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Department's plan, volume 8: Analysis of (Mack) 10 1120 (Worthington) 12 1443 Administration of (Stewart) : 10 1132 (general) 12 1420 (Bradley) 12 1457 Authorization of space changes (Stewart) 10 1132 (general) 10 1147 (Stewart) 12 { ^82 (general) 12 1420 on operating runs (Mack) 10 1158 (Stewart) 12 1382 INDEX. 1561 Department's plan, volume 8 — Continued. Volume. Apartment cars, relative pay for (Mack) 10 Acceptableness to railroads compared to Lorenz plan (Worthing- ton) 12 Criticisms of (Baldwin) 10 (Mack) 10 (Bradley) 10 Discussion of (Peters) 10 Defense of (Postmaster General) 11 Denver & Rio Grande R. R. (Mack) 12 Fluctuation of service (Mack) 10 Frequency of service (Stewart) 12 Loading charge (Stewart) 10 intermediate (Mack) 10 Long Island R. R. (Peters) 12 Maximum authorization, routes or operating runs (Mack) 10 Missouri Pacific R. R. (Stewart) •. . . 12 Objections to (Peters) 10 (Worthington) 12 (Bradley) 12 lower pay for smaller units (Peabody) 12 Operating runs, authorization of space for (Mack) 10 Protest against (Worthington) 12 Pay, increase of, with decrease of unit sizes (Peabody) 12 Pay under (Mack) 10 Rates, multiplicity of (Stewart) 10 method of fixing (Stewart) h 12 <j Rate, fixed, discussion of (Stewart) 12 (Scott) 12 objection to (Worthington) 12 maximum, discussion of, general 12 proposed, discussion of, general 12 Requiring railroads to carry mail, necessity of (Stewart) 10 Railway post-office car pay compared to blue-tag mail (Rowan) . . 10 Statement of (Stewart) 8 Station room, requirement for, general 10 Short line roads, objections by (Nichols) 10 Space versus weight, general 12 Southern Pacific Railroad (Worthington) 12 Terminal charges (Peabody) 10 general 12 Wholesale and retail idea applied to units (Peabody) 12 See Document 105; Spce basis; Initial and terminal charges and loading rates; Department's plan; Document, 105. Desirability of mail traffic at present rates: See Mail traffic; Advantages to railroads of mail traffic. Discussion of (Scott) ■. 1 (Mack) 1 (Bradley) 2 (Baldwin) 5 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (Lorentz) 5 Public policy (Mack) 4 Division of postal receipts plan: Parcel post in Canada (Logan) 4 Discussion of (Logan) 4 See Percentage basis. Document 105: Assignment of expenses, improper method (Railway Mail Pay Com- mittee Report) 1 Assignment of expenses, method used (Safford) 1 Assignment of expenses, discussion of method used (Bowman) 1 Assignment of passenger earnings, basis of (Lorenz) ■ 2 Assignment of expenses, discussion of (Railway Mail Pay Commit- tee) 12 Blanks and instructions for (Stewart) 1 Cooperation with railroads (Stewart) 1 (Bradley) 2 49396—14 106 1154 1451 1117 1120 1166 1112 1278 1399 1131 1512 1134 1157 1515 1158 1497 1112 1443 1537 1459 1158 1443 1459 1129 1131 1397 1470 1473 1478 1446 1473 1470 1138 1171 1057 1185 1208 1444 1446 1144 1387 1459 234 312 439 769 789 609 548 549 79 136 279 325 1324 45 5 404 1562 INDEX. Document 105 — Continued. Cost of preparing (Stewart) to railroads (Peters) Committee appointed to prepare (Stewart) Car-foot-mile pay (Stewart) Changes in (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) Criticisms of (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) (Kruttschnitt) (Bradley) (Wishart) (Peters) Closed-pouch lines, space assigned (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) (Stewart) Change of diviser, incomplete because of (Worthington) Charge of space to mail service (Railway Mail Pay Committee) Date of report to Postmaster General (Stewart) House of Representatives (Stewart) Discussion of (Worthington) (Railway Mail Pay Committee) Deductions with reference to operating expenses and taxes per car foot mile for passenger service (Worthington) Deductions with reference to operating expenses and taxes per car- foot mile for passenger service (Lorenz) Editions of (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) Errors in (Peters) Explanation of (Turner) First cost statistics (Stewart) Errors in (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) History of (Bradley) (Stewart) Incomplete, erroneous, etc. (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report). Incorrect charge of space to mail service (Anderson) (Buckland) (Railway Mail Pay Com- mittee Report) (Worthington) (Bradley) (Logan) (Wishart) (Railway Mail Pay Com- mittee Report) (McCahan) (Peters) Inaccuracies of (Worthington) (Peters) Importance of (Lorenz) Law providing for (Stewart) Loss to railroads because of disallowance of space (Railway Mail Committee Report) Liberal to railroads (Stewart) Volume. Page. Method of preparing (Stewart) Mail clerks, no allowance for space occupied by (Stewart) _. Mail clerks, no allowance for space occupied by (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) Methods used, instances of unreliableness of (Wade) Magnitude of (Bradley) Mistakes as to dead space, department's admission of (McBride).. Method of assigning mail space, defense of (Stewart) Missouri Pacific Ry. defense of department's method of assign- ing mail space (McBride) November, reasons for selection as statistical period (Stewart) Missouri Pacific Ry.'s criticism of department's method of assign- ing mail space 5 187 6 10 59 63 65 2 405 4 601 5 647 5 77 12 1417 2 380 12 1327 1 6 1 7 2 379 12 1321 12 1471 12 1478 1 59 5 648 6 901 1 7 i{ 62 79 2 401 1 3 1 110 1 206 1 265 1 79 2 333 2 400 4 536 4 601 1 72 12 1364 9 1079 2 347 9 1065 12 1518 1 3 1 79 12{ 1388 1503 1 6 1 27 1 70 1 244 2 403 5 648 12 1410 12 1491 1 5 12 1413 INDEX. 1563 Document 105— Continued. ' Volume. Page. November, not a fair month (Peters) 9 1089 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Re- port) 1 62 Objections to by railroads (Stewart) 1 10 Overpay to railroads shown by (Stewart) 1 81 Operating expenses and taxes, apportioned to passenger service, defense of (Postmaster General) 11 1258 Operating expenses and taxes apportioned to mail service, de- fense of (Postmaster General) 11 1261 Purpose of (Stewart) 1 3 Preparation of (Buckland) 1 276 (Stewart) 12 1520 history of (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1323 railroad cooperation (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 51 Reliability of (Stewart) . 1 7 Revenue from passenger and mail services per car mile, discrep- ancy in figures of department and railroads (joint letter) 2 323 Review of (Postmaster General) 7 987 Return movement, assignment of space for (Bradley) 12 1500 Six per cent allowance on capital charges, method of arriving at (Stewart) 1 30 Space disallowed by department (Peters) 1 47 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 71 (Peters) 9 1079 general 9 1092 defense of (Postmaster General). 11 1248 Space, method of assigning to passenger service (Stewart) 12 1382 Space disallowed by department, discussion of (Lorenz) 12 1489 Statistics not applicable to present time (Worthington) 2 387 Suggestions with reference to (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 51 Summary of report accompanying (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 63 Side and terminal service, information not reported (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 68 Side and terminal service, information not reported (Mack) 1 310 Underpay, proof of, by (Peters) 5 721 Varying results obtained from (Worthington) 2 346 See Document 105, department's report; Department's plan, Docu- ment 105; Objections to department's plan, Document 105; Department's plan, volume 8; Dead space. Electric mail roads: Committee representing 1 140 Discussion of (Lorenz) * 6 897 (Turner) 6 952 Employees (Piper) 1 163 Loss, refusal of Brooklyn Heights R. R. to carry pouch mail at (Piper) 1 155 reasons for carrying at (Neal) 1 142 Lyons bill (Turner) 6 953 Mail cars, size of (Piper) 1 154 (Hamilton) 1 168 pay for (Piper) 1 154 Mail traffic compared to other traffics (Piper) 1 156 Operating expense, mail cars (Neal) 1 146 (Piper) 1 159 apportionment of (Piper) 1 159 Operating expense, Chicago railways (Hamilton) 1 167 Pay, inadequate (Neal) 1 141 basis of (Neal) 1 141 inadeq uate (Hamilton) 1 168 compared steam roads (Brown) 1 172 letters with reference to (Lyons) 5 778 1564 INDEX. Electric mail roads — Continued. Pouch service (Neal) pay for (Piper) (Ham) Proposed bill (Lyons) Rates, discussion of (Peters) (Piper) passenger compared to steam roads (Brown) made by Interstate Commerce Commission (Piper) Steam roads, more expensive than (Brown) Space plan, favorable to (Neal) (Piper) Steam roads, compared with (Neal) Refusal to carry mail (Piper) Value of mail traffic (Piper) (Hamilton) (Neal) Eminent domain: See Railroads, relation of, to Government and people. Discussion of (Logan) Value of, to railroads (Peabody) Empty return movement: Blue-tag mail (Rowan) Basis of department's estimated saving (Mack) Discussion of (Bradley) (Peabody) Document 105, assignment of space (Bradley) Should be paid for (Scott) (Mack) (Lorenz) See Document 105; Department's plan, Document 105; Depart- ment's plan, volume 8; Dead space; Storage cars. English mail-pay law: Amount of railroads ' participation in total mail revenue (Peters) .. Discussion of (Logan) Extracts from (Buckland) Pay compared to United States (Logan) Parcel post (Peters) Steamship mails (Logan) See Canadian mail -pay law; Mail pay to railroads. Express companies: Contracts with railroads (Anderson) (S. P. Worthington) Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Peabody).. favorable because of railroad ownership of stock (Peabody) Earnings on capital stock (Peabody) Government ownership of, general Relation with railroads to (Anderson) Railroad ownership of (Stewart) United States Express. Co. retiring from business (Peabody) Joint employees (Snead) Express rates: Adequacy of (Kindell, mail clerk) , Basis of (Baldwin). Volume. 1 1 1 5 weight and space (Wade). il Discussion of, general (Kindell, mail clerk) Department's method of calculating average rate per ton-mile, discussion and criticisms of, general Comparison of ton-mile rates for mail, express, and freight, general. Compared to mail rates (Postmaster General) (Railway Mail Pay Committee) Criticism of department's statement with reference to comparative express and mail rates (Peabody) Controlled by Interstate Commerce Commission (Peters) 4 5 10  154 170 778 127 157 174 158 174 144 159 143 155 162 167 144 542 689 1172 303 123 510 1500 225 303 1537 654 549 268 550 650 551 200 1357 1360 1361 1360 1485 200 1401 1360 1399 1393 133 241 1354 1391 1376 783 1272 1337 1352 184 INDEX. 1565 .Express revenues (railroads) : Volume. Page. Annual revenues (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 95 Analysis of (Lewis) 5 695 Amount of (Stewart) 12 1395 Compared to mail revenues (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report). 1 52 (Peters) 2 360 (letters) 5 743 (Postmaster General) 11 1271 (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1334 (Baldwin) 1 132 and passenger revenues, Pennsylvania R. R. sys- tem (Bradley) 2 426 and passenger revenues, Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. (Snead) 2 442 Fluctuations in (Scott) 12 1398 Joint employees (Snead) 12 1399 Length of haul in relation to average ton-mile revenue, general. . 12 1375 Parcels post, reduction by (Baldwin) 1 132 Revenue compared to mail earning per ton-mile (Bradley) 1 112 Per ton-mile (Bradley) 1 112 Relative earnings, mail and express, criticism of department's figures (Bradley). ." 12 1376 Unsatisfactory to railroads (Peabody) 12 1359 (Peters) 1 186 See Comparative mail and express rates; Express traffic ; Mail traffic. Express traffic (general) : Analysis of (Lewis) 5 695 Compared to mail traffic (Anderson) 1 200 (Mack) 1 308 (Peters) 2 360 (Bradley) 2 437 general 12 1354 Car foot miles, number and earnings (Railway Mail Pay Com- mittee Report) 1 71 Discussion of (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1334 Division of pay when package is handled by two companies (Peabody) 12 1353 Fluctuations in (Scott) 12 1398 Joint employees (Snead) 12 1399 f 1 3Qfi Liability for injuries to employees (Stewart) 12 < -, 402 Parcel post, decrease in business caused by (Worthington) 12 1352 examples (Coleman). 10 1199 Weight of packages (Mack) 1 308 average carload (Bradley) 12 1377 Value of, to railroads (Stewart) 12 1395 See Express companies; Mail traffic; Express revenues. Extra services and facilities required by mail traffic: Discussion of (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 52 (Peters) 1 34 (Rowan) 4 586 (Mack) 4 610 Enumeration of (Anderson) 1 204 (Worthington) 2 336 (Bradley) 4 622 Extra car on Grand Trunk (Logan) 4 538 Regulationsgoverning (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) — 1 56 Station porters (Peters) 1 129 See Side and terminal service; Station porters; Fast and special mail trains; Mail trains; Mail cranes, receivers, and catchers; Messenger service. Fast and special mail trains: Advantage of, to railroads (Stewart) 1 17 (Baldwin) 1 134 (Worthington) 2 357 Cost of (Stewart) 1 17 1566 INDEX. Fast and special mail trains — Continued. Volume. Page. Department's plan, volume 8, probable effect of (Mack) 10 1128 not compulsory under (Worthing- ton) 12 1444 probable effect of (Mack) 12 1445 Department's plan, Document 105, elimination of (Mack) 1 305 Extra compensation for (Stewart) 1 19 Earnings per train-mile, Missouri Pacific Railroad (Mack) 4 613 Elimination of, by department's plan, Document 105 (Worth- ington) 2 358 Great Northern Railway, analysis of service (Baskerville) 5 700 Competitive Lines (Madden, Member of Congress) 10 1174 New York and St. Louis, Pennsylvania Railroad (Scott) 1 224 Not required by Government (Worthington) 2 357 New York Central lines (Rowan) 4 564 Operation, difficulty of (Scott) 1 224 cost of (Scott) 1 224 (Stewart) 1 17 Pay, reduction in, caused by withdrawal (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 100 Southern Pacific Railway (Worthington) 2 338 Schedules, how arranged (Rowan) 4 565 arranged by department (Stewart) 1 20 Subsidies (Mack) 4 623 Special facilties for (Peters) 1 44 Special pay for (Baldwin) 1 135 Revenue from, Missouri Pacific Railway (Mack) 10 1400 See Mail trains; Mail traffic; Competitive lines. Fines and penalties: Delayed mails (Stewart) 1 19 (Bradley) 4 620 Department's plan, volume 8 (Stewart) I -^ (Bradley) 12 1445 Present plan (Stewart) 10 1222 f 314 Pouch mail (Taylor) 1 | 3 Jg When imposed (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 67 See Pouch mail; Mail trains; Present law; Department's plan, Document 105; Department's plan, volume 8. Fluctuations in mail: Discussion of (Bradley) 10 1166 Overflow in baggage cars (Mack) 10 1146 Pay for, weight plan (Mack) 10 1159 See Mail traffic; Baggage cars; Lloyd plan. Freight rates: Basis of (Peters) , 1 45 (Anderson) 1 196 (Brown) 1 173 (Scott) 1 235 (Worthington) ' 2 349 weight (Peters) 1 128 (Baldwin) 1 132 and space (Wade) 1 249 space considered (Worthington) 2 351 building up of trade and traffic considered (Peters) 12 1344 Competition, effect of, on (Scott) * 1 231 Comparisons of ton-mile rates for mail, express and freight, general. 5 583 Empty return movement, allowance for (Worthington) 2 340 Empty cars, rate for (Worthington) 2 340 Explanation of (Denham) 10 1228 Frequent litigation (Peters) 1 186 I. C. C. control of (Brown) 1 175 Low rates to build up trade (Scott) 1 231 (Peters) 12 1344 Less-than-carload lots (Peabody) 3 519 Live stock (Peabody) 12 1467 INDEX. 1567 Freight rates— Continued. Volume. Page. Reasonableness of, determined by cost (Lorenz) 12 1346 Variation of, reasons for (Anderson) 1 196 See Freight traffic. Freight revenue: Analysis of (Lewis) 5 695 Compared to apartment-car revenue per car-mile (Anderson) 5 739 Changes in, 1895 to 1910 (Worthington) 2 342 Charleston & Western Carolina Ry . (Anderson) 1 203 Less than passenger earnings, New York, New Haven & Hartford (Bowman) 1 282 Larger than for mail (Stewart) 1 192 Compared to mail earnings (Anderson) 1 202 (Stewart) 1 192 (Worthington) 2 336 Increase of, compared to mail revenue (Worthington) 2 342 Mail earnings compared to less than carload lots of freight (Pea- body) 3 515 New York Central lines, greater than passenger earnings (Rowan).. 4 586 Southern Pacific Co. (Worthington) 2 328 See Freight traffic; Freight rates. Freight traffic: Analysis of (Lewis) 5 695 Cost of (Anderson) 1 202 compared to passenger service (Anderson) 1 202 Company freight (Worthington) 2 336 Empty return movement, allowance for (Worthington) 2 340 Increase of (Worthington) 2 343 Santa Fe system (Peabody) 3 515 Value of (Anderson) 1 202 See Freight rates; Freight revenue. Full railway post-office cars: Authorizations (Mack) 1 306 Cost of, increase in (Mack) 1 306 average (Stewart) 1 22 initial (Worthington) 2 338 Dead weight (Scott) 1 223 Description of (Worthington) 2 335 Discussion of (Worthington) 2 337 (Bradley) 4 624 Document 105, allowance of space (Peters) 9 1080 Earnings between Pittsburgh and St. Louis (Scott) 1 223 Earnings between Pittsburgh and Chicago (Scott) 1 223 Earnings, compared to passenger cars (Scott) 1 224 Equipment, changes in requirements (Mack) 1 306 Equipment, cost of (Worthington) 2 338 Load, average weight of (Peters) 5 639 Maintenance, cost of (Interstate Commerce Commission) 1 11 (Postmaster General Vilas) 1 20 (Stewart) 1 23 (Worthington) 2 338 heat and light (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 68 Mileage of, 1912 (Stewart) 1 23 (Worthington) 2 337 Must be set out in advance of train time (Railway Mail Pay Com- mittee Report) 1 68 Number of, in use (Stewart 1 21 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 53 New York Central lines (Rowan) 4 573 Operation, cost of, compared to storage cars (Stewart) 10 1155 Operation, cost of (Stewart) 1 23 Pay, prior to July 1, 1907 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) . . 1 50 after July 1, 1907 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 50 act of 1873, explanation (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 50 per cent of (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 53 1568 INDEX. Full railway post-office cars — Continued. Volume. Page. Pay, compared with freight cars, Pennsylvania Railroad (Scott). . 1 223 decrease of compared to increase of pay for weight, 1897 to 1911 (Scott) 1 223 discussion of (Worthington) 2 337 compared to pay for transporting empty cars (Worthington) . . 2 339 in Canada (Logan) 4 544 Proportionate amount of mail carried by (Worthington) 2 344 Requirements, Post Office Department (Peters) .' 1 44 Reductions in pay, act Mar. 2, 1907 (Railway Mail Pay Com- mittee Report) 1 98 Reductions in pay (Albright) 1 251 Atlantic Coast Line ( Albrigh t) 1 252 (Mack) 1 306 act Mar. 2, 1907 (Worthington) 2 327 Repairing, cost of (Worthington) 2 338 f 1 22 Steel cars, requirement for (Stewart) < -j2 i kqq Southern Pacific Ry . , number (Worthington) . 2 327 Storage cars, comparative cost of operation (Stewart) 10 1155 Tonnage carried, average (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) . . 1 53 capacity of (Scott) 1 223 carried, effect of (Logan) 4 555 Underloading ot (Scott) 1 222 Weight of car compared to weight of mail (Anderson) 1 205 (Bowman) 1 296 Weight of car, average (Peters) 5 639 See Apartment cars; Railway mail cars; Authorizations of space; Mail pay; Reductions in mail pay. Group plan: Discussion of (Worthington) 2 372, 390 (Lorenz) 4 619 Hubbard Commission: Capital and overhead charges (Peters) 1 32 History of (Peters) 9 1064 Report of, comments on (Peters) 9 1064 Initial and terminal charges, and loading rates: Department's plan, volume 8, loading rates (Mack) 10 1126 adequacy of, general. 10 1134 Intermediate loading, pay for (Searle) 10 1156 Loading rate, reasons for (Stewart) 10 1157 discussion of, general 10 1159 pay for by line charge (Lorenz) 10 1160 Mail handling, compared to cost of handling freight, less than car load lots (Peabody) .......... 10 1142 Proper amount of mails participation in terminal facilities (Stew- art) 12 1378 St. Louis terminal, mail transfer expenses (Hitt) 10 1141 (Stewart) 10 1142 Terminal charges, discussion of, department's plan, volume 8, general 12 1386 See Side and terminal service; Station porters. Interstate Commerce Commission: Appeal to, department's plan, Document 105 (Stewart) 1 11 Buckland's plan (Buckland) 1 269 Freight rates fixed by (Brown) 1 175 Method of apportioning expenses (Safford) 1 137 Questions to by reviewed by, department's plan, Document 105 (Stewart) 1 12 Review of mail rates by (Worthington) 2 397 general 2 399 Should fix rates (Piper) 1 158 (Buckland) 1 263 Land-grant roads: Compelled to carry mail (Buckland) 1 299 Reduction in pay, department's plan, volume 8 (Mack) 10 1127 Appeal to courts for underpay (Buckland) 1 299 INDEX. 1569 Law of 1873: • Volume. Page. Basis of mail pay (Turner) 6 900 Merits of (Postmaster General) 7 1025 Lewis plan: Analysis of (Lorenze) 6 865 (Turner) 6 945 Discussion of (Postmaster General) 7 1033 Explanation of (Lewis) 5 695 Light routes : Increased pay for (Anderson) 1 208 Pay compared to heavy routes (Worthington) 2 354 Space basis, effect of (Worthington) 2 353 Lloyd plan : Discussion of (Stewart) 5 636 (Postmaster General) 7 1031 general 4 596 (Stewart) 8 1051 (Bradley) 12 1537 Authorization of space (Stewart) 5 674 Explanation of 5 636 Explanation and discussion (Lorenz) 6 861 Great Northern Ry . , probable effect on (Baskerville) 5 702 Missouri Pacific, probable effect on (Stewart) 12. 1497 Objections to, railroads (Peters) 5 636 Post Office Department (Postmaster General) 7 1032 Purpose of (Turner) 6 930 Pay, increase of, with decrease of size of units (Peabody) 12 1459 Smaller units, higher pay necessary for (Bradley) 10 1165 Wholesale and retail theory in connection with (Peters) 5 692 See Wholesale and retail theory. Locked-pouch mail: See Closed-pouch service. Lorenz plan: Compromise between weight and space (Turner) 6 953 Discussion of (Postmaster General) 7 1032 (Stewart) 8 1051 (Worthington) 12 1451 (Bradley) 12 1537 Explanation of (Lorenz) 6 868 Effect on Missouri Pacific R. P. (Stewart) 12 1497 Line pay, increase of, with increase in weight (Lorenz) 10 1160 (Bradley) 10 1165 Memoranda (Lorenz) 2 378 Outline of (Lorenz).. 6 873 See Space basis; Weight basis. Loud Commission, views with reference to space (Mack) 1 302 Mail cranes, receivers and catchers: Discussion of (Bradley) 4 625 No pay for (Bradley) 4 625 Mail routes: Average daily weight of (Worthington) 2 326 Method of stating (Stewart) 10 1199 Pay on light and heavy routes compared (Worthington) 2 354 Southern Pacific Co. (Worthington) 2 326 Charleston & Western Carolina Railway (Anderson) 1 197 Mail traffic: Annual ton-mileage (Bradley) 12 1376 (Worthington) 2 326 Advantages of (Scott) 1 234 Average haul, length of (Bradley) 5 698 Analysis of, Baltimore 6c Ohio Railroad (McCahan) 12 1364 Southern Pacifi c Railroad (Worthington) 2 326 New York Central lines (Rowan) 4 564 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (Baldwin).. . 5 759 Branches of (Lorenz) 4 618 By-product to general railroad operation (Postmaster General) — 7 1000 1570 INDEX. Mail traffic — Continued. Volume. Page. Compared to other traffics (.Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 84 (Peters) 1 128 (Piper) 1 156 (Scott) : 1 226 New York Central ( Wishart) 4 604 (Mack) 4 614 (Stewart) 5 657 Compared to express traffic (Mack) 1 308 (Peters) 2 360 (Bradley) 2 437 (Safford) 10 1162 (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1334 general 12 1354 (Anderson) 1 200 Compared to passenger traffic, general 4 623 (Kruttschnitt) 5 793 (Lorenz) 6 893 Compared to passenger and express traffics (Rowan) 4 586 (Wishart) 4 606 (Mack) 5 663 Compared to freight traffic (Brown) 1 176 Compared to less than carload lots of freight (Peabody) 3 495 Compared to Canadian mail traffic (Logan) ' 4 545 Compared to 1903 (Wishart) 4 605 Cost of service rendered by railroads (Peters) 1 190 Cost of handling, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Peabody) 3 495 Court decisions (Turner) 6 690 Change in, since 1873 (Peters) 11 1085 Car mileage, annual, 1909, general 12 1377 Comparative cost of (Lorenz) 6 893 (Stewart) 1 16 (Peters) 1 43 (Bradley) 2 437 (Rowan) 4 563 (Wishart) 4 607 (Mack) 4 611 (Kruttschnitt) 5 793 Discussion of (Worthington) 2 372 (Mack) 4 609 Description of (Lorenz) 6 850 (Postmaster General) 7 998 <p*«0 { io ml Delay of trains (Hitt) 10 1181 Dispatching mails, department's method of (Stewart) 10 1177 Empty equipment (Bradley) 1 123 Extra cost of, to railroads (Lorenz) 4 589 Fluctuations in (Peters) 1 46 Facilities necessary compared to passenger traffic (Mack) 4 590 Frequency of mail movements, trend of (Stewart) 12 1377 Growth of (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1. 96 Government function (Anderson) 1 200 History ( Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 46 (Turner) 6 899 Increase of (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 50 (Worthington) 2 341 New York Central lines (Rowan) 4 572 Increased cost of carrying (Worthington) 2 337 Mail cars, size of (Mack) 10 1147 Not passenger business (Peters) 10 1173 Parcel post, increase due to (Anderson) 1 209 (Logan) 4 549 Preponderance of mail movement (Scott) 1 225 Passenger schedules made to facilitate (Scott) 1 235 Purpose of (Safford) 2 363 Per cent of mail carried in railway post office cars, Grand Trunk (Logan) 4 555 INDEX. 1571 Mail traffic— Continued. Volume. Parcel post, increased volume because of, example (Hardin) 10 Proper amount of mails participation in general equipment, termi- nals, etc. (Stewart) _ 12 Relation of, to railroad business (Mack) 4 Reduced to one day's work on 1 mile of route, Pennsylvania R. R. (Bradley) _ 5 Relative cost to railroads (Kruttschnitt) 5 Segregation of local and through mail (Scott) 1 Southern Pacific R. R. , discussion of (Worthington) 2 Statistics of mail handling, Santa Fe R. R. (Peabody) 3 Services rendered in connection with, enumeration of (Bradley) . . 4 Sack of mail, average weight (Peabody) 10 Small growth of ton mileage since 1908, reasons for (Bradley) 12 Terminals, mail facilities in (Rowan) 4 Value to railroads (Scott) 1 Value to Post Office Department compared to other podt office ac- tivities (Bradley) 5 Value of to railroads (Peters) 5 See Passenger traffic; Express traffic; Freight traffic; Mail pay; Side and terminal service. Mail trains: Discussion of (Mack) 1 Delays due to mail traffic, New York Central lines (Rowan) 4 Delays due to mail traffic, examples of (Hitt) 10 Earnings, compared to passenger trains (Mack) 1 Irregularity of (Mack) 1 Laws and regulations governing (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 New York and St. Louis, fast trains (Scott) 1 N ew York Central lines, earnings of (Rowan) 4 Schedules arranged to accomodate mail traffic (Scott) 4 Schedules, how arranged (Rowan) 4 See Fast and special mail trains; Passenger traffic. Messenger service: Cost of (Mack) Missouri Pacific R. R. (Mack) to Government (Meyer, Postmaster General) (Stewart) Pennsylvania R. R. (Scott) Atlantic Coast Line R. R. (Albright) Cost to Government compared to cost to railroads (Mack) Discussion of (Mack) Difficulties of performance (Mack) Department's plan, Document 105 (Wade) History (Mack) Increase of, due to growth of mail (Mack) Increase of, due to frequency of train service (Mack) No part of railroad traffic (Mack) Overnight storage of mail (Scott) Persons employed, number of (Mack) Regulations governing (Mack) Railroads should be relieved from or paid cost (Mack) Railroads willing to perform service at cost (Scott) Cost of performance by railroads compared to Government (Scott). Short lines, greater burden to (Mack) Value of, to Post Office Department (Mack) Wagon contracts (Mack) '. See Side and terminal service; Station porters; Railroad's pro- posals; Short-line roads. Munitions of war: Compared to mail (Buckland) Pay for, method of (Buckland) New England roads: Compared to other roads (Peters) Greater underpay, reasons (Buckland) (Mack) short haul (Lorenz) Page. 1200 1388 590 791 807 226 326 520 624 1144 1376 568 226 563 661 309 574 1181 311 216 67 224 574 235 565 211 219 211 221 231 254 219 210 212 243 210 211 212 210 232 211 214 218 231 231 212 213 213 264 264 126 276 312 552 1572 INDEX. New England roads — Continued. Volume. New York, New Haven & Hartford, losses on (Buckland) 1 265 Parcel post, should be paid for (Mack) : 1 299 Talbott bill (Baldwin) 1 131 See Mail pay; Overpay and underpay. Observation, Pullman, and dining cars: Extra revenue from (Worthington) 2 336 Length of (Worthington) 2 371 Operating expenses: Changes in, from 1895 to 1910 (Worthington) 2 342 Comparison, 1909 and 1911 (Interstate Commerce Commission) ... 4 617 Difference in, East and West (Worthington) 2 345 Discussion of, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Peabody) 3 497 Explanation of (Worthington) 2 330 Greater than revenue, New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road (Bowman) 1 282 Increase (Scott) 1 229 compared to operating revenue (Scott) 1 229 Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. (Anderson) 1 204 compared to increase of mail revenue (Worthington) 2 341 steel cars (Peters) 5 640 s;nce 1909 (Peters) 9 1085 (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1342 with increase of speed (Railway Mail Pay Committee)... 12 1342 compared to revenue (Worthington) 12 1388 (general) 12 1483 Southern Pacific, compared to other roads (Worthington). 12 1513 Varying, per train mile (Lorenz) 4 618 See Separation of freight and passenger expenses; Separation of passenger expenses. Increase of, in South (Albright) 1 253 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (Albright) 1 253 Increase of (Worthington) 2 337 Each traffic branch should bear its proportion of (Rowan) 4 587 Overpay: Cost, method of determining (Peabody) 5 646 Argument showing (Postmaster General) 11 1253 Amount of (Stewart) 12 1511 Change of divisor (Postmaster General) 7 1020 Department's plan, Document 105 (Stewart) 1 10 Discussion of (Stewart) 1 7 (Peters) 1 46 (Worthington) „ 2 "334 (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1324 Early years (Albright) 1 251 Law of March 2, 1907 (Postmaster General) 7 1020 Amount of, Document 105 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report). 1 81 Document 105 (Stewart) 12 1516 Pennsylvania R. R., discussion of (Scott) 1 234 Relative passenger revenues, best determined by (Mack") 5 662 Refutation of railroads' Claim of underpay (Postmaster General).. 7 991 Space, best method of determining (Mack) 1 307 Variation of, general 12 1387 Woolcott Commission Report (Railway Mail Pay Committee Re- port) 1 53 See Underpay; Mail pay. Padding of mails: Discussion of (Wade) 1 250 Department's plan, Document 105 (Stewart) 1 13 Parcel post: Apartment-car service, increased because of (Peters) '. 1 47 Act of March 4, 1913, explanation of (Stewart) 10 1193 Alabama, Georgia & Florida Railroad, effect on (Coleman) 10 1197 Canada (Logan) 4 553 Discussion of (Kindel, Member of Congress) 12 1331 Extra weighing because of (Peters) 1 47 (Brown) 1 176 INDEX. 1573 Parcel post— Continued. Volume. Page. Express earnings, reduction in, because of (Baldwin) 1 133 England, pay for (Logan) 4 548 (Peters) 5 650 Economy in handling (Lorenz) 12 1483 Freight traffic, effect on (Peabody) 12 1362 Increase in pay under present law due to (Peters) 1 187 Increase of (Anderson) 1 209 Mail pay increase due to (Peters) 1 187 (Coleman) 10 1191 Operation of, examples (Coleman) 10 1198 Santa Fe (Peabody) 12 1360 Profit or loss to Government because of, general 12 1487 Proper mail pay for (Peters) 12 1487 Present law, adequate pay for (Peters) 1 188 Rates, basis for, weight alone not satisfactory (Logan) 4 554 Rates, explanation of (Kindel, Member of Congress) 12 1392 Relations between railroads and Government, effect on (Stewart) . . 5 658 Storage cars, increased because of (Brown) 1 128 Segregation of (Logan) 4 548 (Lorenz) 12 1484 Transportation of, by fast freight (Logan) 4 553 Wagon contracts due to (Stewart) . . .^ 10 1186 See Mail traffic ; Express traffic ; Freight traffic. Passenger earnings: Amount of, annual, 1901 to 1911 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 70 1910 (Scott) 1 224 per car-foot mile (Peters) 1 122 (Lorenz) 2 325 car mile (Interstate Commerce Commission) 2 362 month (Lorenz) 9 1089 car-foot mile, discrepancy between figures of de- partment and railroads, joint letter 2 323 Average earnings, passenger-car space per car mile (Bradley) 5 652 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Peabody) 3 497 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (Albright) 1 253 Compared to mail earnings (Railway Mail Pav Committee Report) 1 52 Southern Pacific (Worthington) . . . 2 326 express and mail earnings, Pennsvlvania Railroad (Bradley) 2 426 Compared to express and mail earnings, Chesapeake & Ohio Rail- road (Snead) 2 442 Changes in, 1895 to 1910 (Worthington) > 2 342 Compared to freight earnings (Railway Mail Pay Committee Re- port) 1 70 Extra revenue from Pullman and dining cars (Worthington) 2 336 Increase of, Southern Pacific Railroad (Worthington) 2 326 compared to mail (Worthington) 2 341 Less than freight revenue (Rowan) 4 586 Not remunerative (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 112 (Anderson) 1 198 See Passenger traffic ; Separation of passenger expenses. Passenger rates : Basis of (Scott). 1 235 neither weight nor space (Wade) 1 249 Empty equipment, allowance for (Worthington) 2 340 Entire cars (Worthington) 2 340 State legislation (Rowan) 4 587 Passenger traffic : Analysis of cost and revenues, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail- road (Peabody) 3 497 Car mileage, 1910 (Scott) 1 224 Car-foot miles, number of, receipts, total and assigned (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 71 Cost, increase of (Worthington) 2 337 Compared to mail traffic (Krutschnitt) 5 793 1574 INDEX. Passenger traffic — Continued. Volume. Page. Cars, standardization of (Bradley) 12 1368 Earnings, total (Scott) 1 224 Equipment, cost of, general 12 1507 Operating expenses, increase (Scott) • 1 229 proper assignment of (Railway Mail Pay Com- mittee) 12 1325 Passengers per car, average (Mack) 1 304 Schedules, to accommodate mail traffic (Scott) 1 235 Special facilities necessary (Rowan) 4 590 Space basis, predicated on (Stewart) 10 1173 Train-miles, annual (Mack) 1 304 Trains held for accommodation of mail (Taylor) 1 320 Total railroad revenue, contribution to by (Worthington) 2 342 Train-mile costs, New York Central lines (Rowan) 4 574 Trains, average number of cars, general 12 1505 Value of, to railroads (Bradley) 4 627 See Separation of passenger expenses. Peabody plan: Analysis of (Turner) 6 943 Discussion of (Lorenz) 6 866 Objections to (Postmaster General) 7 1034 Outline of (Peabody) 5 j jig® Percentage method: Analysis of (Turner) 6 936 Discussion of (Postmaster General) 7 1033 (Lorenz) 6 863 (Bradlev) 4 550 (Stewart) 5 652 Objections to (Lorenz) 6 863 (Stewart) 5 { f£ Wolcott Commission report (Lorenz) 6 863 Postal expenditures, Government: Classified, 1895 to 1908 (Kruttschnitt) 5 811 Distribution of (Worthington) 2 341 Railroads, amount received by (Worthington) 2 341 Total, compared to mail pay (Bradley) 5 652 Postal receipts, Government: Amount of (Worthington) 2 341 (Bradley) 5 652 1895 to 1911 (Kruttschnitt) < 5 811 percentage received by railroads (Worthington) 2 341 Increase of compared to increase of mail pay (Worthington) 2 341 (Mack) 4 610 Percentage received by railroads (Worthington) 2 341 Railroads, participation in (Bradley) 5 653 (Stewart) 5 655 Should be considered in fixing pay (Worthington) 2 351 See Mail pay. Postmaster General's system of cost separation: Criticisms of (Peabody) 3 449 (Plant) 4 628 (Wishart) 4 601 (Peabody) 12 1347 Dead space (Worthington) 2 333 Discussion of (Peabody) 3 450 (Lorenz) 4 632 (Safford) 1 139 Defense of (Prentiss) 7 1035 (Stewart) 12 1503 Explanation of (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) .-. 1 79 Inaccuracies of (Worthington) 2 347 Instructions to railroads with reference to (Peabody) 3 448 Liberal to railroads (Stewart) 12 1503 INDEX. 1575 Postmaster General's system of cost separation — Continued. Objections to (Safford) (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) (Kruttschnitt) (Bradley) Passenger service, expenses assigned to (Worthington) Passenger service, expenses assigned to, criticism (Railway Mail Pay Committee) Varying results (Worthington) See Document 105; Separation of freight and passenger expenses; Separation of passenger expenses; Dead space. Railroad earnings: Increase of (Scott) compared to increase in operating expenses (Scott) . .. Compared to freight earnings (Bowman) Railroad operation (general): Changes in cost of and revenue from (Worthington) Benefit to country (Mack) Increased cost of (Worthington) Increase of (Mack) Each traffic should pay its proportion of expenses (Rowan) Relation of, to mail traffic (Scott) See Operating expenses; Separation of freight and passenger expenses; Mail pay; Mail traffic. Railroads' proposals: Bill proposed by railroads (Peters) Cars, sizes of (Mack) Discussion of (Postmaster General) (Buckland) (Railway Mail Pay Committee) Enumeration of (Peters) Pay based on passenger-car-mile revenue (Peters) Rate should be initiated by railroad (Bradley) 12 Summary of (Lorenz) (Turner) Weight versus space (Mack) See Railroads' suggested bill; Side and terminal service; Apart- ment cars. Railroad rates (general): Competition, low rates because of (Scott) Basis of (Scott) Empty and unused equipment, allowance for (Worthington) ..... Interstate Commerce Commission, controlled by (Brown) Litigation (Peters) Method of determining (Peters) (Anderson) Low rates to build up trade (Scott) Partnership basis (Brown) Space never used as basis of (Peters) (Worthington) Variation of, reasons for (Anderson) Weight, basis of (Peters) (Baldwin) Weight and space, basis of (Wade) , See Passenger rates; Freight rates. Railroads' suggested bill: Copy of (Peters) Discussion of (Albright) Indorsed by railroads (Peters) * Indorsement of (Anderson) (Wade) Objections to (Anderson) Revenue to railroads increased by (Peters). (Wade). Volume. Page. 1 136 1 62 1 65 2 423 2 335 12 1325 2 346 1 229 1 229 1 282 2 341 4 613 2 337 4 613 4 487 1 230 1 181 10 1146 7 1034 1 275 12 1329 9 1085 12 1469 12 1457 6 867 6 911 5 663 231 M 232 235 340 175 186 45 196 232 173 45 351 196 M 45 128 132 249 181 256 182 208 249 208 182 249 1576 INDEX. Railway mail cars (general) : Volume. Page. Cost of handling (Peters). . 5 640 Comparative cost of handling steel and wooden cars (Peters) 5 Canadian cars, size of (postmaster general, Canada) 12 Equipment (McBride) 4 Furnishing and operating, cost of (Postmaster General) 5 Government ownership (Turner) 6 report of Postmaster General Vilas (Post- master General Vilas) 1 saving ( Ashurst, Senator) 5 History of (Turner) • 6 Hauling, cost of (Peters) 5 New York Central lines, cost, etc. (Rowan) 4 Operation of (Peters) 2 Operating and furnishing, cost of (Postmaster General) 5 Pay for, explanation (Baldwin) 5 (Kruttschnitt) 5 Parcel post, effect of (Mack) 10 Standardization of (Bradley) 12 (Peabody) 12 Storage cars, comparative service (Bradley) 10 Steel cars, requirement for (Stewart) 12 Through operation, necessity for (Safford) , 2 Tonnage, effect of (Logan) 4 Transportation, cost of (Peters) 5 Units (Mack) 10 general 10 See Apartment cars; Full railway post-office cars. Government ownership (Stewart) 1 (Postmaster General Hitchcock) 1 Steel cars, requirement for (Stewart) 1 Railway mail employees: Free transportation, number (Stewart) 1 miles (Stewart) 1 cost (Stewart) 1 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) . . 1 (Rowan) 4 (Stewart) 4 Southern Railroad (Taylor) , 1 classes (Taylor) required (Railway Mail Pay Committee Re- port) (Peters) passenger coaches (Stewart). not considered, Document 105 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) discussion of (Taylor) Conduct of (Taylor) Document 105, data furnished not considered (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) Liability for, railroads (Peters) (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) Canada (Logan) compared to express messengers (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 Office clerks, number of (Stewart) 1 Postal clerks, space occupied (Stewart) . : 1 Transportation of, discussion (Stewart) 1 regulation (Taylor) 1 Weight of, average (Worthington) 2 Railway Mail Pay Committee : Bill presented by (Peters) 1 42 List of railroads represented by (Railway Mail Pay Committee Re- port) 1 54 Mileage represented by (Peters) 1 42 Mail experts, subcommittee (Railway Mail Pay Committee Re- port) 1 59 INDEX. 1577 Railway Mail Pay Committee— Continued. Volume. Page Purpose of (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 ol (Peters) - - - 1 42 Personnel of, November, 1909 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Re- port) ..- 1 59 December. 1912 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Re- port). ..: i g Proposals of (Peters) .- - - - 1 i6{) Numbers of railroads represented (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 l\ Short line roads, cooperation (Peters) -L 18i See Proposals of railroads. Railway mail pay rates: Basis of, cost (Buckland) 1 275 (Peters) 1 190 (Postmaster General) ; . . 7 1005 space (Bowman) 1 296 (Stewart) 1 12 objection to (Baldwin) 1 132 weight (Mack) 1 307 and space (Logan) 4 554 discussion (Worthington) 2 365 (Bradley) 2 434 percentage (Bradley) 5 653 (Stewart) 5 658 discussion (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1329 passenger revenue (Mack) 12 1419 England (Buckland) 1 268 ten-mile (Mack) 1 308 cost, objection to (Worthington) 2 351 tonnage (Worthington) 2 354 cost, objection to (Peters) 5 645 discussion, general 5 645 (Peters) 5 649 discussion (Bradley) 5 643 (Stewart) 5 656 weight and space (Mack) 5 663 discussion (Lorenz) 5 707 (Lorenz) 6 861 cost (Postmaster General) 7 1005 department's plan, volume 8 (Railway Mail Pay Com- mittee) 12 1397 passenger car mile, general 12 1469 Commercial principle (Lorenz) 6 878 (Postmaster General) 7 998 Commercial principle (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1329 (Lorenz) 12 1480 (Peters) 9 1076 Competitive (Madden) 10 1174 Compared to express rates (Postmaster General) 11 1272 Discussion of (Buckland) 1 270 (Worthington) 2 392 (Peabody) 3 506 (Lorenz) 4 618 (Lewis, Member of Congress) 5 695 (Postmaster General) 7 998 Different rate for different sections (Peters) 1 126 Discussion of (Worthington) 2 349 Department's Plan, Volume 8 (Mack) 10 1125 (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1397 Department's claims, defense of (Postmaster "General) 11 1265 England (Buckland) 1 268 Electric railroads (Piper) 1 157 Express rates, compared to (Postmaster General) 11 1272 Expedited service, extra pay (Lorenz) 12 1452 Empty movement (Lorenz) 12 1537 Fixed rates, general 12 1473 49396—14 107 1578 INDEX. Railway mail pay rates — Continued. Gross tonnage principle (Lorenz). Interstate Commerce Commission, Volume. Page. reviewed by (Peters) . .. appeal to (Buckland)... should fix rates (Piper). (Peters). appeal to (Brown) Initiated by railroads (Peabody). (Bradley) Interstate Commerce Commission should fix rates (Buckland) Initiated by railroads (Peters) Long and short lines, same rate for (Coleman) Method of determining, not by Government (Buckland) England (Buckland) ton-mile rate (Mack) Interstate Commerce Commission (Piper) (Buck- land) (Peters) cost of service rendered (Peters) decrease of ton-mileage rate with in- creased density of traffic (Worthington). not by cost (Worthington) tonnage (Worthington) discussion (Lorenz) (Bradley) (Stewart) (Mack) (Lorenz) .• (Railway Mail Pay Committee) cost not main factor (Peters) cost, discussion of, general value of service rendered (Peters) weight and space (Mack) gross tonnage principle  158 182 175 684 1457 263 185 1191 270 268 308 158 1 263 1 182 1 190 2 343 2 341 2 354 2 365 2, 5 434, 653 5 5 5 12 5 5 5 5 6 cost of service rendered (Postmaster Method of determinins body) .... 