Author: Edward Bates Dorsey
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Author: Edward Bates DORSEY
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Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Author: Edward Bates Dorsey
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Author: Anthony Walton White Evans
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781358647956
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Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Author: Edward Bates Dorsey
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230183596
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Languages : en
Pages : 44

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...made for the difference in the cost of fuel, labor and materials in the two countries, the American railroads are operated much more economically than those of the United Kingdom, otherwise it will have "to be admitted that American labor, at nearly double the price, is as cheap as English at about half the price Either the American railroad management is more economical, or the American labor is more efficient. If the American rolling stock is not better than the English, why have the Midland and other English railroads adopted so extensively the bogie-truck? And why has it been adopted so thoroughly in Canada, where all the railroads were built by English capital, and mostly by English engineers? Many roads were equipped at first with Englishbuilt rolling stock, which was afterwards changed to the American type? It is instructive to compare the progress made in railroad traffic and its economics within the past thirty years. The able work of Messrs. Alexander L. Holley and Zerah Colburn gives very reliable data for the years 1855 and 1856. In the following comparisons all the figures given for these years have been taken from their work, except those relating to the Pennsylvania Railroad. The figures for 1884 for English railroads have been taken from the Railway Returns of the Board of Trade, and for the American railroads from the Reports of the Railroad Commissioners of New York and Massachusetts. Strange as it may seem, it is only within the last few days that I have seen, for the first time, this book. At the time it was published and for many years afterward, I was engineering near the top of the Andes in South America, far removed from book-stores and libraries. Messrs. Holley and Colburn used the same plan that J did for...

Author: Edward Bates
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265281529
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Excerpt from English and American Railroads Compared In these papers I have impartially collected, analyzed, and compared all available data and facts - many of them not before published. Full synopsis and reports of my papers were published in England and in this country promptly after each was read. No one has disputed or questioned my figures or statements. The paper in the discussion, page 94, by the late W. W. Evans, M. Am. Soc. 0. E., and M. Inst. 0. E 18 particularly interesting, as it was written during his last illness, and was only finished a few days before his death. It is his last work. His opinion is very valuable from his long and close connection with railroads in South America, and also with those in the English colonies. All the matter in the Appendix is entirely new, containing railroad data and comparisons to the end of the fiscal year of 1886. Many readers will doubtless be frightened at the formidable array of figures and large tables. I advise these, before throwing aside the book, to read pages 78, 90, 112, and 114, and Table No. 51, facing page 112. After reading these pages, which contain a few of the most salient facts, the reader can judge if the balance of the book will repay perusal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1354

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Author: John F. Stover
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Languages : en
Pages : 326

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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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