Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- CHAPTER I. THE FIRST STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISES -- CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF RAILWAYS INCORPORATED BETWEEN 1850 AND i860 -- CHAPTER III .THE FIGHT FOR BROADWAY 1852 t o 1884 -- CHAPTER IV. HISTORY OF RAILWAYS INCORPORATED BETWEEN i860 AND 1875 -- CHAPTER V...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. History of Special Equipment Cars -- II. The Part That Equipment Cars Have Played in the Development of the Country -- III. Financial Relations Between Private-Car Lines and the Railroads -- IV. Contracts Between Private-Car Companies and...

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- I. Introduction -- II. Why Distinctive Equipment Financing? -- III. History of Equipment Financing -- IV. Legal Status of Equipment Obligations -- V. Experience in Receivership and Reorganization -- VI. Equipment Trust Agreements -- VII....

Examines the railway movement in China during the last years of the Ch'ing dynasty and its relations with Britain to give an idea as to how Chinese policymakers dealt with the problems of their time. It gives special consideration to the specific problems that were encountered in negotiations...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Tables -- I. Introduction -- Part I: Background -- II. The Railroad Industry -- III. Employment, Methods of Wage Payment, and Working Rules -- IV. The Labor Organizations -- V. Federal Intervention in Railway Labor Disputes -- Part II: The Railway...