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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... serious lack of co - ordination and use of those in existence . In the fall of 1916 the transportation stringency reached such a point that traffic was almost paralyzed through inability to dispose of it at destination . In the fall of ...
... serious lack of co - ordination and use of those in existence . In the fall of 1916 the transportation stringency reached such a point that traffic was almost paralyzed through inability to dispose of it at destination . In the fall of ...
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... serious conditions of car shortages existed both in the fall of 1916 and in the fall of 1917. In 1916 the situation became so critical that a special investigation was inaugurated by the Inter- state Commerce Commission , with the ...
... serious conditions of car shortages existed both in the fall of 1916 and in the fall of 1917. In 1916 the situation became so critical that a special investigation was inaugurated by the Inter- state Commerce Commission , with the ...
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... hostility thereto . There was imminent prospect of the most serious strikes that had ever threatened the railroad situation . ( 5 ) The financial situation of some of the develop the grave weaknesses inherent in the unco-ordinated ...
... hostility thereto . There was imminent prospect of the most serious strikes that had ever threatened the railroad situation . ( 5 ) The financial situation of some of the develop the grave weaknesses inherent in the unco-ordinated ...
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... serious menace to the general financial situation . Even if rail- road credit had been at its best , instead of at its poorest , it would have been difficult at the time to raise funds for urgently needed capital expenditures because of ...
... serious menace to the general financial situation . Even if rail- road credit had been at its best , instead of at its poorest , it would have been difficult at the time to raise funds for urgently needed capital expenditures because of ...
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... serious handicap to the necessary transportation business , Terminal Managers were appointed at the larger terminals with jurisdiction over the facilities of all lines . Successful efforts have been made to route freight so as to arrive ...
... serious handicap to the necessary transportation business , Terminal Managers were appointed at the larger terminals with jurisdiction over the facilities of all lines . Successful efforts have been made to route freight so as to arrive ...
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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...