SPEECH 24
EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE TRANSPORTATION TAX. 29
THE EFFECT IN OUR EXISTING SYSTEM. 31
THE RELATIVE ADVANTAGES OF BOSTON AND NEW YORK. 34
THE EFFECT ON THE STATE OF MAKING BOSTON AN EXPORTING CITY. 36
THE HOOSAC TUNNEL. 37
POSITION OF THE COMMITTEE. 39
THE BILL OF THE MAJORITY. 40
REGULATION BY SPECIAL LEGISLATION. 46
CONTROL OF THE TUNNEL. 48
THE PURPOSES OF THE MINORITY. 50
THE MINORITY BILL. 51
THE EFFECT OF STATE CONTROL OF THE TUNNEL LINE. 53
THE POPULAR FEELING IN FAVOR OF STATE CONTROL. 54
SAFETY OF THE EXPERIMENT. 55
THE ALLEGED DANGER OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION. 58
STATE PENSIONERS. 63
THE BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSED PLAN. 64
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, April 23, 1873.
The undersigned, members of the Committee on Railways, to whom was
referred "An Act to provide for the Consolidation of the Hoosac Tunnel
line of Railroads from Boston to Troy," and the petition of the Boston
and Lowell Railroad Company for amendment of the charter of the Great
Northern Railroad, and many petitions and remonstrances relative to
the disposal of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad and Hoosac Tunnel,
respectfully submit a