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List under New York, State, and und of vital importance. The works Transportation, General discussions, to this phase of the railroad questi taining references on the Northern s

The farmer and the railroad.products; . . . The railway, the fa "State railroad control, with a hist Hardesty's "The mother of trusts. 'the man with the plow;"" Larrabee tin's "History of the grange moven monopolies;" Meyer's "Railway le Morgan's "History of the Wheel and lution;" Prouty's "The dependence Robinson's "The octopus;" and 1 against the railroads."

Federal reports and legislation.-'1 lation is signalized by the "Report canals" presented June 9, 1868, on t roads, forming House report no. 57

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session. In 1874 a voluminous report known as the Windom report was published in two large volumes (43d Cong., 1st sess., S. rept. no. 307). The so-called Reagan bill providing for a government commission to regulate interstate commerce was introduced in 1878. Congress on the bill are noted on page 43 of this List. Reagan's report Debates in forms House report no. 245 of Forty-fifth Congress, second session. The subject was before Congress in each succeeding session without resulting in legislative action until 1887 when the Interstate commerce act was passed. In 1882 an important hearing was given by the House committee on commerce when arguments were presented by Wayne MacVeagh, Albert Fink and others (47th Cong., 1st sess., H. misc. doc. no. 55). In 1886 the Cullom report was presented (49th Cong., 1st sess., S. rept. no. 1571) which laid the foundation for the enactment of the Interstate commerce law. The speeches in Congress on this law are noted on pages 49-53 of this List.

For the operation of this law see the reports of the Interstate commerce commission, documents noted on pages 27-30 of this List. For discussions of the interstate commerce law see H. C. Adams's "A decade of federal railway regulation;" Clough's "The effect of the interstate act;" Cooley's "The interstate commerce act;" Dos Passos's "The interstate commerce aet, an analysis of its provisions;" Hadley's "The workings of the interstate commerce law;" Ingalls's "The railroads and the interstate law;" Johnson's "American railway transportation;" Lewis's "The standing of the interstate commerce commission before the federal courts;" Walker's "The amendment of the interstate commerce law." Articles in periodicals discussing the effect of the law are listed in chronological order on pages 35-42 of this List; among these the following may be noted: Bacon's "The inadequate powers of the Interstate commerce commission" in "North American review," vol. 174, pp. 46-58; Davis's "The Interstate commerce commission and the public" in "Outlook," vol. 64, pp. 626–628; Hines's "The proposals of the Interstate commerce commission" in "Forum," vol. 33, pp. 3-13; McLean's "Federal regulation of railroads in the United States" in "Economic journal," vol. 10, pp. 151-171; Newcomb's "A decade in federal railway regulation" in "Popular science monthly," vol. 51, pp. 811-819; Newcomb's "American statistical practice: The Interstate commerce commission" in "Yale review," vol. 11, pp. 164– 197; and his "The Industrial commission on transportation" in "Political science quarterly," vol. 17, pp. 568–608; Prouty's "Powers of the Interstate commerce commission" in "Forum," vol. 27, pp. 223236; see also "North American review," vol. 167, pp. 543-557; Ripley's "The Industrial commission on transportation" in "Political science quarterly," vol. 18, pp. 313-320; Sedgwick's "Ten years of federal railway regulation" in "Nation," vol. 66, pp. 219-220; Smith's "The powers of the Interstate commerce commission " in "North American

State railroad commissions.-T reports of railroad commissioners o Arkansas, California, Colorado, Con Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, York, North Carolina, North Da Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, T consin. States having no railroad ware, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, M Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washingto

Trans-Missouri decision.-Attorn Government in the case of the U freight association is given in the 1897. The text of the decision of U. S. 290 and is reprinted in the April 2, 1897, and in Senate docu first session, entered in this List decision is discussed in "America 1897, pp. 451-454; "Central law jo 319-321; "Chicago legal news," v

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"Railway age," vol. 23, pp. 241-243, 271-272, and by George R. Blanchard in the "Forum" for June, 1897.

Histories of great railroad corporations.-Chapman's "The Northern Pacific railroad;" Davis's "The Union Pacific railway;" Hollander's "The Cincinnati Southern railway" (Johns Hopkins university studies, 12th ser., nos. 1-2); Reizenstein's "The economic history of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, 1827-1853" (Johns Hopkins university studies, 15th ser., nos. 7-8); Robinson's "The octopus. A history of the construction, . . . of the Central Pacific, Southern Pacific of Kentucky, Union Pacific, and other subsidized railroads;" Smalley's "History of the Northern Pacific railroad;" Smith's "A history and description of the Baltimore and Ohio rail road;" White's "History of the Union Pacific railway;" and W. B. Wilson's "History of the Pennsylvania railroad company."

A series of articles by Edward S. Meade entitled "The great American railways systems" appearing in the Railway World beginning in the number for Nov. 21, 1903, deals with the "The Wabash railroad," "The greater Wabash as an investment," "The Reading," "Community of interest among the anthracite roads," "The Lehigh valley," "The New York Central," "The New York Central: expansion and traffic results," "The Pennsylvania," "The Pennsylvania: its financial policy," "The Pennsylvania: its growth and expansion," "Future direction of railway traffic," "The Illinois Central," "The Missouri Pacific, ""The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe," "The Atchison: its financial history," "The Baltimore and Ohio," and "The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy." These articles are to be published in book form when completed.

The Library of Congress receives currently the following periodicals relating to railroads:

American engineer and railroad journal, New York; Bulletin of the International railway congress (English edition); Brussels; The Commercial & financial chronicle: Railway and industrial section, New York; International railway journal, Philadelphia and Chicago; The Official railway equipment register, New York; The Railroad employee, Newark, N. J.; Railroad gazette, New York; The Railway age, Chicago; Railway and locomotive engineering, New York; The Railway engineer, London; Railway line clearances and car dimensions, New York; Railway machinery, locomotive and car equipment, New York; The Railway magazine, London; The Railway news, London; Railway world, Philadelphia and New York; Roadmaster and foreman, the American railway track journal, Chicago.

HERBERT PUTNAM

Librarian of Congress

Washington, D. C., July 1, 1904

A. P. C. GRIFFIN
Chief Bibliographer

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