Causes Affecting Railway Rates And Fares

Author : Howard Elliott
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ISBN 13 : 9781330845776
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book The Railway Inquiry written by Howard Elliott and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railway Inquiry: In the Matter of Rates, Fares and Charges of Carriers by Railroad Subject to the Interstate Commerce Act That organization follows, in a general way, the organization prepared when we handled Ex Parte 74 (the rate case of August, 1920) before you. The Eastern group of railroads have subdivided themselves into a Trunk Line group, a Central Freight Association group and a New England group. The Southern group is as it was before; the Western group is as it was before. For each one of these groups there has been created an executive committee, made up of executive officers and, with them, committees of lawyers, of accountants and of traffic officers. The very best and most intelligent men that are in the service of the carriers will appear before you, in due time, to answer as completely as they can the thirteen inquiries and discuss as completely as they can the thirteen subjects outlined by you in your written paper of November 28th, and any other matters that you may, in your wisdom, bring up. Now, I think it may fairly be said that the representatives of the carriers, while appearing necessarily as representatives and, if you like, advocates of this great transportation machine, come before you also fully imbued with a spirit of looking at the economic situation of the United States and of the world as a whole. I believe these railroad officers realize that, under the very unusual economic conditions now confronting the world, the principles laid down in the Transportation Act cannot be carried out to an exact arithmetical conclusion. Reductions in Rates Already Made This spirit among the railroads and their officers has already been evidenced by voluntary adjustments of rates almost countless in number. The Commission knows of them thoroughly well. 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.