Word: free
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...oldest of railroad courtesies was the transportation without charge by one carrier over its lines of another carrier's private official car. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Frank McManamy conducted a long investigation of this practice, wrote an exhaustive report which the Commission approved. Commissioner McManamy found that the free-movement courtesy between roads led to grave abuses, that it was unfair and discriminatory to the ordinary traveling public, that it was contrary to Federal law. The Commission ordered the roads to "cease and desist," told them to assess one another a "just and reasonable charge" for such service...
...avoid these charges many a rich man, instead of owning his own private car, buys sufficient stock to make himself a director of some railroad, to rate an official private car with free transportation all over the country...
...Railroad officials, their families and friends rode many a needless free mile over foreign lines in private cars...
...major abuse detected by Commissioner McManamy was the free travel of officials to resorts. The Atlantic Coast Line goes to Florida. Its private cars journeyed 96,507 free miles on other lines while it had to haul without charge the private cars of other companies a total of 456,683 miles over its own tracks. The Maine Central runs to Bar Harbor. While its private cars moved 2,028 miles over other lines, it gave private cars of other lines free rides for 41,521 miles...
...Louisiana & Pacific, owned by the Long Bell Lumber Co. It gave 60 miles of free car transportation, received 61,046 from big carriers...