Private Freight Cars and American Railways / / L. D. H. Weld.
Presents the importance of privately-owned railway cars as a feature of the transportation problems of the country, and as a powerful influence in the development of its economic and industrial resources.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1968] ©1968 |
| Year of Publication: | 1968 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the Social Sciences ;
81 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. History of Special Equipment Cars
- II. The Part That Equipment Cars Have Played in the Development of the Country
- III. Financial Relations Between Private-Car Lines and the Railroads
- IV. Contracts Between Private-Car Companies and the Railroads
- V. Refrigeration Charges
- VI. The Earnings of Private Cars
- VII. Discriminations and Rebates
- VIII. Proposed Remedies and Present Tendencies