633 401 Provisions for, as proposed in Plumb plan (Plumb). Public tribunal should determine necessity for (Fulbright). Surplus income of good years to provide for, in poor years (Johnson) - 1518 Adjustment of rates. (See Rates.) Administrative bodies, difficulties encountered in maintaining independent 1210-1211 Administrative function, Interstate Commerce Commission should be Made for the benefit of the public, have been perverted to the profit of 824 Privileges accorded railways for purpose of aiding the public in secur- 824 822-823 Work of the Interstate Commerce Commission to ascertain and report Alaska: Endeavors and practices of Canadian lines to eliminate American Jurisdiction over water lines in, should be retained by Shipping Bunch Protection of American trade with (W. L. Clark). 822 2612 1771 1756, 1776 2610 Rail-and-water and all-water rates should be subject to jurisdiction 1757 Alaska investigation, excerpt from (W. L. Clark). 2591 2515 Allegany Trades Council of Allegany County, Md., resolution adopted by, 3540 American Electric Railway Association, letter submitted by, relative to 3418 1306 Belief of, for adjustment of differences between employer and em- 558 Composition of, a federation of international unions (Morrison) – 558 564 Declaration of, upon subject of compulsory arbitration (Gompers) 3126-3128 555, 569, 571 556 Political policy of (Morrison). 584 Resolution introduced at convention of, at Atlantic City, N. J., on June 17, 1919 (Morrison). 553-554 Page. American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers' Association, resolutions 3543 3539 American Institute of Consulting Engineers (Inc.): Statement and recommendations respecting the railroad problem, American Short Line Railroad Association, letter submitted by, relative 3428 3506-3503 American Society of Civil Engineers, plan proposed by S. Whinery for Amortization : Capital obligation (Anderson) – 2691-2003 1573, 1576-1577 649 Fixed capital of railroads by the Government, advocated (Rich) 219 632 Stocks bought in by corporation to constitute (Lenroot). 2121 Amster, Nathan L., statement of_ Anthracite Coal case (25 I. C. C., 266) Anderson & Gustafson (Inc.), letter submitted by, relative to proposed 3458 1500 743 Modification of Sherman law to permit consolidations, approved 1378 Section 10 of Clayton Act, in so far as it relates to railroads, should 192 Appointments, power and duties of the President as to (Cowan) _____ 849–850 Arbitration conference, address of Mr. Samuel Gompers before, held at Assigned car practice. (See Cars.) 3141-34 Associated Industries of Massachusetts, plan indorsed by (Rich ) ___ Association of Railway Executives. (See Railway Executives.) Atkeson, Thomas C., letter submitted by, opposing Government ownership Attorney-examiner, branch office of Interstate Commerce Commission Austin, Charles J., statement of---- Austria-Hungary: Administrative organization for deciding labor questions in 3176,24 Special benefits to workers in__ Autocracy, military system is based on absolute (Plumb). B. Bacon v. Boston & Maine Railroad (83 Vt., 442). Baker, Joseph L., letter submitted by, offering suggestions with reference 3301 Balance of trade. (See Trade balance.) Balance sheet, summary covering, Class I roads operated by United 3559-3575 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad failed to earn its standard return under the Inevitable upon return of roads to private ownership under existing 1356 Railroads will bankrupt Nation (Spelling). 2406 Relinquishment of Government control would plunge railroads into 329 Roads will be forced into, if returned to private ownership without 1281 Banks: Control over weak lines by banking interests (Rich). 374 1515 1095 System of regulation covering, compared with railroads (Thom)__ 1187 751 Practicability of, upon the Mississippi River (Beek). 2627 Unusual delay in construction of, on the upper Mississippi River 2645 Barr, W. B., letter submitted by, relative to competition between rail 3420 Barrett, Thomas F., statement of.. 2195 Bayne, Howard, letter submitted by, setting forth views on railroad Power of Interstate Commerce Commission to prescribe terms of 138-139 Terms and conditions of, should be prescribed by the Interstate Com- Freer 2252 Hopkins 2342 Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturers' Association, resolutions adopted by, 3547 Black, Gen. W. M.: Bill proposed by, creating department of transportation.. Blauvelt, Warren S., letter submitted by, relative to defraying railway 2429 Bledsoe, S. T.: Letter submitted by, relative to compelling railways to extend their 3375 Statement of___ 1431 Block, Henry W. C., letter submitted by, relative to equalization of rail- 3435 Page. 610 610-611 637 Value of thing to be purchased by the Government to be ascertained Board of governors, recommended (Amster) __. Board of mediation and conciliation. (See Labor disputes.) Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, letters submitted by, relative to 3422 Board of transportation. (See Transportation board.) Boats, normal life of, on Lakes (Evans) - 1720 Bogle, W. H., letter of, to Hon. Miles Poindexter, voicing opposition to Disbursements of the Burlington, Milwaukee, Chicago & North West- Charged that during period 1900-1910 eighteen representative roads 823 823 Boswell, L. B., letter submitted by, requesting enlightenment as to prefer- To employees for efficient and economical service (Hunt) – Brazil, contrast between Government-operated and privately operated Bunch, J. H.: Bullard, Admiral W. H. G., statement of, relating to wireless radio sta- Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, resolutions adopted by, relative to rail- 3529 2432 Statement of... Paper prepared by, showing underlying dangers if water lines in 1757 1769 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, proposed amendment to 3010 C. Cabinet officer. (See Secretary of transportation.) Cable companies. (See Intelligence.) Cain, Ben B., statement of_____ California v. Central Pacific Railroad (127 U. S., 1). 1800 1306 519 Canada: Objections to placing boats under control of railway commission of Capital: Amount of, necessary for proper development of the country's trans- Page. Assumption that roads in 1917 could not borrow, false (Wimbish). Cost of (letter submitted by Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. (Inc.). Difficult to obtain, due to governmental restrictions (Robinson). 1182 460 64, 97 3326 601 1956 64, 97 1186 No longer possible to raise, by issue of stock (Thom). Private- Attraction of, essential for successful operation of roads (Thom)_ 1206 288 Railroad, will not take all the risk without hope of profit (Lovett). 1302 1381 Capital account. (See Property investment account.) Capital and labor. (See also Employees.) Independent relationship should exist between (Gardner). Interests of, in many instances, identical (Plumb) Partnership of, approved (Chamberlain) __ Plan for adjustment of differences between (Luhrsen). Public would be exploited by joining of (Plumb) - Purpose of Plumb plan to divorce (Plumb) – Struggle between, discussed (Kulamer). Capital expenditures. Congress should not submit to demands of either (Wimbish) 456 1981 720 2146 2101 712 712 2056 505 2711 Based on earning power, abolition of (Plumb). 686 Consists of profits on profits (Spelling). 2406 Earnings on, 1915-1917 exceeded 5 per cent (Wimbish) 458 Investigations conducted by the Interstate Commerce Commission, in 691-692 Issues of, controlled to a great extent during the war through Capital 497 Expenditures for extensions out of surplus funds not to be capitalized 642 Few roads are overcapitalized (Decker)__ Foreign roads, compared with United States (Erb)__ Increase of, brings a new need for rate increases to meet the charge Regulation of, should exclude electric lines (Decker) – 917 Chairman 6 Wimbish 494 Return on, to-day compared with 10 years ago (Plumb). 676 Special, should be authorized to provide for reserve equipment 920 Steam roads in United States, June 30, 1900, to Dec. 31, 1918 (Clark) - 43-44 2737 Carr, E. M., statement of----- 2229 Cars: Adequate facilities for performing car service to be required by 15, 54, 109 "Car service," what the term should include (Loos) —. Definition of car service in the act to regulate commerce, broadened 2176 2922 11-12, 16, 53, 54 |