Word: railroader
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Sever Hall was filled to overflowing yesterday evening at the occasion of Professor Hadley's very interesting lecture on the "Inter-State Commerce Bill." The opportunity to hear so eminent authority on so live a question as this could not operate otherwise than draw all interested in railroad matters to the lecture...
...first attempts to regulate railroad rates were made by the so-called "granger legislation" in the Western States. This term is not very accurate, but it arose from the fact that it was the farmer element that used its influence to bring it about. The lowest rates were taken as a basis for the whole scale of transportation. The example which Illinois set in this matter was followed by other states as Wisconsin in 1884. The result was very disastrous, and foreign capital was no longer willing to invest in the railroads of those sections...
...commission had only advisory powers, and they made the country see and appreciate the necessity of sober and thoughtful legislation. The first Inter-State Commerce Bill was proposed by Mr. Reagan, but this underwent numerous changes, until finally the present bill was introduced by a committee on railroads. After a series of compromises, by which the Senate agreed to prohibit pools, and the House agreed to the appointment of a commission, the bill became a law. Professor Hrdley then stated and discussed the most important clauses of the bill. There are: I - The provision against personal discrimination, which he characterized...
Problems of Railroad Administration. Lecture: Railroad Legislation in the United States. Professor Arthur T. Hadley. Sever...
April 27. Railroad Legislation in the United States...