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Consolidation of Railroads

by Walter M. W. Splawn. 294 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Walter M. W. Splawn

Publisher:

   The Macmillan Company

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1925
Subjects:   Railroads--United States, Railroads--Mergers
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1.
Consolidation of Railroads
Book by Walter M. W. Splawn; The Macmillan Company, 1925
Subjects: Railroads--Mergers, Railroads--United States
...railroads of the United States may be grouped...Consolidation of railroads became a question...consolidation of all the railroads in the United States into a comparatively...financially well-balanced railroads in the United States, a monument to...
2.
Stop, Look and Listen: Railroad Transportation in the United States
Book by David Hinshaw, W. Espey Albig; Doubleday, Doran, 1932
Subjects: Railroads--United States
...late Richard Waterman of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States; also William N. Doak, who subsequently became Secretary...Judge William E. Lamb of Chicago, attorney for the Western railroads; George LeBoutillier, vice president of the Pennsylvania...
3.
The Birth of Big Business in the United States, 1860-1914: Commercial, Extractive, and Industrial Enterprise
Book by David O. Whitten, Bessie E. Whitten; Praeger, 2006
Subjects: Industries--United States--History, United States--Economic Conditions
...decade-and-a-half before the Civil War witnessed the rise of the railroads. Al- though iron rails connected most of the populous areas...and in- vestment in particular. By 1860 the contiguous United States was in place. The gross area of the continental United...
4.
Railroads and Government: Their Relations in the United States, 1910-1921
Book by Frank Haigh Dixon; C. Scribners Sons, 1922
Subjects: Railroads And State--United States
RAILROADS AND GOVERNMENT RAILROADS AND GOVERNMENT THEIR RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1910-1921 BY FRANK...federal regulation of railroads in the United States...exhaustive volumes -- Railroads: Rates and Regulation...
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Railroad Mergers and the Language of Unification
Book by James B. Burns; Quorum Books, 1998
Subjects: Railroads--Mergers--United States--History, Railroads--United States--Finance
...ISBN 1-56720-166-0 alk. paper 1. Railroads -- Mergers -- United States -- History. 2. Railroad law -- United...of the century about one-sixth of the railroads in the United States had been involved in mergers. 5 This...
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The United States-Japan Gateway Awards Case of 1990: International Competition and Regulatory Theory
Journal article by Donald Haider; Public Administration Review, Vol. 56, 1996
Subjects: Aeronautics and state--Analysis, Airlines--Management, Industrial policy--Analysis
...once given to ports, railroads, and highways for place...investment occurring in the United States, governors, mayors...and the Southwestern United States (LV-R, 2). The Arizona...alliances. By 1993, the United States had ongoing disputes...
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Regulatory Economics: Survey of Reading Materials in Universities in Canada and the United States
Journal article by Tadiboyina Venkateswarlu; American Economist, Vol. 43, 1999
Subjects: Economics--Surveys, Educational surveys--Analysis
...and Related Fields: United States of America and Canada...of U.S. and Canadian Railroads." Quarterly Journal...Penetration in the United States." American Economic...Distilled Spirits in the United States." Journal of Industrial...
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The Secret History of Race in the United States.
Journal article by Daniel J. Sharfstein; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 112, 2003
Subjects: Spencer v. Looney--82 S.E. 745 (Va. 1914)
...Louisiana could indemnify railroads from lawsuits seeking "damages...understand it to be conceded by the states attorney that such part of...of different forms, but are united by a common perception that...Southern states over indemnifying railroads for mistaken racial identification). The emergence of railroads as a primary locus for suits...
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A History of Chinese Immigration in the United States and Canada
Journal article by Kenneth M. Holland; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 37, 2007
Subjects: Canada--International economic relations, Chinese (Asian people)--Emigration and immigration, Chinese history, Chinese--Emigration and immigration, Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects, United States--International economic relations
...of that one-sided deal, China agreed to prohibit permanent emigration to the United States. The treaty was not abrogated until 1959. The construction of railroads in the 1860s was an even larger attraction than the California Gold Rush. Thousands...
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Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860
Journal article by Robert Whaples; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 68, 2001
Subjects: Books--Reviews
...movement of population, the construction of over 30,000 miles of railroads, and (after 1845) the highest per capita rate of immigration...history. Yet, our understanding of this period in which the United States experienced the onset of modern economic growth is surprisingly...
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Race and Labor Organization in the United States
Magazine article by Michael Goldfield; Monthly Review, Vol. 49, July 1997
Subjects: Economic history--Analysis, Labor movement--Economic policy
...by Michael Goldfield In the United States of America, the fate of labor - its...Alabama, iron and steel, longshore, railroads, tobacco, food processing, and wood...similar pressure on Ford and GM and on the railroads. In all these cases in Louisville they...
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How the West Was Lost: Chris Smallbone Explains the Effect of United States Expansion on the Native Americans of the Great Plains in the Mid-19th Century
Magazine article by Chris Smallbone; History Today, Vol. 56, April 2006
Subjects: Native American treaties--History, Native Americans--History, Native Americans--Treaties, Native North Americans--History, United States history, United States--History
...Apart from one or two later additions, todays map of the United States was firmly in place. To understand how this took place one...the completion of the transcontinental and Kansas Pacific Railroads in the late 1860s. A series of treaties were signed, confining...
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The New Yacht Club: The United States Has Not Enjoyed a Surge of New Wealth to Rival Today's since the Days When People Read by Gaslight, Yet That Era Holds Valuable Lessons about the Hazards of New Fortunes
Magazine article by Steven Lagerfeld; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 31, Winter 2007
Subjects: Chief executive officers--Compensation and benefits, United States economic conditions--Research, Wealth--Research
...big winners. In the 19th century the industries were steel, railroads, and other manufacturing mainstays; today they are computers...pretax) share of income in Canada and Britain as well as the United States--but not in the high-tax nations of France, the Netherlands...
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Negroes and the Crisis of Capitalism in the United States
Magazine article by W.E.B. Du Bois; Monthly Review, Vol. 41, May 1989
Subjects: African Americans--Economic aspects, Capitalism--Analysis, Economic history--1940s (Decade) AD, Southern States--Economic aspects
Negroes and the Crisis of Capitalism in the United States. by W.E.B. Du Bois How "free" was the black...much of this capital free to the landholder and employer. Railroads were subsidized, and rivers and harbors improved; private...
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Negroes and the Crisis of Capitalism in the United States
Magazine article by W.E.B. Du Bois; Monthly Review, Vol. 54, April 2003
Subjects: Essay, Essays, Reprints (Publications), The Souls of Black Folks (Essay)
Negroes and the Crisis of Capitalism in the United States. by W.E.B. Du Bois We are reprinting this...much of this capital free to the landholder and employer. Railroads were subsidized, and rivers and harbors improved; private...
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How Coal May Soon Be Keeping Jets in Air; Steve James Looks at How the United States Is Hoping to Turn Coal into Aircraft Fuel
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 26, 2006
Subjects: Airlines, JetBlue Airways Corp., United States. Air Force
...said it "could be a game-changer". Chemical companies and railroads were asking him about using coal-based liquid fuels. "Its...Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The United States Air Force has carried out tests flying a B-52 Stratofortress...
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Laing Is Valued at Pounds 800m in Takeover
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 20, 2006
Subjects: Chiltern Railways--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Construction industry--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, John Laing PLC--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Railroads--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments
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Developer John Laing Recommends 'Attractive' Takeover by Fund Manager
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 20, 2006
Subjects: Chiltern Railways--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Portfolio management, Railroads--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments
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The Little Railroad That Can't
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 8, 2002
Subjects: United States. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
...and its operations placed under the control of either individual states or private owners. It would be easy, and perhaps appropriate...subsidies. After all, market forces are much better at running railroads than government bureaucracies.
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Tracks in Derailment Had Maintenance Problem
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 31, 2002
Subjects: CSX Corp., Railroads, United States. National Transportation Safety Board
...It also cast doubt on the freight railroads record-keeping of track abnormalities...network on the East Coast through 23 states, the District and two Canadian provinces...according to the Association of American Railroads. * Jeff Barnes contributed to this...
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United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
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Iowa , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...Native American lands in the region had been ceded to the United States. Meanwhile, a great rush of frontiersmen came to settle the...establishment of a number of colleges and universities. Statehood, Railroads, and Reform Movements Iowa became a state in 1846, and...
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New York , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...once a major route to the Great Lakes and the midwestern United States as well as the only complete natural route through the Appalachian...cement, salt, and zinc. The state has a complex system of railroads, air routes, and modern highways, notably the New York State...
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Florida , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...promoters. Northern capitalists such as Henry M. Flagler built railroads and hotels, and Florida began to develop. The drainage of the Everglades, begun in 1906, precipitated one of the states periodic land booms. Because of environmental degradation...problems. In 1980 more than 100,000 Cuban refugees came to the United States, mostly through Florida, after Fidel Castro briefly...
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Arkansas , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...States ar k nso , arkan zus, state in the south-central United States. It is bordered by Tennessee and Mississippi, across the...transportation network is based on rivers as well as roads, railroads, and air travel. The 440 mi (708 km) Arkansas River Navigation...
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