APPENDIX B

(to Pt. V, Ch. 7)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION CONSULTED REGARDING PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION SERVICE IN RURAL AREAS

I. Publications of Federal Government:

(a) Congressional documents:

HEARINGS

1. Trucking Mergers and Concentration, July 1957, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Small Business.

2. Problems of the Railroads, January-April 1958, U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

3. Trucking of Mail, S. 3960, July 1958, U.S. Senate, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

4. Adequacy of Transportation Systems for Support of the National Defense Effort, H. Res. 19, July-October 1959, House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services.

5. Treasury-Post Office Appropriations for 1961, January 1960, House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations.

6. Passenger Train Service, S. 3020, March-June 1960, U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

7. Transportation of Mail, H.R. 9488 and H.R. 8296, June 10, 1960, House of Representatives, Post Office and Civil Service Committee.

REPORTS TO ACCOMPANY BILLS

8. Transportation of Mail, S. 2402, S. Rept. 805, 86th Cong., 1st sess. (b) Interstate Commerce Commission documents:

PROCEEDINGS

9. Doc. No. MC-115495 United Parcel Service, Inc., Common Carrier Application-Report of Decision.

10. Doc. No. 31954 Railroad Passenger Train Deficit, Proposed Report of Examiner Hosmer, Report of Commissioner.

11. Doc. No. 33332 New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R. Passenger Fares, verified statements of members of ICC staff.

STATEMENTS OF BUREAU OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS

12. No. 490, File 62-C-9 Revenues, Ton-Miles and Passenger-Miles of Class I, II, and III Motor Carriers, 1940-48.

13. No. 5710, File 51-D4 Truck Traffic on Main Rural Roads, 1955 ICC Authorized Other For-Hire and Private Carriers.

14. No. 577, File 9-E-1, Brief History of the Separation of Railroad Operating Expenses Between Freight and Passenger Services.

15. No. 580, File 10-D-8 Intercity Passenger Miles 1949-56.

16. No. 589, File 62-C-9 Statistics of Class I, II, and III Motor Carriers, 1939– 56.

17. No. 6010, File 51-D-7 Gray Area of Transportation Operations, June 1960. 18. No. 606 Jurisdictional Conflicts and the Coordination of Transportation, May 1960.

(c) Department of Commerce:

19. Bureau of the Census; Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1959.

20. Bureau of Public Roads; Highway Statistics (annual).

21. Bureau of Public Roads, January 1950; the Local Rural Road Problem.

22. Bureau of Public Roads, February 1960; Public Roads, A Journal of Highway Research, vol. 30, No. 12.

23. Office of Secretary, March 1960; Federal Transportation Policy and Program. (d) Civil Aeronautics Board documents:

PROCEEDINGS

24. Doc. No. 3051 Service to Miami, Fla., CAB. Order E-10645, Feb. 2, 1956. 25. Doc. No. 5055 Certificate Renewal-E. W. Wiggins Airways, CAB Order E-6904, Oct. 25, 1952.

26. Doc. No. 7454 Seven States Area Investigation, Decision of Board, Dec. 8, 1958.

27. Doc. No. 10038 Renewal of Temporary Authority-Bonanza Airlines, Decision of Board July 22, 1960.

REPORTS

28. Service Mail Pay and Subsidy for U.S. Certificated Air Carriers, January 1960.

(e) Post Office Department:

29. Cost Ascertainment Report; Annual Issues for Fiscal Years 1950-59. 30. Star Routes in the United States; July 1, 1957.

31. National Integrated Postal Service Plan (Postal Transportation Study); Jan. 5, 1960.

32. Statement of George M. Moore, Assistant Postmaster General-Transportation, Before House of Representatives Post Office and Civil Service Committee on H.R. 8296 and H.R. 9488, June 10, 1960.

33. Statement of B. B. Barnes, Assistant Postmaster General-Operations, Before House of Representatives Committee on Post Office and Civil Service on H.R. 8296 and H.R. 9488, June 10, 1960.

34. Notes on Traffic Management in the Post Office Department by Beatrice Aitchison, Director, Transportation Research and Statistics.

II. Publications of State agencies:

(a) Regulatory commission:

PROCEEDINGS

35. Maine Public Utilities Commission Doc. Nos. R.R. 3481 and 3482. Discontinuance of Passenger Trains Service, Maine Central and Bangor & Aroostoock Railroads. Order of Jan. 4, 1960, and carrier exhibits on file. 36. New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission Doc. No. T3768, Boston & Maine R.R. Discontinuance of Passenger Service, Order No. 7382. Oct. 25, 1959.

37. Vermont Public Service Commission Doc. No. 2879, Public Service Commission vs. Every Railroad Operating in the State of Vermont, Report of June 6, 1960.

(b) Agencies and organizations:

REPORTS

38. Report of Citizens Bus Study Committee; State of Iowa, December 1958. 39. Report of Committee on Bus Company Failures; special legislative committee, Michigan House of Representatives, House Resolution No. 26, regular session of 1956.

40. Intercity Bus Transportation in New England; New England Governors' Committee on Public Transportation, Report No. 4, September 1956.

41. Special Report to the Governor of New York on Problems of the Railroad and Buslines; by Robert W. Purcell, March 12, 1959.

42. The Railroad Passenger Deficit Problem, annual reports of a special committee of the National Association of Railroad & Utilities Commissioners for 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1958.

43. Report of the Special Committee To Study Railroad Passenger Problems; National Association of Railroad & Utilities Commissioners, 1959. III. Publications of private organizations:

44. American Trucking Trends; annual editions, 1946-59, American Trucking Associations, Inc.

45. Railroad Transportation: A Statistical Record, 1921-57, Association of American Railroads, Bureau of Railway Economics.

46. Automobile Facts and Figures; annual editions, 1940-59, Automobile Manufacturers Association.

47. Statement of Ben W. Heineman, with accompanying schedules and newspaper articles and editorials, before the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, June 6, 1960. (Material other than statement not included in published record.)

48. Bus Facts, annual editions, 1940-58; National Association of Motor Bus Operators.

49. Traffic World, the weekly newsmagazine of transportation management; Washington, D.C. Source of information on current proceedings before regulatory commissions.

50. Highway Needs, Financing, and Administration-A Factual Survey; Automotive Safety Foundation, 1947.

IV. Personal interviews were held or correspondence exchanged with the following organizations. The study group files contain notes of interviews and correspondence. All parties were contacted in Washington except where otherwise noted. In addition, correspondence pertaining to this subject in files of Members of the House and Senate was reviewed:

51. Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics, Interstate Commerce Commission.

52. Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce.

53. Bureau of Transportation, Post Office Department.

54. Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior.

55. Bureau of Air Operation and Bureau of Carrier Accounts and Statistics, Civil Aeronautics Board.

56. Public service commissions of Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

57. Public Utilities Commission of New Hampshire.

58. National Association of Railroad & Utilities Commissioners.

59. Association of American Railroads.

60. Coal Research Institute.

61. American Petroleum Institute.

62. National Association of Motor Bus Operators.

63. Railway Express Agency, Inc.

64. National Trailways Bus System, Inc.

65. Central Freight Lines, Inc., Waco, Tex.

66. Vermont Transit Co., Montpelier, Vt.

67. St. Johnsbury Trucking Co., St. Johnsbury, Vt.

68. S. M. Pinsley, president of eight short-line railroads, Boston, Mass. 69. Northeast Airlines, Boston, Mass.

70. United Parcel Service, New York City, N.Y.