INDICES. I. INDEX TO COMMISSIONERS' REPORT PROPER. Austria, attempts to solve the railway problem in.. 75 Average monthly freight charges by water, by lake and rail, and by all rail (table)...... 103 reported cost, per mile, of railroads (table). 22 B. Belgium, attempts to solve the railway problem in..... Bonded security, depreciation of.... C. Canal carriage, economy of... 102 Capital, state control demanded in the interests of, (see Experience) 86 stock paid, total lines...... 38 original sources of, (see Experience) 87 protection of, from mismanagement, (see Experience) 86 public consequences of security for, (see Experience) 88 Cash valuation, present. 28 and reported cost of railroads in Wisconsin, Jan., 1875, (table).. 21 Causes of undue cost of construction, (see Construction).. Charges, direct limitation of-Maximum rates fairly determined. 105 65 indirect limitation of, by limitation of profits. 111 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, debt and earnings for Wisconsin....... gross earnings of.. Chicago and Northwestern, freight and earnings of . Igross earnings of, 1873]... original subscriptions to stock. passenger earnings of Classification and legislation, uniformity in of freights, uniformity in.. the work of Codification, digest of railway laws, revision and Commission, official papers of the with adquate powers ...... ... Commissioners-results, inter-state conferences of.. Common road carriage of grain, limited to short distances. to some extent available... Concealment, absence of, important.. Conclusions, summary of.... Condition of the railroads, character and.. Conference of Commissioners-results, inter-state. Constitution of Illinois on railways... of German Empire so far as it concerns railways.. Consequences, Public, of insecurity for capital . Constructed, roads recently...... Construction, causes of undue cost of slight pecuniary interest of managers injudicious location of lines... corrupt letting of contracts 26 24 32 29 31 31 38 115 18 45 44 137 38 102 61 49 101 132 139 137 39 38 .... construction, payments for dividends, interest and new. construction, Railroads in course of....... construction, railway, and management, evils of Contracts, corrupt letting of.. Contracts, Publicity of.. Control demanded by the interests of capital. demanded by the public interests.. individual interest with no harmonizing general necessity of, a growing one...... Controversy, nature of the.... Corporate power, final limitation upon Corrupt letting of contracts Cost, actual, the question of.. of construction, causes of undue (see Construction) 54 of Railroads in Wisconsin Jan., 1873, Present cash valuation and 21 of railroads reported to this state, Dec. 31, 1873 (table). 20 per mile of railroads, average reported (table) 22 Rates not determined by the railway method of computing. D. Debt and earnings for Wisconsin [C., M. & St. P. R'y] Digest of railway laws, revision and codification Directors and officers... Statutory limitations upon the power of. Disregard of public convenience.... Discrimination, prohibition of unjust Dividends, interest and new construction, payments for... E. 26 87 45 135 130 116 63 23 44 Earnings, debt and, for Wis. [C. M. & St. P. Ry.]. gross, of lines reported to this state, and in Wisconsin. "Potter Law" treats connecting lines as continuous, but is silent Economy, relative, of transportation by water and by rail (table). England and Wales, number of passengers conveyed in 1st, 2d and 3d that the consequent right and the necessity of control are nowhere 33 33 53 51 Farm-mortgage aid to railway companies Fare, direct limitations upon the rates of. Fares, foreign passenger, (table) for long and short distances Fault of past railway legislation in the United States Freight charges, average by water, by water and rail, and by rail, (table) 103 earnings of Chicago and Northwestern Railway. publicity of rates of.. uniformity in classification of 32 112 115 G. Gains, private, at expense of company and public. H. Holland, attempts to solve the railway problem in I. Illinois, attempts to solve the railway problem in Indebtedness, receipts, costs, net earnings and Injuries and destruction of life, increased responsibility for. of railway investments.. Inspection, careful and frequent Interest and new construction, payments for dividends. Interests of capital, control is demanded by the.... Real, of the company, failure to appreciate the.. Investments, Insecurity of railway.. Italy, Attempts to solve the railway problem in. L. Land grants, misappropriation of... in aid of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin roads Legislation, railway, in the United States, general faults of. Law, the "Potter,"-its merits railway, in Wisconsin, general faults of railway, in Wisconsin, not sufficiently guarded railway, in Wisconsin, to special.... "Potter Law" based on the principle of general rather than spe- 56 57-60 91 89 90 90 90 91 Uniformity in classification and 38 Life, increased responsibility for injuries and destruction of.. direct, upon rates of fare indirect, of charges, by limitation of profits statutory, upon the power of directors.. Letting of contracts, corrupt.... Limitation, direct, of charges-Maximum rates fairly determined. Limitations, final, upon corporate power Lines, fraudulent purchase of.. injudicious location of . Local aid to railway companies. Location of lines, injudicious Losses entailed by "Potter Law" 55 119 105 108 111 124 130 55 55 35 55 34 Managers, relation of stockholders to..... Slight pecuniary interest of..... Massachusetts, attempts to solve the railway problem in. Maxima, the "Potter Law" fixes for car loads only.. Maximum rates fairly determined-direct limitation of charges. Preferable to specific..... Michigan, attempt to solve the railway problem in. Mileage of European railways owned and operated by states and compa- Wisconsin railroads (table)... Minnesota, attempts to solve the railway problem in. Minority representation in election of directors Misappropriation of land grants. Mismanagement of railroads in operation... private gains at expense of company and public.. ... Mismanagement, protection of capital from.. Mortgage, aid, farm to railways.. Municipal, town and county aid to railways. N. New construction, payment for dividends, interest and.......... 0. Officers, railroad directors and ... Official papers of the commission.. Ogden, Wm. B., on cost of Chicago and Northwestern Railway, value Ohio, attempts to solve the railway problem in Operation, mismanagement of railroads in, (see Mismanagement). state, inapplicable.... P. Papers and documents accompanying this report. official, of the Commission... Passenger earnings of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway fares, foreign, (table).. 109 trains, connection of... 118 Passengers, number of, conveyed in 1st, 2d and 3d class trains, England and Wales, 1870, (table) 110 Passengers, proportion per cent. traveling by 1st, 2d and 3d class cars in 110 Payments for dividends, interest and new construction Pecuniary interest of managers, slight ... Pennsylvania, attempts to solve the railway problem in People not free from censure Police regulations, better. Portugal, Spain and, Attempts to solve the railway problem in.. It is based on the principle of general, rather than specific legis. ... Maximum preferable to specific rates... It provides for correct information as the basis of future action.. 92 120 |