The Year Book of Railway Literature Volume 1; V. 1897 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...permits. No general reduction could be made that would be equitable and just to all roads." A committee appointed by the Senate of Ohio to investigate this subject, said in their report: "Your committee are of the opinion that the information before us, obtained from numerous roads, under different circumstances with experience of many years, and from testimony of practical railroad managers and employes, from a careful investigation of the business of the different roads, as shown by their sworn reports, and taking into consideration the cost of maintaining the roads in all their departments, with the requirements of the traveling public for the best equipment, fast time, immunity from accidents, close connections and consequent competition for business, warrants the recommendation that a uniform reduction of rate of fare to two cents per mile would not be just and equitable." The railroads of Ohio carried in the year 1891 2,132 passengers per mile of road, while the railroads of Missouri carried but 1,342. These expressions cf opinion are conclusions reached by public officers bound by official oaths, surrounded by facts and after having made careful investigation of the question under consideration. These conclusions arc in line with the result of similar investigations made in many States, and it seems to me that a fair and impartial investigation of the subject, an earnest, conscientious searching for the truth can produce no other result. This measure proposes to fix the maximum passenger rate in Missouri at a lower rate than obtains generally in any other State in the Union, or in any country in the world. It is true the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad between Buffalo and Albany is required to carry passengers...