REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION OF THE NEW YORK CHEAP TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
1873 · [New York?
by New York Cheap Transportation Association
[New York?, 1873. 16pp. Original printed front wrapper [dusted], light wear, Good+.
Living in an age of rapid communication and transportation, the people are "dependent almost for their very existence upon the transportation facilities of the country." Rapid advances in rail and steam travel and telegraph technologies necessitate reform: stock-watering, insufficient representation of shareholders on boards of directors, and corrupt management "rings" must end. Other defects in the transportation system include "the present method of undertaking (truncated)
Living in an age of rapid communication and transportation, the people are "dependent almost for their very existence upon the transportation facilities of the country." Rapid advances in rail and steam travel and telegraph technologies necessitate reform: stock-watering, insufficient representation of shareholders on boards of directors, and corrupt management "rings" must end. Other defects in the transportation system include "the present method of undertaking (truncated)