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... cars accumulated on account of the congestion which prevailed in the territory east of Chicago and St. Louis and north of the Ohio and Potomac in excess of the normal movement . Very serious conditions of car shortage existed both in ...
... cars accumulated on account of the congestion which prevailed in the territory east of Chicago and St. Louis and north of the Ohio and Potomac in excess of the normal movement . Very serious conditions of car shortage existed both in ...
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... cars was in the main and on the whole very slow . The time of movement of grain from Iowa points to Chicago was shown to be as slow as 2 days and as high as 25 days , the greater part taking from 4 to 8 days . Serious delays to loaded cars ...
... cars was in the main and on the whole very slow . The time of movement of grain from Iowa points to Chicago was shown to be as slow as 2 days and as high as 25 days , the greater part taking from 4 to 8 days . Serious delays to loaded cars ...
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... cars of all types including 167,232 coaches for draft and regular train movements . These troops were transported in com- parative freedom from accident , due largely to the steadfast main- tenance of a reasonable rate of speed . To ...
... cars of all types including 167,232 coaches for draft and regular train movements . These troops were transported in com- parative freedom from accident , due largely to the steadfast main- tenance of a reasonable rate of speed . To ...
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... cars were in daily use . MOVEMENT OF FOOD TO EUROPE . The food situation in the allied countries of Europe became ex- tremely critical in February last , representations being made by Great Britain , France , and Italy that unless the ...
... cars were in daily use . MOVEMENT OF FOOD TO EUROPE . The food situation in the allied countries of Europe became ex- tremely critical in February last , representations being made by Great Britain , France , and Italy that unless the ...
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... cars , or approximately 37,083,300 tons of bituminous coal loaded during the 10 months ending October 31 , 1918 , as compared with the same ten months in 1917 . Senator GORE . Will you kindly state that again ? Director General MCADOO ...
... cars , or approximately 37,083,300 tons of bituminous coal loaded during the 10 months ending October 31 , 1918 , as compared with the same ten months in 1917 . Senator GORE . Will you kindly state that again ? Director General MCADOO ...
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Page 19 - The pay for female employees, for the same class of work, shall be the same as that of men, and their working conditions must be healthful and fitted to their needs. The laws enacted for the government of their employment must be observed.
Page 78 - ... control of -which the President shall deem not needful or desirable; and the President may at any time during the period of Federal control agree with the owners thereof to relinquish all or any part of any railroad or system of transportation. The President may relinquish all railroads and systems of transportation under Federal control at any time he shall deem such action needful or desirable.
Page 5 - In some territories the railroads have furnished but a small part of the cars necessary for the transportation of staple articles of commerce, such as coal, grain, lumber, fruits, and vegetables. In consequence mills have shut down, prices have advanced, perishable articles of great value have been destroyed, and hundreds of carloads of food products have been delayed in reaching their natural markets.
Page 84 - That the Federal control of railroads and transportation systems herein and heretofore provided for shall continue for and during the period of the war and for a reasonable time thereafter, which shall not exceed one year and nine months next following the date of the proclamation by the President of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace...
Page 78 - ... possession, control, or operation shall not extend beyond the date of the proclamation by the President of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace...
Page 83 - UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 o'clock am, pursuant to adjournment on yesterday, in room 212, Senate Office Building, Senator James E.
Page 19 - In determining what additions and betterments, including equipment, and what road extensions should be treated as necessary, and what work already entered upon should be suspended, please be guided by the following general principles : (a) From the financial standpoint it is highly important to avoid the necessity for raising any new capital which is not absolutely necessary for the protection and development of the required transportation facilities to meet the present and prospective needs of the...
Page 19 - Please also bear in mind that it may frequently happen that projects which might be regarded as highly meritorious and necessary when viewed from the separate standpoint of a particular company, may not be equally meritorious or necessary under existing conditions, when the government has possession and control of the railroads generally, and therefore when the facilities heretofore subject to the exclusive control of the separate companies are now available for common use, whenever such common use...
Page 18 - ... by the most compact and complete organization, handled with a full appreciation of all strategic values. Between the grades receiving from $150 to $250 per month there is included less than 3...
Page 18 - It has been a somewhat popular impression that railroad employees were among the most highly paid workers. But figures gathered from the railroads disposed of this belief.