Trumbull, Frank, on railroad situation of to-day, 80
Turnpikes, capitalization of, 16
Turnpikes, the early American, 10
United Kingdom railways, statistics of, 389
Valuation, physical, 343
Vastness of railway industry, 118
Wages, effect of increase on C. B. & Q., 69
Wages, railway, in the United States and abroad, 76
Wages, railway employes, 1897-1907, 166
Wages, railway, per day, 1897-1907, 167
Wages, railway, 1909, 322
Wages, railway, per day, 1892-1909, 324
Wagon roads into interior of America, 14
Wallace, John F., on needs of Southern railroads, 58
"Watered Stock" discussed by James J. Hill, 46
Watermelons, relation of freight charge to the industry, 101
Wearing apparel, effect of freight charge on price, 94
"What the traffic will bear" misconstrued, 200
Wheat margin between production and consumption, 55
Wheat, the problem of, discussed by James J. Hill, 54
Willard, Daniel, on American railway problems, 65
World railways, mileage of, 1840 to 1909, 392
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