 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 2372 pages
...of national application. No student of the railroad problem can doubt that a most prolific source of financial disaster and complication to railroads in...desire and ability of railroad managers to engage in interprlses outside the legitimate operation of their railroads, especially by the acquisition - 8... | |
 | Carriers - 1970 - 182 pages
...railroad problem can doubt that a most prolific source of financial disaster and complication to railroads has been the desire and ability of railroad managers...outside the legitimate operation of their railroads, ..." the ICC said. "The evil which results, first to the investing public and finally to the general... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1913 - 876 pages
...same railway system. Consolidated Fuel Co. v. AT & SF Ry. Co. 554 (556). A most prolific source of financial disaster and complication to railroads in...enterprises outside the legitimate operation of their raiiroads, especially by the acquisition of other railroads and their securities. New England Investigation,... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1913 - 864 pages
...same railway system. Consolidated Fuel Co. «. AT <fc SF Ry. Co. 554 (556). A most prolific source of financial disaster and complication to railroads in...ability of railroad managers to engage in enterprises ouuide the legitimate operation of their railroads, especially by the acquisition of other railroads... | |
 | Charles R. Geisst - Business & Economics - 2000 - 376 pages
...days of Louis Brandeis and Pierpont Morgan. In 1913 the ICC lamented that the "most prolific source of financial disaster and complication to railroads in...outside the legitimate operation of their railroads." But this was considered ancient history in the 19605, when rail lines came under pressure from long-distance... | |
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No student of the railroad problem can doubt that a most prolific source of financial disaster and complication to railroads in the past has been the desire and ability of railroad managers to engage in enterprises outside the legitimate operation of... 
