Long-And-Short Haul on Railroads (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. 1918. Excerpt: ... LONG-AND-SHORT HAUL ON RA1LROADS. Monday, March 18, 1918. United States Senate, Committee On Interstate Commerce, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 10 o'clock a. m. in room 410, Senate Office Building, Senator Miles Poindexter presiding. Present: Senators Poindexter, Pomerene, and Myers; also Senator Henderson. The Chairman. Whenever you are ready, you may go ahead with your statement. Mr. Winchell, are you prepared to go ahead this morning? Mr. Winchell. Yes, sir. STATEMENT OF MB. B. L. WINCHELL, DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC, UNION PACIFIC LINES. The Chairman. Give your name and the interests you represent. Mr. Winchell. My name is B. L. Winchell, and I am director of traffic of the Union Pacific lines. My office is in Chicago. Mr. Spence made such a complete and full statement here, Mr. Chairman, that I am not going to give you very much detail. I am going to avoid, as far as I can, reiteration and repetition. Some statements I shall make, of course, are included in his statements, because it is very difficult to avoid some of the things that Mr. Spence covered, as his statement was so full. In the comparatively early history of railroads in England it was found that in order to secure traffic between one port and another in competition with coastwise vessels it was necessary to make rates lower than between cities not having water communication. For example, to keep traffic from moving between Liverpool and London by vessels, the railroads put into effect rates which would bring such traffic, or a portion thereof, to their rails. But such rates were not applied to the intermediate traffic. Because of the long coast line of England and the great number of ports, the competition of water carriage has been very widely felt, and it...