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Dates: during 1930-1939
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> Consolidations are also impractical because the big roads cannot agree among themselves on which of the little roads they will absorb. ICC, in its Consolidation Plan in 1929, compromised by agreeing to the creation of as many as 21 systems. Plans less influenced by political prudence advocate something more like...
Rates: Governed by no general rules, shrouded in metaphysical complexity are U. S. freight rates. No rhyme or reason explains why iron products move from Chicago to Los Angeles more cheaply than from Denver, which is roughly half the distance. There are countless parallel cases. High rates on less-than...
Management: No more eloquent commentary on the alertness, competitive mindedness of U. S. rail management exists than the story of how they were caught asleep at the switch by the hard-hitting, aggressive, new transport men who came into bus & airline management, cutting deeply into the railroad's passenger...
In 1916 U. S. railroads carried more than a billion passengers. Last year they carried less than half a billion. Much of the loss went into trips made by U. S. citizens in their own automobiles. But a big piece was lost to U. S. bus lines and a big...
So far this year U. S. department store sales have been 5% over 1938. Last month they were up 6%. Week ending Dec. 2, with Christmas drawing near, they nose-dived a thumping 29% in Boston, 10% in New York City, 5% for the nation. Said the Retail Merchants Associated...