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Method of determining, General) Method of determining, department's plan, volume 8 (Railway Mail Pay Committee) Method of determining, passenger car-mile revenue, general Methods of determining explained and discussed (Lorenz) Length of hauls, wholesale principle should apply (Bradley) One rate necessary (Piper) Percentage basis (Bradley) (Stewart) Present rates, adequacy of (Mack) Present law, rates explained (Turner) Passenger car-mile revenue basis, general Proper rates, discussion (Bradley) ~ Review by Interstate Commerce Commission (Peters) . . .' Rate level, determination of (Lorenz) Railroads entitled to reasonable rates (Turner) Should not be fixed by Government (Buckland) Should be fixed by law (Brown) Space as basis (Baldwin) (Bowman) (Stewart) Should be initiated by railroads (Peters) (Peabody) (Bradley) Short lines, same rates as long lines (Coleman) Storage cars, necessity for weight consideration (Worthington) Ton-mile rate (Mack) Tonnage basis (Worthington) Theory of (Lorenz) 656 664 707 1329 645 645 649 663 684 1005 12 1397 12 1469 6 861 12 1455 1 129 5 653 5 658 5 664 6 908 12 1469 12 1538 1 185 6 876 6 995 1 270 1 175 1 132 1 295 1 12 1 185 5 684 12 1457 10 1191 12 1452 1 308 2 354 5 827 INDEX. 1579 Railway mail pay rates — Continued. Volume. Wholesale principle should apply to length of hauls (Bradley) 12 Zone system (Lorenz) 12 Discussion of (Bradley) 12 (Lorenz) 6 See Present law; Space basis; Cost basis; Lloyd plan; Department's plan, Document 105; Department's plan, volume 8. Reductions in pay: Act of Congress, July 12, 1876 (Albright) 1 June 17, 1878 (Albright) 1 March 2, 1907 (Albright) 1 (Worthington) 2 (Turner) 6 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (Albright) 1 Change of divisor (order No. 12) (Albright) 1 (Turner) 6 Compared to increased revenue from other sources, Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. (Anderson) _ 1 Compared to the increased service, Pennsylvania Railroad (Scott) . 1 Change of divisor, Atlantic Coast Line (Albright) 1 Compared to increased revenues from other services (Mack) 4 Enumeration of (Albright) • 1 (Kruttschnitt) 5 (Peters) 1 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 Gain to Government by (Worthington) 2 Increased tonnage (Bradley) 5 (Worthington) 2 Mail routes, change of (Anderson) 1 Saving to Government (Worthington) 2 Unwarranted since 1907 (Peters) 5 See Pay to railroads; Change of divisor. Refusal to carry mail by railroads : Court decisions (Buckland) 1 Discussion of (Anderson) 1 Explanation of (Stewart) 10 Inadequate pay (Mack) 1 Instances of (Stewart) 10 Legality of (Buckland) : 1 I Public sentiment (Mack) 1 Reasons for, general 10 Relation of railroads to government and people: Common carrier (Buckland) 1 Court decisions (Peters) 5 Discussion of (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 < (Scott) 1 (Buckland) 1 (Safford) 2 (Logan) 4 (Mack) 4 (Turner) 6 (Peters) 9 (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 (Postmaster General) 7 Individual shipper compared to Government (Stewart) 1 same as Government (Brown) 1 Loss should be borne by Government (Anderson) 1 Passenger compared to Government (Stewart) 1 Parcel post, effect of (Stewart) .- 5 Public utility (Postmaster General) 7 Railroads agent of Government (Stewart) 5 See Eminent domain; Advantages to railroads of mail traffic. Report on the value of the service rendered in the transportation of mail for the two and one-half years to December 31, 1911, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (Bowman) 1 Page. 1455 1455 1538 876 251 251 251 337 917 253 251 917 204 223 251 610 251 795 42 49 342 653 343 197 242 726 273 203 1138 312 1138 273 264 312 1140 263 689 111 119 228 263 362 542 609 954 1076 1329 1000 18 173 200 18 658 1000 657 277 1580 INDEX. Revenue train-mile system of cost separation : See Cost separation, freight and passenger traffics; Cost separation, passenger traffic; Postmaster General's method of cost separa- tion; Document 105. Volume. Page. Court decisions supporting (Peabody) I JJ ™ Discussion of (Peabody) 3 450 Indorsed by railroads (Stafford) 1 139 Most accepted method (Safford) 1 139 Separation of freight and passenger expenses: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., method of (Peabody) 3 460 Adams, Prof., position of (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1330 (Peabody) 12 1407 Bowman method, New York, New Haven & Hartford (Bowman) . 1 281 compared to department's method (Bowman). . 1 289 Court decisions (Peabody) 3 466 Department's method fair to railroads (Safford) 3 139 explanation (Prentiss) 7 1035 Discussion of (Stewart) 1 9 (Worthington) 2 365 (Lorenz) 2 375 (Peabody) 3 448 (Wishart) 4 607 (Plant) 4 628 (Lorenz) 4 632 ( Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1325 (Peabody) 12 1347 Gross earning basis (Lorenz) 3 500 Grand Trunk R. R., method of (Logan) 4/ j?j*J How far accomplished by railroads (Scott) 1 232 Interstate Commerce Commission, desirability of its being done by (Stewart) 1 9 letter from (Interstate Com- merce Commission) 1 11 required by up to 1894 (Worthington) 2 333 Impossibility of (Stewart) 1 193 (Worthington) 2 345 348 (Peters) 5 " 728 Methods for (Safford) 1 136 most accepted (Safford) 1 139 Method of apportioning unassigned expenses (Postmaster General) . 7 1009 Meyer (Interstate Commerce Commissioner) (Stewart) 12 1362 Discussion of (Postmaster General) 7 1008 Mail traffic, discussion of, with reference to proportion of general expenses it should bear (Mack) 4 591 New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (Wishart) 4 601 Objections to department's plan (Railway Mail Pav Committee Report) ." 1 62 (Kruttschnitt) 1 65 (Safford) 1 139 Postmaster General's method (Railway Mail Pay Committee Re- port) 1 79 (Worthington) 2 335 Pennsylvania Railroad system (Bradley) 2 420, 431 Practicability of (Plant) 4 628 (Lorenz) 4 632 (Peters) 5 728 Southern Pacific Co. (Worthington) 2 328 Train-mile method (Rowan) 4 588 Unassigned expenses, method of apportioning (Postmaster General) 7 1009 Postmaster General's method (Prentiss) 7 • 1035 See Separation of passenger expenses; Postmaster General's system of cost apportionment; Wisconsin method of cost apportionment; Buell system of cost separation; Revenue train-mile system of cost apportionment; Document 105. INDEX. 1581 Separation of passenger expenses: Volume. Page. Court decisions (Peabody) 3 470 Department's method (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 79 compared to Bowman method (Bowman) . . 1 279 Discrepancy in figures of department and railroads, joint letter. . . 2 323 Discussion of (Lorenz) 2 325 (Peabody) 3 { *}|j (Plant) 4 628 (Lorenz) 4 632 (Peabody) 12 1347 (Postmaster General) 7 1008 Grand Trunk, method used (Logan) 4 532 General expense, discussion of, with reference to proportion which should be borne by mail traffic (Mack) 4 591 How nearly accomplished by railroads (Scott) 1 232 Interstate Commerce Commission, letter from (Interstate Com- merce Commission) 1 11 no apportionment made by (In- terstate Commerce Commis- sion) 2 362 Impossibility of (Stewart) 1 193 Space only measure of (Scott) 1 232 Southern Pacific Railway Co . ( Worthington) 2 328 See Separation of freight and passenger expenses; Dead space; Document 105. Short-line roads: Apartment cars (Baldwin) 1 131 (Brown). 1 172 pay compared to freight revenues (Anderson) 5 739 Bill, proposed (Drake) 9 1108 Compared to larger roads (Peters) 1 126 Cooperation with larger roads (Baldwin) 1 131 (Nichols) 10 1218 Carolina & Northwestern Railway (Nichols) 10 1208 Charleston & Western Carolina Railway (Anderson) 1 196 Department's plan, volume 8, effect on Georgia, Florida & Ala- bama Railway (Cole- man) 10 , 1189 East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railway (Lorenz) 10 1206 Ocala Northern Railway (Denham) 10 1230 Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railwav (Blo- meyer) 10 1237 objections to (Nichols) 10 1208 discussion of (Nichols) 10 1212 (Blount) 10 1243 Discussion of mail rates (Denham) 10 1232 Document 105, deductions from (Railway Mail Pay Committee). . 12 1324 East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railway (Hardin) 10 1200 Lloyd plan, effect on (Robinson) 5 683 Marcellus & Otisco Lake Railway (Stewart) 1 182 Minimum weight per mile (Peters) 1 182 Loading allowance (Stewart) 10 1157 Number of in South (Blomeyer) 10 1235 Ocala Northern Railway (Denham) 10 1224 Present pay too low (Brown) 1 172 Pay, discussion of, letter (Drake) - 9 1107 Present law, objections to (Hardin) 10 1203 Proposals and suggestions of (Hardin) 10 1203 (Nichols) 10 { J212 (Denham) 10 1226 (Blomeyer) • 10 1240 (Brown) 12 1551 1582 INDEX. Short-line roads — Continued. Volume. Page. Parcel post, effect of (Blomeyer) 10 123& Operation, increased cost of (Blount) 10 1241 Railroad's bill, indorsement (Anderson) 1 208 Reasons for greater underpay than on large roads (Buckland). .. . 1 276 Short Line Association (Brown) 1 171 Side service, burden of (Peters) , 1 182 Side and terminal service (Anderson) 1 209 212 217 (Mack) 1 Statements in regard to pay 5 830 Suggested bill (Drake) 9 1108 Side and terminal service, Ocala Northern Railway (Denham) 10 1224 Space plan, objections to (Dtnham) 10 4 joo^ (Blount) 10 1241 Tennessee & Western Carolina Railway (Hardin) 10 1205 Talbott bill (Brown) 1 17a See Talbott bill; Side and terminal service; Mail pay. Short routes: Examples of (Albright) 1 254 See Short-line roads; Mail routes; Document 105. Side and terminal service: Annoyance of, to railroads (Baskerville) 5 706 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (Albright) 1 254 Cost of, to department, estimated (Stewart) 1 17 (Peters) 1 182 side service (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 52 (Peters) 1 183 proportionate (Lindsav) 3 524 (Lorenz) 6 867 comparative, at Tallahassee, Fla. (Coleman) 10 1191 Document 105, no allowance for (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 62 data obtained not considered (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) . 1 68 general 3 513 statement with reference to omission of statistics (Mack) ._ ( 1 210 Department's plan, Document 105, provision with reference to (Mack) 210 objections to (Wade) 1 24a volume 8 (Stewart) 10 { \]^ (Hitt) 10 1181 effect on Georgia, Florida & Ala- bama Railway (Coleman) 10 1199 Defense of department's position (Postmaster General) 11 1268 Delay to trains (Hitt) 10 1181 Discussion of (Mack) 1 210 (Bradley) 4 625 Explanation of (Rowan) 4 584 Excessive cost on Ocala Northern Railway (Denham) 10 1224 Grand Trunk Railroad (Logan) 4 556 History of (Rowan) 4 584 (Stewert) 1 18 Laws and regulations (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 66 Messenger service, history (Mack) 1 210 No allowance for, Document 105 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 62 No part of railroad business (Mack) 1 210 New York Central lines (Rowan) 4 570 Objected to by railroads (Peters) 1 44 (53 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) . . 1 j 118 5 725 9 1082 (Peters) { INDEX. 1583 Side and terminal service— Continued. Volume. Page. No part of passenger service (Lorenz) 5 710 Performance at cost by roads (Peters) 1 183 Parcel post, effect of (Anderson) 1 209 Pay for, liberal (Postmaster General) 7 1018 Required of railroads (Stewart) 1 17 Reasons for (Stewert) 1 18 Rock Island lines (Sebastian) 5 846 Station porters (Peters) 1 129 Short line roads, burden to (Anderson) 1 209 Short routes, cost excessive (Albright) 1 254 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (Peabody) 3 521 Terminal service, objections (Taylor) 1 317 Wagon contracts (Peters) 1 183 Great Northern Railway (Baskerville) 5 701 See Extra services and facilities required by mail traffic; Initial and terminal charges; Messenger service; Terminal post offices; Railroads' proposals. Space basis: Advantages of (Stewart) 1 10, 28 Administration, cost of (Peters) 1 45 objections to (Peters) 1 45, 127 (Rowan) 4 595 (Peters) 9 1085 (Bradley) 12 1539 discussion of (Mack) 5 666 general 12 1420 Disputes, less with railroads (Stewart) 1 11 Disadvantages (Stewart) 1 29 Different rate for different sections (Peters) 1 126 Different rate for every road (Peters) 1 129 Discussion of (Albright) 1 254 (Bowman) 1 295 (Logan) 4 541 (Lorenz) 5 707 (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1341 Effect of (Stewart) 1 10 Elmer-Thompson-Slater Commission, indorsed by (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1341 Indorsement of (Lorenz) 12 1452 Empty-car movement (Lorenz) 12 1537 Fluctuation of necessary space (Peters) 1 44 Growth of compensation with business (Peters) 1 127 Limits carrying capacity of railroads (Safford) 10 1161 Maximum amount of space necessary should be paid for (M'ack) . . 1 306 Not economical to Government (Bradley) 10 1166 Discussion of (Lorenz) 6 856 (Turner) 6 919 Objections to, railroads (Peters) 1 43 no stability (Wade) 1 248 (Anderson) 1 207 (Albright) 1 254 f 345 (Worthington) 2 \ 351 393 (Logan) 4 540 (Peters) - 5 728 cut pay (Hitt) 10 1180 (Coleman) 10 1190 (Peters) 10 1216 (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 1341 assumption of part of railroad business by Govern- ment, general 12 1486 Proper gauge of pay (Stewart) 1 12 Previous investigations (Peters) 1 43 Pay not sufficient (Peters) 1 127 Pay for added weight (Worthington) 2 370 1584 INDEX. Space basis— Continued. Volume. Page. Space, only measure of cost (Stewart) 1 4 necessary in assigning passenger costs (Peters) 1 43 as gauge of pay (Peters) 1 128 never used to fix rates (Baldwin) 1 132 only estimate. of cost (Scott) 1 232 as gauge of pay, more scientific than weight (Bowman) 1 296 used as basis of estimating service rendered (Worthington) . 2 296 only applies to 2 of 15 services performed by railroads in carriage of mail (Bradley) 4 625 versus weight (Bowman) 2 296 (Mack) 1 301 (Rowan) 4 579 (Bradley) 4 625 (Peters) 5 651 general 12 1444 Terminal post offices, tendency toward use of, to cut pay (Hitt) . . 10 1184 Use of space compared to present plan (Stewart) 12 1382 Weight, necessity for considering, in making storage-car rates (Worthington) 12 1452 See Weight basis; Cost basis; Department's plan, Document 105; Department's plan, volume 8; Lloyd plan. Document 105; Objections to department's plan, Document 105; Padding of mails; Closed-pouch mail. Station porters: Number employed (Peters) 1 129 See Side and terminal service; Messenger service. Steamship mail, discussion of (Logan) 4 551 Storage cars: Basis of pay, weight (Peters) 1 128 discussion, general 12 1452 weight (Worthington) 12 1452 Department's plan, volume 8, effect (Worthington) 12 1447 Loading and unloading (Searle) 10 1156 Load of, average (Bradley) . 10 1165 Necessity of considering weight in fixing rate (Worthington) 12 1452 Operating cost compared to railway post-office cars (Scott) 10 1155 Parcel post, effect of (Peters) 1 128 (Bradley) 12 1378 Pay for, discussion, general 10 1154 relative (Mack) 10 1155 intermediate loading and unloading (Searle) 10 1156 Railway post-office cars, connection with (Peters) 1 128 Rate of pay, discussion, general 12 1452 Return movement, allowance of space, Docuemnt 105 (Bradley) . . 12 1500 Southern Pacific Railroad (Worthington) 12 1466 Used by trunk lines only (Peters) 1 128 Weight of (Scott) 10 1155 Weight, necessitv for considering in fixing rate (Worthington) 12 1452 limit of (Worthington) 12 1467 increase in pay above a certain limit (Worthington) 12 1467 Value of service, compared with railway post-office cars (Bradley) 10 1165 See Empty return movement. Storage cars: Disallowance of reported space by department (Peters) 9 1081 Pay for return movement (Stewart) ' 9 1097 See Empty return movement. Talbottbill: Explanation of (Anderson) 1 207 Indorsed by short-line roads (Brown) 1 173 (Anderson) 1 207 Terminal post offices: Discussion of (Taylor) 1 317 (Bradley) 4 625 Department's plan, volume 8 (Mack) 10 1127 (Hitt) 10 1185 Mail facilities at terminals, New York Central lines (Rowan) 4 568 INDEX. 1585 Terminal post offices — Continued. Volume. Purpose of (Stewart) 10 Regulations governing (Taylor) 1 See Side and terminal charges. Ton-miles (general) : Fairness of as basis of ascertaining revenue (Worthington) 2 Mail pay per (Lewis, Member of Congress) 5 Train-miles: Explanation of (Rowan) 4 Unit for separation of freight and passenger expenses (Rowan) 4 Varying train-mile costs (Lorenz) 4 Underpay : Annual, amount of (Peters) = 1 Amount of (Peters) 1 (Lorenz) 12 Apartment cars, no pay for (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 -J used solely for mail (Wade) 1 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, discussion of (Peabody) 3 Beginning of (Peters) 1 Charleston & Western Carolina Railway (Anderson) 1 < Canada (Logan) 4 Present law (Turner) 6 Discussion of (Stewart) 1 Department's plan, Document 105 (Stewart) 1 Discussion of (Peters) 1 < (Worthington) 2 (Turner) 6 Document 105, proof of (Peters) 5 Discussion of (Railway Mail Pay Committee 12 Document 105, based on (Lorenz) 12 Department's plan, volume 8, effect on Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (Mack) 12 Discussion of (Lorenz) • 12 Early years (Albright) 1 Free transportation of mail officials (Railway Mail Pay Commit- tee Report) _ 1 Grand Trunk Railroad (Logan) 4 Increased operation expenses demand increased pay (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 In 1910 (Peters) 9 Mail earnings less than other passenger earnings (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 9 Method of estimating (Peters) 1 Marcellus & Otisco Lake Railway (Stewart) 1 Method of estimating (Mack) < -, 2 New York, New Haven & Hartford lines (Buckland) 1 (Bowman) 1 Nev England roads (Lorenz) 4 Parcel post (Baldwin) 1 Pennsylvania Railroad system (Bradley) 2 < Relative revenues from passenger service, best method of deter- mining (Mack) 5 Railroads, claims of (Postmaster General) 7 Short routes (Wade) 1 Space, best estimate of (Mack) 1 Southern Pacific (Worthington) , 2 Statement proving (Bradley) 5 Southern Pacific (Worthington) 12 Terminal services (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 Quadrennial weighing (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 (Worthington) 2 1181 314 344 698 588 588 618 125 187 1480 53 115 247 495 189 196 206 533 918 7 10 47 181 355 956 721 1324 1471 1399 1536 251 52 531 111 1071 114 186 190 311 1419 265 281 552 133 428 432 662 989 247 307 334 732 1507 118 117 342 1586 INDEX. Underpay — Continued. Volume. Page. Compared to express and passenger earnings (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 2 51 Omitted expenses (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 2 84 Unauthorized space, necessity for operation (Safford) . > 2 380 Cost, method of determining (Peabody) 5 646 Variation of, general 12 1387 Wolcott Commission Report (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 53 See Overpay; Mail pay. Week's plan: Department's objections to (Postmaster General) . . 7 1033 Discussion of (Turner) -. 6 942 Explanation and discussion (Lorenz) 6 864 Practicability of (Worthington) 2 395 Weighing of mails (general): Discussion of (Rowan) 4 584 (Turner).... 6 913 When loading (Mack) 1 308 See Annual weighing of mails; Daily weighing of mails ; Quadren- nial weighing of mails. Weighing of mails, annual: Cost of, probable (Baldwin) 1 131 participation in by railroads (Baldwin ) 1 132 Discussion of (Postmaster General) 7 1018 Defense of department's position (Postmaster General) 11 1268 Indorsed by railroads (Peters) 1 44 {53 117 (Peters) 130 (Baldwin) 1 131 (Worthington) 2 342 (Peters) 5 724 {7 1018 11 1268 Necessity for (Stewart) 1 190 (Wade) 1 250 (Peters) 9 1081 Parcel post, effect of (Peters) 1 48 (Baldwin) 1 133 Pav for whole amount carried (Peters) 1 188 Purpose of (Wade) 1 251 Results of (Wade) 1 250 See Quadrennial weighing of mails; Railroads' proposals; Underpay to railroads. Weighing of mail, daily: Advantages of (Peters) 1 189 Cost of (Peters) 1 188 Indorsement of (Peabody) 3 506 Impracticability of (Mack) 1 308 Practicability of (Peters) 1 188 Weighing of mails, quadrennial: Cost of (Stewart) 1 14 to railroads (Peters) 1 130 (Worthington) 2 342 Change of divisor (Postmaster General) 1 50 Explanation of (Buckland) 1 300 Elimination of, under space plan (Stewart) 1 13 Objections to (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 53, 117 (Baldwin) 1 132 (Stewart) 1 190 (Wade) 1 249 (Worthington) 2 342 (Rowan) 4 584 See Change of divisor; Annual weighing of mails; Railroads' pro- INDEX. 1587 Weight basis: Volume. Advantages of (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 (Peters) { \ Desirability of (Peters) 5 Discussion of (Lorenz) 12 Indorsement of (Mack) 1 (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 (Peters) 1 (Baldwin) 1 (Mack) { I Used in ancient Rome (Peters) 5 Weight versus space (Rowan) 4 (Bradley) 4 (Peters) 5 general 12 (Bradley) 12 See Present law; Space basis; Cost basis. Wholesale and retail plan : Discussion of ( Worthington) 2 (Lorenz) 2 Equalized by relief from messenger service (Peters) 1 Lloyd plan (Peters) 5 Long and short hauls (Bradley) 12 Mail-car units (Bradley) 12 Present law (Bradley)" 12 Unequal pay (Baldwin) 1 Wisconsin method of cost apportionment: Discussion of (Peabody) 3 See Buell system of cost apportionment; Revenue train-mile sys- tem of cost apportionment; Postmaster General's system of cost separation. Wolcott Commission : Discussion of report, railroads not underpaid (Postmaster General ) . 7 Extract from report 1 History of (Turner) 6 Information submitted to, by James McCrea (Scott) 1 Pay not too high (Railway Mail Pay Committee Report) 1 Report of (Turner) 6 Percentage method 6 Review of (Railway Mail Pay Committee) 12 Page. 117 188 726 636 1452 307 53 127 132 301 666 639 579 525 651 1444 1537 369 371 185 692 1455 1459 1456 133 448 1020 39 53 903 222 101 903 863 132G O LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1019 566 968 5 ■ .'•'if/ ■ I I ■ ■ in? i'V^K^' ^^H -V I ■. 