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The Railway Library, 1909 A Collection of Noteworthy Chapters, Addresses, and Papers Relating to Railways, Mostly Published During the Year

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A COLLECTION OF NOTEWORTHY CHAPTERS, ADDRESSES AND PAPERS RELATING TO RAILWAYS, MOSTLY PUBLISHED DURING THE YEAR.

COMPILED AND EDITED BY

SLASON THOMPSON

Manager of the Bureau of Railway News
and Statistics
Chicago

Chicago

The Gunthorp-Warren Printing Co
1910

		Page
Introduction		3


Pre-Railway Era in America		5
By F. A. Cleveland and F. W. Powell.


First Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company		21
By J. Edgar Thomson.


Railways and the Pacific Northwest		45
By James J. Hill.


Southern Railways and their needs		58
By John F. Wallace.


Problems Confronting American Railways		66
By Daniel Willard.


The Railroad Situation of To-day		80
By Frank Trumbull.


Transportation Charge and Prices		90
By Logan G. McPherson.


The Freight Rate Primer		107
Issued by the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co.


Progressive Safety in Railway Operation		116
By A. H. Smith.


Railway Mail Pay		142
By Julius Kruttschnitt.


The Diminished Purchasing Power of Railway Earnings		165
By C. C. McCain.


The Railroads and Public Approval		199
By Edward P. Ripley.


Railroads and the Public		205
By John C. Spooner.


Railroad Problems of To-day		211
By J. B. Thayer.


The Relation of the Railroads to the State		220
By W. M. Acworth, M. A.


Railway Nationalization		238
By Sir George S. Gibb.


Concerning Advances in Railway Rates		261
By the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1909.


Statistics of American Railways for 1909		291
By Slason Thompson.


I	Mileage in 1909	306
II	Equipment