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Sanborn, John Bell. Congressional grants of land in aid of railways. Madison, Wis., 1899. 130 pp. 8. (Bulletin of the Univer sity of Wisconsin, no. 30.)

Sawyer, Nat. The Brotherhood of engineers and its relation to the railroads.

(In Compendium of transportation theories, pp. 209-215. Washington, D. C., 1893. 8°.)

Schonfarber, J. G. Corporate ownership of railroads the backbone of the trust; protective tariff its right arm.

(In Chicago conference on trusts, pp. 343-349. Chicago, 1900. 12°.)

Schoonmaker, Augustus. Discriminations from the use of private cars of shippers.

(In Compendium of transportation theories, pp. 191-196. Washington, D. C., 1893. 8°.)

Limitations upon railway powers.

(In Compendium of transportation theories, pp. 96-103. Washington, D. C., 1893. 8°.)

The railroad malady and its treatment.

(In Compendium of transportation theories, pp. 20-30. Washington, D. C., 1893. 8°.)

Comment of Aldace F. Walker, pp. 29-30.

Unity of railways and railway interests.

(In Compendium of transportation theories, pp. 57–66. Washington, D. C., 1893. 8°.)

Seligman, Edwin R. A. Railway tariffs and the interstate commerce law.

(In Political science quarterly, vol. 2, June, 1887, pp. 223-264;
Sept., 1887, pp. 369-413.)

Smalley, Eugene V. History of the Northern Pacific railroad.
New York: G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883. xxiv, 437 pp.
Plates (woodcuts). Folded map. 8°.

Squire, William P. The political problems of national ownership of railroads. Will it benefit the farmers?

Washington, D. C.: Press of Hartman & Cadick, 1894. 8 pp. 8°.

Sterne, Simon. An address on interstate railway traffic, at the 10th annual meeting of the National Board of trade. Dec. 11, 1879.

Boston: Tolman & White, 1880. 22 pp. 8°.

Argument before the Assembly committee on railroads,
Albany, March 5th, 1878.

New York: Douglas Taylor, 1878. 22 pp. 8°.

Sterne, Simon. Argument of Simon Sterne, delivered at Albany, March 7th, 1878, before the Committee on railroads, on "Bill to create a Board of railroad commissioners, and to regulate their powers.'

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Closing argument on behalf of the Chamber of commerce, and Board of trade and transportation of New York, delivered on December 2d and 3d, 1879, before the Special assembly committee on railroads appointed under a resolution of the assembly, to investigate alleged abuses in the management of railroads.

New York: Evening post steam presses, 1880. viii, 156 pp.

8°.

Legislation concerning, and management of railways in the
United States.

(In Lalor, J. J. Cyclopaedia of political science, political economy,
and of the political history of the United States, vol. 3 pp. 512–531.
Chicago, 1884. 8°.)

Railroad poolings and discriminations.

Information by

Simon Sterne in answer to questions propounded by the Chief of the Bureau of statistics, Treasury Department of the United States, 1879.

[n. p.], 1879. 19-28 pp. 8°.

The railway problem.

New York: Thompson & Moreau, 1880. 34 pp. 8°.

Reprinted from the "National quarterly review," Apr., 1880.

The railway problem in the state of New York. Opening
statement by Simon Sterne, counsel for the Chamber of
commerce and Board of trade and transportation, before
the Assembly special committee on railroads. New York,
June 12, 1879.

New York: Evening post steam presses, 1879. 23 pp. 8°.
Railway reorganization.

[n. p.], 1890. 37-53 pp. 8°.

Reprinted from the "Forum," Sept., 1890.

Recent railroad failures and their lessons.

[n. p.], 1894. 20 pp. 8°.

Reprinted from the "Forum," Mar., 1894.

Stickney, A. B. The future of the railroad problem.

(In Compendium of transportation theories, pp. 51-56. Washington, D. C., 1893. 8°.)

The railway problem.
St. Paul, Minn.: D.
249 pp. 120.

With many illustrative diagrams.
D. Merrill company, 1891. vii, (1),

Swain, H. H.

Economic aspects of railroad receiverships.

(In American economic association. Economic studies, vol. 3, pp. 53-161. New York, 1898. 8°.)

Swayne, Wager. The legal aspect of railroad strikes.-The Ann Arbor decision.

(In Compendium of transportation theories, pp. 121-128. Washington, D. C. 1893. 8°.)

Taussig, Frank William. A contribution to the theory of railway rates. (In Quarterly journal of economics, vol. 5, July, 1891, pp. 438–465.) Teisberg, A. K. Report of the Committee on government ownership, control, and regulation of railways.

(In United States. Interstate commerce commission. Proceedings of a national convention of railroad commissioners, May 19 and 20, 1896, pp. 66-78. Washington, 1896. 8°.)

The report is also signed by Isaac B. Brown and Olin Merrill, and is followed by a minority report signed by S. O. Wilson.

Thompson, J. E. The farmers' fight against the railroads. An impartial review.

Published by J. E. Thompson & co., Indianapolis, Ind., [1874]. 16 pp. 8°.

Thurman, Allen G., and others. Report of Messrs. Thurman, Washburne, and Cooley, constituting an advisory commission on differential rates by railroads between the west and the seaboard. Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. 19 pp.

Same.

Fo.

(In Great Britain. Parliament. Sessional papers, 1882, vol. 61.) Report dated New York, July 20, 1882.

(In the Railroad gazette, vol. 26, July 28, 1882, pp. 453-457.) Todd, Marion. Railways of Europe and America; or, Government ownership. With notes from official sources

214 pp. 8°.

Boston: Arena publishing company, 1893. 293 pp. 120. Tunell, George G. Railway mail service: a comparative study of railway rates and service. Chicago: The Lakeside press, 1901. United States. Census office. 10th census. Report on the agencies of transportation in the United States, including the statistics of railroads, steam navigation, canals, telegraphs, and telephone. Washington: Government printing office, 1883. 869 pp. 4°. (U. S. Tenth Census. 1880. vol. 4.)

CONTENTS. Statistical report of the railroads in the United States, by Armin E. Shuman; Report on steam navigation in the United States, by T. C. Purdy; Report on the canals of the United States, by T. C. Purdy; Report on the statistics of telegraphs and telephones in the United States, by Armin E. Shuman; Report on the postal telegraph service in foreign countries, compiled by Robert B. Lines. Addendum: Note on express companies.

United States.

Census office. tiou business in the United States at the eleventh census:

11th census. Report on transporta

1890. Henry C. Adams, special agent.

Washington: Government printing office, 1894-1895. 2 pts.
Folded maps. 4°.

Part I. Transportation by land, 1895.

Part II. Transportation by water, 1894.

This report also appears as 52d Congress, 1st session, House miscellaneous document 340, part 21, vol. 50, part 11.

40th Congress, 2d session. House report no. 57. Regulation and control of railroads. Report from the Committee on roads and canals. June 9, 1868. 20 pp. 8°.

"The committee are instructed, if, in their opinion, Congress has the power under the Constitution to provide by law for the regulation and control of railroads extending from State to State, to report a bill which will secure: First. The safety of passengers. Second. Uniform and equitable rates of fare. Third. Uniform and equitable charges for freight or transportation. Fourth. Proper connections with each other as to transportation of passengers and freight."

The minority report, pp. 8-20, "concludes that the measures referred to and proposed can not be constitutionally enacted by Congress and ought not to be entertained; and that, if the power existed, its exercise would be inexpedient."

43d Congress, 1st session. Senate report no. 307, pts. 1 and 2. Report of the Select committee on transportation routes to the seaboard, with appendix and evidence. April 24, 1874. 2 vols.

8°.

Known as the Windom report.

CONTENTS.-Part 1: Protection; Home consumption and foreign exportation; Freights and prices; The course of trade; Foreign markets; Actual competition between water and rail transport; Defects and abuses of existing systems of transportation; The constitutional power of Congress to regulate commerce among the several states; Competition between railways and its promotion by the construction of additional lines; Direct regulation by Congress; Indirect regulation and reduction of charges through the agency of one or more railway lines to be owned or controlled by the Government; The improvement of natural and construction of artificial waterways; Summary of conclusions and recommendations. Part 2: Testimony.

House report no. 28. Commerce by railroad among the several states. Report from the Committee on railways and canals. Jan. 19, 1874. 13 pp. 8°.

Report from the Committee

45th Congress, 2d session. House report no. 245. Regula-
tion of inter-state commerce.
on commerce. Feb. 26, 1878.
Presented by John H. Reagan.

16 pp.

16 pp.

8°.

United States. 45th Congress, 2d session. House report no. 379. Cheap transportation between East and West. Report from the Committee on railways and canals to provide for cheap transportation of freight between tide-water on or near the Atlantic ocean, and the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Mar. 13, 1878. 20 pp. 8°.

47th Congress, 1st session. House. Committee on commerce. Arguments and statements before the Committee on commerce in relation to certain bills referred to that committee proposing Congressional regulation of interstate commerce. Feb. 23, 1882.

Washington: Government printing office, 1882. 269 pp. 8°. (47th Congress, 1st session. House miscellaneous document no. 55.)

Contains arguments of Wayne MacVeagh, Albert Fink, and others. House report no. 1399. A bureau of inter-state commerce. Report from the Committee on commerce. 13, 1882. 3 pp. 8°.

Majority report presented by Amos Townsend.

House report no. 1399, pt. 2.

June

Same. Views of the

minority. June 12, 1882. 7 pp. 8°.

Minority report by John H. Reagan.

48th Congress, 2d session. Senate report no. 1571. Prelim-
inary report from the Committee on transportation routes
to the seaboard. Mar. 3, 1885. 43 pp. Folded map. 8°.
49th Congress, 1st session. Senate report no. 46, pts. 1 and
2. Report of the Senate select committee on interstate
commerce. (With appendix.)

Washington: Government printing office, 1886. 2 vols. 8°.
Presented by Mr. Cullom.

CONTENTS.-Part 1: The railroad system of the United States-Its
evolution and extent; The internal commerce of the United States;
The power of Congress to regulate commerce-A review of the
declarations of the United States Supreme court on the subject;
The relations of the railroad to the community and to the gov-
ernmental authority; The various methods of railroad regula-
tion; The course of railroad legislation in England; Railroad
legislation in the United States; Summary of the provisions of
the state statutes-The work of the State commissions; The
comparative volume of state and interstate traffic-Returns from
leading railroads; Competition between waterways and rail-
roads-Water routes the most effective regulators of railway
charges; The necessity of national regulation on interstate com-
merce; The causes of complaint against the railroad system; Rail-
road rates-The principles upon which they should be established,
and the limitations within which discrimination may be justifi-
able; Publicity the best remedy for unjust discrimination; A
national commission-Its establishment recommended for the
enforcement of the legislation proposed; The committee's bill.
Part 2: Testimony.

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