Argument Of Mr Franklin B Gowen President Of The Philadelphia Reading Rr Co Before The Committee On Commerce Of The House Of Representatives

Author : Franklin B. Gowen
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656393879
Total Pages : 38 pages
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Download or read book Argument of Mr. Franklin B. Gowen, President of the Philadelphia Reading R. R. Co;, Before the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives written by Franklin B. Gowen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Argument of Mr. Franklin B. Gowen, President of the Philadelphia Reading R. R. Co;, Before the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives: Upon House of Representative Bill No; 1028, to Regulate Inter-State Commerce, and to Prohibit Unjust Discrimination by Common Carriers, Washington, D. C., January 27th, 1880 As my time is limited I will speak as rapidly as possible, and will endeavor to confine myself to facts. I will refer to the evils which exist, and endeavor to suggest a specific remedy for these evils. Unfortunately I am the president of a railroad company. My own company is distinguished from the trunk lines, both in its organization and in its business. Although its system is confined within a circle described by a radius of one hundred miles, it moves far more tonnage than any railroad in the United States. It has built up a large local traffic, its business is confined almost exclusively to local industries; and so it may be said to depend upon local, as distinguished from that which is called inter-state, commerce. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.