This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...operating expenses, and net revenue, as, in fact, most engineering projects do. As our urban centers increase in population the number of them that can be profitably connected by such high-speed roads will increase. The larger the centers of population and the nearer together they are, the more likely that such an ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...operating expenses, and net revenue, as, in fact, most engineering projects do. As our urban centers increase in population the number of them that can be profitably connected by such high-speed roads will increase. The larger the centers of population and the nearer together they are, the more likely that such an enterprise will be commercially profitable. New York, August 8, 1901. The Readjustment Problems of the Electric Railways ADDRESS OF P. H. GADSDEN, Esq. Chairman of the Committee on Readjustment of the American Electric Railway Association y at the Mid-Year Meeting of the Association New York City, March 14, 1919 INCLUDING REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON READJUSTMENT AND RESOLUTION ADOPTED Resolution Adopted at the Mid-Winter Meeting of the American Electric Railway Association, March 14, 1919 It is self-evident that the electric railways of the United States are breaking down under conditions of operation which have forced a tenth of the railway mileage of the country into receivership; have depreciated securities of the companies so that there has been a shrinkage of nearly four hundred million dollars in the market value of the securities of one typical group of seventy-six companies; have wiped out the net income of practically all corporations furnishing local transportation; have caused, during the last year, the abandonment of about 500 miles of track and which are everywhere threatening a loss of service essential to the communities, so that there is not today a company that is earning a normal interest rate upon the cost of its physical property, to say nothing of the other costs of creating the property. In this crisis a readjustment of the relations between these companies and the public is essential to the preservation of service. A proper s...
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