The Railroads under Government Operation. I. The Period to the Close of 1918

William J. Cunningham

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1921, vol. 35, issue 2, 288-340

Abstract: Events preceding federal control, 290. — Decline in net income, 291. — Roads unprepared for the traffic of 1915, 293. — Voluntary unification through Railroads' War Board, 293. — Results not satisfactory, 297. — Railroads taken by the government, 300. — Reasons for federal control, 301. — Organization under federal control, 303. — Contract between Director General and railroad companies, 306. — The first period: unification and standardization, 309. — Joint use of terminals and other facilities, 310. — Utilization of motive power, 313. — Joint use of freight cars, 313. — Freight in solid train lots, 314. — Disregard of shippers' designation of routes, 314. — Diversion of exports to southern ports, 315. — Consolidation of ticket offices, 315. — Standardization of locomotives and cars, 316. — Simplification of accounting, 319. — Standardization of operating statistics, 321. — Reductions in passenger train service, 323. — "Sailing day plan" for less than car load freight, 326. — Abolition of "off-line" freight agencies, 327. — Increases in rates, 327. — Adjustment of complaints, 329. — Uniform classification, 329. — Labor problems and wage increases, 330. — Extent of freight congestion in December, 1917, 332. — Movement of foodstuffs for export, 332. — Bituminous coal situation, 333. — Movement of troops, 334. — Volume of tonnage moved in 1918, 335. — Operating results and operating efficiency; statistics, 336. — Financial results, 338.

Date: 1921
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