Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...clock at the beginning of the four-mile course and rowed down-stream to the Navy Yard. The Freshman eight-oar race will be started as soon as possible after the finish of the four-oar race, and rowed down-stream from the Navy Yard to the Railroad Bridge. The University race will be started at the Railroad Bridge at 6 o'clock, and will be rowed up-stream to the beginning of the four-mile course. If it is necessary to postpone the University race from 6 o'clock, it will be rowed up-stream any time before...
...LECTURE. "The Auditing of Freight Accounts of Railroads." Mr. J. F. Shepherd, Auditor of Freight Receipts, Illinois Central Railroad Company, Chicago, III. Emerson...
...LECTURE. "The Auditing of Freight Accounts of Railroads." Mr. J.F. Shepherd, Auditor of Freight Receipts, Illinois Central Railroad Company, Chicago, III. Emerson...
...Knapp spoke of the following subdivisions of railroad operation which the commission has regulated: physical construction, operation and equipment, relations with employees, relations with each other and with the public. Under the first three, the commission has proposed several regulations which have met with universal approval and success; their chief activity, however, lies in their power to regulate the relations of the interstate railroad with the public...
...Knapp was appointed a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1891, and since 1898 he has been its chairman. This commission is the most powerful permanent administrative body that Congress has ever established. Its jurisdiction includes railroad rates and accounts, and to a limited extent railroad operation also. In his address tonight Mr. Knapp will indicate the lines of work which are being followed and the results which the commission hopes to achieve...