Current Railway Problems (Classic Reprint)

Samuel O. Dunn

ISBN 10: 1331893240 / ISBN 13: 9781331893240

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Print on Demand. This book delves into the topic of railway valuation, a subject that has garnered significant interest in recent years due to its role as a potential basis for public regulation of railway rates. The author provides a detailed description of the valuation process, highlighting the methods employed, results obtained, and challenges encountered during the valuation of railways in Minnesota. The book also explores the broader context of valuation, examining its economic and legal implications, and discusses the factors that should be considered when determining the value of a railway, including its physical properties, earning capacity, and strategic location. Ultimately, the book emphasizes the need for a fair and legally sound valuation methodology that takes into account the complexities of railway operations and their role in serving the public interest. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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• Titolo: Current Railway Problems (Classic Reprint)
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1331893240
• ISBN 13: 9781331893240
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
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Excerpt from Current Railway Problems

The railways provided a special train, consisting of a loco motive and business car, for which the state paid the actual running-cost. One or more members of the commission and two of its engineers, accompanied by general or division offi cers of the road on whose line the train happened to he, went in this train over each road. The detailed reports of the road were taken along. The train moved slowly to permit con stant observations of the character and standards of con struction and maintenance. Frequent stops were made, often once in a mile, usually once in two miles, sometimes only once in five miles, when the party got out, and the commis sion's engineers ascertained the amount and nature of the ballast for some distance along the roadway, the depth and character of cuts and fills, the weight and age of rails and fastenings, the number of ties per mile, etc. The facts found were constantly compared with the reports of the railways, and noted in the engineers' field-books. The terminals in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth were examined foot by foot. Stations, shops, cattle-pens, etc., were investigated, and the railways' reports about them checked with the same thoroughness.

Rolling stock used on interstate roads was appraised on a mileage basis, it being assumed that the standards of each interstate road were about the same for its entire line as they were in Minnesota.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.