INDICES. I.-INDEX TO COMMISSIONERS' REPORT PROPER. INDEX TO REPORT PROPER. A. Account, railway, how they should be kept.. Aid granted to the railways of France (table). to Wisconsin roads, local to Wisconsin roads, farm mortgage Appendix to the Report Appraisal, value determired by... Attorney General, acknowledgement of services of.. Austria, attempts to solve the railway problem in... 121 46 72 .35-6 5-6 .35-6 45 107 46 75 103 22 Average monthly freight charges by water, by lake and rail, and by all rail (table)... reported cost, per mile, of railroads (table).... B. Belgium, attempts to solve the railway problem in....... Bonded security, depreciation of.. C. 76 87 8888 Canal carriage, economy of. Capital, state control demanded in the interests of, (see Experience) stock paid, total lines........ original sources of, (see Experience) ..... protection of, from mismanagement, (see Experience) Cash valuation, present... and reported cost of railroads in Wisconsin, Jan., 1875, (table). Causes of undue cost of construction, (see Construction). 21 54 Charges, direct limitat on of-Maximum rates fairly determined... 105 65 indi.ect limitation of, by limitation of profits 111 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, debt and earnings for Wisconsin.... gross earnings of....... Chicago and Northwestern, freight and earnings of [gross earnings of, 1873].. original subscriptions to stock. passenger earnings of Classification and legislation, uniformity in of freights, uniformity in.. the work of Codification, digest of railway laws, revision and Commission, official papers of the with adquate powers.. Commissioners-results, inter-state conferences of.. Common road carriage of grain, limited to short distances. 26 24 32 29 31 31 38 115 18 45 44 137 38 102 Company and public, private gains at expense of.. Constitution of Illinois on railways.... of German Empire so far as it concerns railways. Consequences, Public, of insecurity for capital Constructed, roads recently.... Construc ion, causes of undue cost of slight pecuniary interest of managers construction on credit..... injudicious location of lines... corrupt letting of contracts construction, payments for dividends, interest and new.. construction, Railroads in course of.... construction, railway, and management, evils of Control demanded by the interests of capital.. demanded by the public interests individual interest with no harmonizing general 23 44 51 52 55 124 Cost, actual, the question of.... of roads reporting to this state, with equipments.. of construction, causes of undue (see Construction) 54 of Railroads in Wisconsin Jan., 1873, Present cash valuation and 21 of railroads reported to this state, Dec. 31, 1873 (table).. 20 per mile of railroads, average reported (table) 22 Rates not determined by the railway method of computing. D. Debt and earnings for Wisconsin [C., M. & St. P. R'y] Digest of railway laws, revision and codification Statutory limitations upon the power of. Discrimination, prohibition of unjust Disregard of public convenience.. Dividends, interest and new construction, payments for E. 26 45 135 130 116 63 23 44 Earnings, debt and, for Wis. [C. M. & St. P. Ry.]. gross, of lines reported to this state, and in Wisconsin. gross, and taxation gross, of C. M. & St. P. R'y, 1873. of railways in 1873 (table). net... net, Dec. 31, 1873 (table).. passenger, of Chicago and Northwestern "Potter Law" treats connecting lines as continuous, but is silent separate cost and, of Wisconsin lines. Economy, relative, of transportation by water and by rail (table). England and Wales, number of passengers conveyed in 1st, 2d and 3d Experience, the teachings of.. that the public character of railways is established that the consequent right and the necessity of control are nowhere that control is demanded by the public interests ... F. Farm-mortgage aid to railway companies Fare, direct limitations upon the rates of. Fares, foreign passenger, (table). for long and short distances Fault of past railway legislation in the United States 35-6 108 109 110 89 90 93 109 72 71 55 Freight charges, average by water, by water and rail, and by rail, (table) 103 earnings of Chicago and Northwestern Railway. publicity of rates of.... uniformity in classification of 32 112 115 G. Gains, private, at expense of company and public H. Holland, attempts to solve the railway problem in I. Illinois, attempts to solve the railway problem in Indebtedness, receipts, costs, net earnings and Inefficient management.. Injuries and destruction of life, increased responsibility for. of railway investments.. Inspection, careful and frequent.. Interest and new construction, payments for dividendsi.. Interests of capital, control is demanded by the.... Real, of the company, failure to appreciate the. Investments, Insecurity of railway.. Italy, Attempts to solve the railway problem in. L. 91 38 55 119 105 108 Land grants, misappropriation of.. in aid of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin roads Legislation, railway, in the United States, general faults of. Law, the "Potter,"-its merits railway, in Wisconsin, general faults of. railway, in Wisconsin, not sufficiently guarded railway, in Wisconsin, to special.... "Potter Law" based on the principle of general rather than spe- Uniformity in classification and Letting of contracts, corrupt..... Life, increased responsibility for injuries and destruction of.. Limitation, direct, of charges-Maximum rates fairly determined direct, upon rates of fare.... indirect, of charges, by limitation of profits Limitations, final, upon corporate power statutory, upon the power of directors. Lines, fraudulent purchase of... injudicious location of . Local aid to railway companies.. Location of lines, injudicious. Losses entailed by "Potter Law" Managers, relation of stockholders to...... Slight pecuniary interest of..... Massachusetts, attempts to solve the railway problem in. Maxima, the "Potter Law" fixes for car loads only..... Maximuin rates fairly determined-direct limitation of charges. Preferable to specific..... Michigan, attempt to solve the railway problem in.. Mileage of European railways owned and operated by states and compa- nies respectively.... Wisconsin railroads (table)... Minnesota, attempts to solve the railway problem in. Minority representation in election of directors Misappropriation of land grants Mismanagement of railroads in operation... private gains at expense of company and public. Mismanagement, protection of capital from. Municipal, town and county aid to railways.. N. New construction, payment for dividends, interest and........ 0. Officers, railroad directors and 135 Official papers of the commission... Ogden, Wm. B., on cost of Chicago and Northwestern Railway, value 60 Ohio, attempts to solve the railway problem in Operation, mismanagement of railroads in, (see Mismanagement). state, inapplicable..... Passengers, number of, conveyed in 1st, 2d and 3d class trains, England and Wales, 1870, (table) 110 Passengers, proportion per cent. traveling by 1st, 2d and 3d class cars in 110 Portugal, Spain and, Attempts to solve the railway problem in.. 76 "Potter Law," the-its merits.... 91 It is based on the principle of general, rather than specific legis- 91 Maximum preferable to specific rates... It provides for correct information as the basis of future action 92 92 |