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Railway Problems: An Early History of Competition, Rates and
Regulations
By William Z. Ripley
2000/11 - Beard Books - Business Classic
Volume I - 435 pp.
1587980754 - Paperback - Reprint
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Volume II - 433 pp.
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In this survey of transportation economics, many of the problems encountered by the railroads are
examined.
Publisher Comments
Some of the intriguing problems that have confronted railroads are examined in this book. Topics include rebates and discriminations, pooling, traffic problems, the inherent reasonableness of railroad rates, relatively unreasonable rates for competing markets, the long-and-short haul question, the distance problem, the general systems of railway rates, and government regulation.
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William Zebina Ripley was born Oct. 13, 1867, in Medford, Mass., U.S. American economist and anthropologist. Ripley was trained in civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in political economics at Columbia University, New York City (Ph.D., 1893). He spent most of his career as professor of political economy at Harvard University (1902-33). During World War I he served as administrator of labour standards for the U.S. War Department. In 1920-23 he drew up for the Interstate Commerce Commission the Ripley Plan for the regional consolidation of U.S. railways. In 1931-32, while testifying before the U.S. Senate, he advocated close federal restraint on investment trusts and on the financial practices of large business corporations.
He died Aug. 16, 1941 in Boothbay, Maine.
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Introduction. (Analysis of chapters) |
xi |
| I. |
A of Erie (Early speculative and
financial scandals.) |
1 |
| II. |
Early American Conditions |
62 |
| III. |
Standard Oil Rebates |
92 |
| IV. |
The Building and Cost of the Union Pacific
(Construction companies.) |
108 |
| V. |
The Southern Railway & Steamship
Association (A typical pool) |
128 |
| VI. |
Unreasonable Rates |
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The Cincinnati Freight Bureau Case |
153 |
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The Maximum Freight Rate Decision, 1897 |
187 |
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The Commerce Court Decision, 1911 |
198 |
| VII. |
Commercial Competition: Rates on Salt |
216 |
| VIII. |
Relative Rates: The Eau Claire, Wis., Lumber
Case |
231 |
| IX. |
Unreasonable Rates: The Savannah Naval
Stores Case |
252 |
| X. |
Relative Rates: The Chattanooga Case |
266 |
| XI. |
The Long and Short Haul Clause: The St.
Cloud, Minn., Case |
297 |
| XII. |
The Long and Short Haul Clause: The Savannah
Fertilizer Case |
314 |
| XIII. |
Joint Through Rates and Prorating: Jobbing
Competition |
337 |
| XIV. |
The Southern Basing Point System |
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The Troy, Ala., Case |
357 |
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The Alabama Midland Decision |
378 |
| XV. |
The Southern Basing Point System: The
Dawson, Ga., Case |
387 |
| XVI. |
The Southern Rate System: The Danville, Va.,
Case |
402 |
| XVII. |
Transcontinental Freight Rates |
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The St. Louis Business Men's League Case |
429 |
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The Nevada Railroad Commission Case |
464 |
| XVIII. |
Export and Domestic Rates (Atlantic and Gulf
competition) |
487 |
| XIX. |
Freight Classification: The Hatters' Furs
Case |
522 |
| XX. |
How the States Make Interstate Rates |
530 |
| XXI. |
The Northern Securities Company (Railroad
consolidation) |
553 |
| XXII. |
The Union Pacific-Southern Pacific Merger
Dissolution (Railroads under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act) |
567 |
| XXIII. |
Reasonable Rates (Judicial determination) |
597 |
| XXIV. |
The Doctrine of Judicial Review |
619 |
| XXV. |
The Minnesota Rate Case |
642 |
| XXVI. |
The Regulation of Railway Rates under the
Fourteenth Amendment |
716 |
| XXVII. |
The English Railway and Canal Commission of
1888 |
745 |
| XXVIII. |
Railway Regulation in France |
795 |
| XXIX. |
Railroad Ownership in Germany |
803 |
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Index |
827 |
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