INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LIBRARY TRAFFIC INTERSTATE COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION BY WILLIAM J. JACKMAN, A. B. Author of "Corporations: Organization, Finance and Management"; TRA Copyright, 1910, by INTERNATIONAL LAW AND BUSINESS INSTITUTE Copyright, 1916, by THE HAMMING-WHITMAN COMPANY Chicago, Ill. Revised, 1919, by WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY Racine, Wis. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. RICHARD CANNING, President Northwestern Finance Company, Minneapolis, Minn. H. M. COOMBS, special lecturer on Credits and Collections, International Law and Business Institute. JAMES J. CRAIG, LL. D., special lecturer on Insurance, International Law and Business Institute. C. A. ECKLUND, special lecturer on Accounting and Auditing and Financial Management, International Law and Business Institute. W. J. JACKMAN, A.B., former managing editor of Chicago Evening Journal, Sunday editor of The Inter Ocean, etc. G. A. ORTH, adjuster, Travelers' Insurance Co. C. N. SMITH, special lecturer on Business Systems, International Law and Business Institute. J. T. THOMPSON, formerly of the Ontario bar. A. C. WILKINSON, special lecturer on Salesmanship and Advertising, International Law and Business Institute. GEORGE E. YOUNG, of the Minnesota bar, special lecturer on Commercial Law and Corporations, International Law and Business Institute. C. E. ZIMMERMAN, expert on Publicity and Sales Promotion, Chicago. AUTHORITIES CONSULTED. HERBERT KNOX SMITH, U. S. Commissioner of Corporations. CHARLES NAGEL, Secretary of Department of Commerce and Labor. E. P. RIPLEY, President Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System. W. H. TRUESDALE, President Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company. L. D. SMITH, Vice-President Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. W. H. CANNIFF, President New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company. J. W. LEE, JR., Pennsylvania Railroad Company. J. KRUTTSCHNITT, Director of Maintenance and Operation, Union Pacific Railroad Company. W. C. BROWN, President New York Central Lines. W. L. PARK, Vice-President and General Manager, Illinois Central Rail road Company. W. H. WILLIAMS, Third Vice-President Delaware & Hudson Company. LUIS JACKSON, Industrial Commissioner, Erie Railroad. PAUL MORTON, formerly Vice-President of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. GEORGE B. COURTELYOU, former Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. FREDERIC A. DELANO, President Wabash Railroad. THOMAS D. O'BRIEN, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Minne sota. E. S. CONWAY, Chairman of Deep Waterway Committee of Chicago Commercial Association. CHARLES M. HAYS, President Grand Trunk Railway System. J. L. PAYNE, Comptroller Department of Railways and Canals, Canada. R. ROSEVEAR, former Accountant Pacific Express Company, Chicago. EMORY R. JOHNSON, Assistant Professor of Transportation and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, and author of "American Railway Transportation." WALKER D. HINES, Attorney-at-Law, Pittsburgh, Pa. PROF. HENRY C. ADAMS, Statistician Interstate Commerce Commission. O. P. AUSTIN, Chief of Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor. JOSEPH A. ARNOLD, Editor and Chief of Division of Publications, U. S. Department of Agriculture. W. J. ASHLEY, M. A., professor of Economic History in Harvard University; author of “An Introduction to English Economic History and Theory." RIGHT HONORABLE JAMES BRYCE, British Ambassador to the United States; author of "The American Commonwealth." ANDREW CARNEGIE, author of "The Empire of Business," "The Gospel of Wealth," "Triumphant Democracy,” etc., etc. A. HAMILTON CHURCH, author of "The Proper Distribution of Expense Burden." DR. STUART DAGGETT, University of California, author of "Railroad Reorganization." E. Dana DubanD, Director of the Census Bureau, Washington, D. C. SEYMOUR EATON, Director of the Department of Industry and Finance, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia; author of "How To Do Business." JAMES H. ECKELS, former Comptroller of the Currency; author of "The Methods of Banking,” etc. DAVID R. FORGAN, President of the National City Bank of Chicago. H. L. GANTT, member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; author of "Training Workmen in Habits of Industry and Co-operation," etc., etc. |