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The Railroads under Government Operation. I. The Period to the Close of 1918

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Events preceding federal control, 290. — Decline in net income, 291. — Roads unprepared for the traffic of 1915, 293. — Voluntary unification through Railroads' War Board, 293. — Results not satisfactory, 297. — Railroads taken by the government, 300. — Reasons for federal control, 301. — Organization under federal control, 303. — Contract between Director General and railroad companies, 306. — The first period: unification and standardization, 309. — Joint use of terminals and other facilities, 310. — Utilization of motive power, 313. — Joint use of freight cars, 313. — Freight in solid train lots, 314. — Disregard of shippers' designation of routes, 314. — Diversion of exports to southern ports, 315. — Consolidation of ticket offices, 315. — Standardization of locomotives and cars, 316. — Simplification of accounting, 319. — Standardization of operating statistics, 321. — Reductions in passenger train service, 323. — "Sailing day plan" for less than car load freight, 326. — Abolition of "off-line" freight agencies, 327. — Increases in rates, 327. — Adjustment of complaints, 329. — Uniform classification, 329. — Labor problems and wage increases, 330. — Extent of freight congestion in December, 1917, 332. — Movement of foodstuffs for export, 332. — Bituminous coal situation, 333. — Movement of troops, 334. — Volume of tonnage moved in 1918, 335. — Operating results and operating efficiency; statistics, 336. — Financial results, 338.

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  • William J. Cunningham, 1921. "The Railroads under Government Operation. I. The Period to the Close of 1918," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 35(2), pages 288-340.
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    1. Hugh Rockoff, 2004. "Until it's Over, Over There: The U.S. Economy in World War I," NBER Working Papers 10580, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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