Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Long planned as a definitive treatment of certain measures generally agreed upon as constituting the next steps in railroad regulation, this volume was revamped almost over night by the* necessity of war adjustments in the relation of the federal government to the railroads. Certainly no one could be more reluctant than the editor to speak as one with authority about the present or future of the railroads of the United States. However, by presenting opinions of widely varying tones and by making available to the readers of The Annals documentary material not generally accessible, it is hoped that this volume will afford some basis for clearer understanding of the present railroad situation and for public opinion to formulate regarding the socially desirable relationship between government and railroads after the war.

SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF CONTRIBUTORS

BARRON, MARY L., PH.D., mem. of the Amer. Econ. Assn.

BYRAM, HARRY E. Entered railroad service in 1881 with C. B. & Q. R. R. at Galesburg, Ill. In various departments of C. B. & Q. and Great Northern until March 1898, when made Asst. Gen. Supt. Montana Central R. R. at Great Falls, Mont.; Supt. Cascade Division Great Northern Ry. at Everett, Wash., Oct. 1899 to Oct. 1902; Asst. to First and Fourth Vice Pres., C. R. I. and P. Ry., Chicago, from Oct. 1902 to Feb. 1904, when apptd. Gen. Supt. Southwestern Dist. same road; Gen. Supt. Nebraska Dist. C. B. & Q. R. R., Sept. 1904 to May 1909, then Asst. to Vice Pres., same road; Vice Pres., same road, Feb. 1910; Pres., C. M. and St. P. Ry., Oct. 1, 1917; mem. of Exc. Com., Amer. Ry. Assn. since May 17, 1911.

CONWAY, THOMAS, JR., PH.D. Prof. of Finance, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, Univ. of Penna.; Assoc. Ed. of The Annals of the Amer. Acad. of Pol. and Soc. Sci. Author: Traffic Problems of Interurban Railroads, Investment and Speculation, The Operation of the New Bank Act and of numerous articles appearing in financial and railway periodicals. Lecturer on Public Utility Investments in the Wall St. Branch, New York Univ.; Expert to the Com. on Ways and Means to Obtain Additional Revenue of the N. Y. State Elec. Ry. Assn.; Expert to the Com. on Revenue of the Am. Elec. Ry. Assn.

DECKER, MARTIN S. Engaged in expert work involving public service corp. law, procedure and valuation; served with the I. C. C. from its orgn. in 1887 to 1907, as Asst. Sec'y and Chief Examiner; from 1907 to 1915 mem. of the Pub. Ser. Commn., 2d Dist., State of N. Y., part of the time as Chrmn. of the Commn. He has been largely consulted in railroad and public service regulation cases.

ESCH, JOHN JACOB. Admitted to bar, 1887; mem. law firm of Winter and Esch at La Crosse, Wis. since 1887; mem. 56th to 65th Congresses; mem. of House Com. on Interstate and For. Com., 65th Cong. Introduced and secured the passage of the following acts relating to railroads and railroad employes: The 16-hour hours of service act; the act giving the I. C. C. power to investigate all railroad accidents resulting in serious loss of life or property and to make reports thereon; the act standardizing freight car equipment as to hand brakes, running boards, grab irons, ladders, sill steps, etc.; the car service act of the last session.

HOWE, FREDERIC C., PH.D. Admitted to bar, 1894; practiced, Cleveland, to 1909; director, People's Institute, New York, 1911-14; Commnr. of Immigration, Port of New York since 1914; Mem., City Council, Cleveland, 1901-3; Pres., Sinking Fund Commn., 1904-5; mem. of Ohio Senate, 1906–9; Special U.S. Commnr. to Investigate Municipal Ownership in Great Britain, 1905. Author: The City, the Hope of Democracy; The British City, the Beginnings of Democracy; European Cities at Work; The High Cost of Living; Socialized Germany; Why War; etc.

LAMB, WILLIAM EDWARD, LL.B. Mem. of the firm Cassaday, Butler, Lamb, and Foster, of Chicago, Ill.; Atty. for I. C. C. Oct. 1907 to Jan. 1, 1911; Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen. in various cases involving act to regulate commerce during same period, and after leaving Commn.; now Assoc. in U. S. Food Administration.

LITTLE, J. A. Since 1909 traffic mgr. for the Superior Commercial Club of Superior, Wis., City Statistician for the City Commn. of Superior, Wis., and Rate Expert and Statistician for the Board of Rrd. Commnrs. of N. Dak. Duties have kept him in touch with the application of state and fed. legislation governing carriers, utilities and public warehousemen.

LOVE, J. E. Apptd. by Pres. Cleveland as sheriff of Woodward County; mem. and Chrmn. of the Okla. Corpn. Commn. since the orgn. of the 1st Okla. State govt. on Nov. 16, 1907.

Palmer, Henry A. Ed. The Traffic World, a magazine devoted primarily to the subject of frt. traffic, of technical use to traffic men of both rrds, and industry, and endeavors to keep abreast with the broader aspects of railroad regulation.

PARMELEE, JULIUS H., PH.D. Formerly statistical expert with I. C. C. and U. S. Census Bur.; since 1911 statistician of Bur. of Ry. Econ. maintained at Wash., D. C., by the rrds.; ed. board, Quar. Publns. of Amer. Stat. Assn.; Fellow, A. S. A.; contributor to the Amer. Econ. Rev., Ry. Age and other periodicals on ry. and transp. topics.

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