Chapter I: 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 314

III Employes and their Compensation 321

IV Capitalization 337

V Cost of Construction 342

VI Ownership of American Railways 345

VII Public Service of the Railways 346

VIII Earnings and Expenses 358

IX Taxes 363

X Damages and Injuries to Persons 365

XI Locomotive Fuel 367

XII The Safety of American Railways 368

XIII Railway Receiverships in 1909 384

XIV Cost of Railway Regulation 385

XV Statistics of Foreign Railways 386

XVI Growth of Railways 391

Recommendations 393

INDEX 395