Statement of Hon. W. G. McAdoo: Director General of Railroads, Before the Interstate Commerce Committee of the United States Senate, January 3, 19191919 - Railroads and state - 96 pages |
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... problem . Most of them patriotically sought to find means of keeping the trans- portation system functioning . Competitive and private control , how- ever , were unequal to the task . ( 2 ) The great movement of traffic overseas without ...
... problem . Most of them patriotically sought to find means of keeping the trans- portation system functioning . Competitive and private control , how- ever , were unequal to the task . ( 2 ) The great movement of traffic overseas without ...
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... problem was met . It was no time for half - way measures . The safety of the world hung in the balance . Empty box cars were rushed from all portions of the east , south , to the southwestern grain States . Con- flicting traffic of all ...
... problem was met . It was no time for half - way measures . The safety of the world hung in the balance . Empty box cars were rushed from all portions of the east , south , to the southwestern grain States . Con- flicting traffic of all ...
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... problems facing the rail- roads in the year just passed may be gained from the fact that there was a net increase of 741,666 cars or approximately 37,083,300 tons of bituminous coal loaded during the ten months ending October 31 , 1918 ...
... problems facing the rail- roads in the year just passed may be gained from the fact that there was a net increase of 741,666 cars or approximately 37,083,300 tons of bituminous coal loaded during the ten months ending October 31 , 1918 ...
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... problem a difficult one during the past year . However , the great bulk of railroad labor has demonstrated a fine spirit of patriotism and has co - operated heartily with the Government . The labor troubles which were facing the ...
... problem a difficult one during the past year . However , the great bulk of railroad labor has demonstrated a fine spirit of patriotism and has co - operated heartily with the Government . The labor troubles which were facing the ...
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... problem , for , on account of the extensive area of our country , we have a longer average haul to seaboard than other industrial commonwealths . It has seemed to me evident that by developing transportation on the waterways and co ...
... problem , for , on account of the extensive area of our country , we have a longer average haul to seaboard than other industrial commonwealths . It has seemed to me evident that by developing transportation on the waterways and co ...
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Page 21 - 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 19 - Commission shall make a general investigation of the compensation of persons in the railroad service, the relation of railroad wages to wages in other industries, the conditions respecting wages in different parts of the country, the special emergency respecting wages which exists at this time owing to war conditions and the high cost of living, as well as the relation between different classes of railroad labor.
Page 21 - no discrimination will be made in the employment, retention or conditions of employment of employees because of membership or nonmembership in labor organizations.
Page 22 - 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 country's business under war conditions.
Page 20 - Even among the locomotive engineers commonly spoken of as highly paid, a preponderating number received less than $170 per month, and this compensation they have attained by the most compact and complete organization, handled with a full appreciation of all strategic values.
Page 22 - 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 20 - But these advances were not in any way uniform either as to employments or as to amounts or as to roads, so that one class of labor benefited much more than another on the same road, and as between roads there was the greatest divergence. The situation had been dealt with as pressure made necessary, and naturally those who by organization or through force of competition could exert most pressure fared best.
Page 20 - 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.
Page 4 - ... The present conditions of car distribution throughout the United States have no parallel in our history. 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...
Page 17 - The establishment of through waybilling freight from points of origin to destination. 14. Rendering unnecessary the rebilling by connecting or intermediate routes. 15. The elimination of the old practice of paying in mileage or per diem rental for the use of freight or passenger cars of one carrier by another. 16. The simplification of the old practice...