RAILROAD PROBLEMS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO MAY 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, AND 26, 1958 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce 23 CONTENTS Arnold, Grant, president, National Industrial Traffic League__ Baker, George P., president, Transportation Association of America Buland, George L., on behalf of Association of American Railroads_- Corber, Robert J., counsel, National Association of Motor Bus Cousins, Windsor F., general solicitor, Pennsylvania Railroad Co---- 310 Hansen, H. R., Jr., president, Hansen Pacific Corp- 349 Hosea, Harold R., director of research, National Association of Motor 331 Ingersoll, A. C., Jr., chairman of the board, American Waterways Innes, John O., on behalf of Inland Waterways Common Carriers Kaier, Edward A., general solicitor, Pennsylvania Railroad_ Langdon, Jervis, general counsel, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad_ Leighton, Leon, vice president, New York, Susquehanna & Western Leighty, G. E., chairman, Railway Labor Executives Association Loomis, Daniel P., president, Association of American Railroads Marsh, Ernest S., president, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway McDonald, Walter R., Commissioner, Georgia Public Service Com- Parish, L. A., vice president, Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp- Pinkney, James F., general counsel, American Trucking Associations, Washer, Charles A., traffic manager, American Retail Federation. Weiss, Ábraham, economist, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Alexandria (Va.) Chamber of Commerce, Inc., letter from Anthony Saeli, executive vice president, transmitting resolution.- American Merchant Marine Institute, statement of Alvin Shapiro, Proposed amendment to Interstate Commerce Act... Rate of return on net assets, leading corporations, chart.. Ratio of net income to net assets of leading corporations, 1947 "Would This Kill the Umpire?" advertisement from Washington 469 Chamber of Commerce of the United States, statement of.. 362 Doran, Mrs. S. Ruth, letter from_. 487 483 Gary, Hon. J. Vaughn, letter from.. Georgia Public Service Commission: Summary of passenger train discontinuances approved or denied Summary of railroad station agency discontinuances approved or Hansen Pacific Corp., letter from H. R. Hansen, Jr., president_ Inland Waterways Common Carriers Association: Below cost rates used by railroads in rate war program, chart... 178 177 353 488 151 145-147 How railroad rate discrimination finances rate wars against water 148-150 List of members. 144 Statement of G. C. Taylor, president, Mississippi Valley Barge 364 Intercoastal Steamship Freight Association, letters from Harry S. 488, 489 Statement of Howard Freas, Chairman, before Senate subcommit- 106 Long Beach (Calif.), port of, letter from E. J. Amar, general manager, 357 Luckenbach Steamship Co., telegram from J. Sinclair, president__. 170 184 National Coal Association, statement of F. F. Estes, director, trans- 196 National Grange, letter from Gordon K. Zimmerman, research di- 359 New York Central Railroad, statement of Alfred E. Perlman, presi- 371 New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad, letter from Leon 88 Ohio Trucking Association, statement of Ellis S. Perlman, managing 453 Additional information submitted by-Continued Ohio Valley Improvement Association, Inc., statement of Harry M. Mack, president.. Page 481 Revenue losses sustained by Louisville & Nashville Railroad on interstate traffic, as of May 19, 1958, due to various Southern State commissions' failure to grant ex parte 162, 166, 168, 175, 196, and 206 increase at the same time and on the same level as authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission, table. Steps taken to secure ex parte 175 increases in Tennessee intra- Pittsburgh (Pa.) Chamber of Commerce, letter from Sherman P. Propeller Club of the United States, letter from G. Harris Emig.... Railway Labor Executives Association: Age of freight-carrying cars in the United States, class I line-haul railways, as of January 1, 1934, 1939, 1947, and 1956, table-- Age of locomotives in the United States, class I line-haul railways, Mileage of line-haul steam railroads operated by receivers or Net cash flow and equipment obligations outstanding, class I line-haul railways, 1921-57, table....... Net income, class I line-haul railways, 1921-57, table_ Number of agents and of all employees, class I railroads, United Number of beneficiaries and amount of benefits paid under Rail- road Unemployment Insurance Act, 1946-57, table Number of carriers showing annual net incomes or deficits, class I line-haul railways, 1929-57, table.... Number of employees, by ICC reporting group, class I line-haul railways-selected years, 1923–58, table_ Number of employees, by midmonth count, class I line-haul railways-by months, 1952-57, table. Passenger train-miles, class I line-haul railways, 1921-57- Pennsylvania Railroad Co., operating results in Ohio, 1955, on- Railroad employment per revenue traffic unit, class I line-haul Rate of return, based on capital stock and net income, all steam railways in the United States, 1921-56, table....... Ratio of fixed and contingent charges to operating revenues and Revenue passenger-miles and passenger service train revenue, Revenues per ton-mile and per passenger-mile, class I line-haul 59 Summary of railroad station agency discontinuances approved or denied by State commission, 1951-56, table_-_- Total capital expenditures for additions and betterments, class I Total costs per traffic unit and per gross ton-mile, class I line- 40 |