factor in the unifying of the nation.

 

 

 

The
Railroad Problem

 

By
Edward Hungerford
Author of “The Modern Railroad,” etc.

 

 

Illustrated

 

Chicago
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1917

 

 

Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1917

Published April, 1917

 

W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO

 

 

To
An Old Friend, and a Good One
Samuel O. Dunn

 

 


Acknowledgment

I wish to express my indebtedness to the editors of Collier’s, Every Week, and the Saturday Evening Post for their very gracious permission to use, as portions of this book, parts of my articles which have appeared recently in their publications. To Mr. E. W. McKenna of New York is due a special word of appreciation for his helpfulness in the preparation of this book.

E. H.

 

 


Contents

CHAPTER   PAGE
I The Sick Man of American Business 1
II The Plight of the Railroad 5
III Organized Labor—The Engineer 30
IV Organized Labor—The Conductor 45
V Unorganized Labor—The Man with the Shovel 62
VI Unorganized Labor—The Station Agent 77
VII The Labor Plight of the Railroad 90
VIII The Opportunity of the Railroad 105
IX The Iron Horse and the Gas Buggy 134
X More Railroad Opportunity public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@40125@[email protected]#Page_158"

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