functions; and that they will not
serve their real purpose until they become in fact what they are in
theory, highways to be controlled by the government as thoroughly and
effectually as the common road, the turnpike and the ferry, or the
post-office and the custom-house.
This book has been written at such odd hours as the author could snatch
from his time, which is largely occupied with other business. He is
under obligations to many of our ministers and consuls abroad for
statistics and other valuable information concerning foreign railroads,
as well as to a number of personal friends for other assistance,
consisting chiefly in rendering the railroad literature of Europe
accessible to him.
WILLIAM LARRABEE.
_Clermont, Iowa, May, 1893._
CONTENTS.
I. HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION 17
II. THE HISTORY OF RAILROADS 46
III. HISTORY OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES 76
IV. MONOPOLY IN TRANSPORTATION 90
V. RAILROAD ABUSES 124
VI. STOCK AND BOND INFLATION 163
VII. COMBINATIONS 189
VIII. RAILROADS IN POLITICS 205
IX. RAILROAD LITERATURE 231
X. RAILROAD LITERATURE--_Continued_ 273
XI. RAILROADS AND RAILROAD LEGISLATION IN IOWA 319
XII. THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT 349
XIII. THE RATE QUESTION 370
XIV. REMEDIES 389
APPENDIX--TABLES AND STATISTICS 459
LIST OF AUTHORS AND WORKS CONSULTED AND QUOTED
ACWORTH, W. M. The Railways of England
ADAMS, C. F., JR. Railroads, Their Origin and Problems
ADAMS, H. C. Public Debts
ADAMS, HENRY History of the United States
ATKINSON, EDWARD The Distribution of Products
BAGEHOT, WALTER The English Constitution
BAKER, C. W. Monopolies and the People
BEACH, CHARLES F., JR. On Private Corporations
BLACKSTONE, W. Commentaries on Laws of England
BOISTED, C. A. The Interference Theory of Government
BOLLES, ALBERT S. Bankers' Magazine
BONHAM, JOHN M. Railway Secrecy and Trusts
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