Highways and Highway Transportation by George R. Chatburn
CHAPTER VI
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INTERRELATION BETWEEN HIGHWAY AND OTHER KINDS OF TRANSPORTATION 159
Classification of Transportation. Railroads have not always
Acted Honorably. Quantity Production and Division of Labor
Applied to Railway Transportation, to Motor Transport.
Automobiles Cutting into Railway Earnings, Babson’s Prediction.
Effect of Motor Competition on Interurban Trolley Lines, on
Street Car Lines, Taxicabs and Jitneys, Buses, Trackless
Trolleys. Guaranteeing Earnings of Street Car Companies,
Legitimate Fields of Transportation Agencies. Length of Haul
for Economic Trucking. Reduction of Rates and Expenses. Carving
out New Fields. Still Room for all Kinds of Transportation.
Chapters
1. Chapter 1
2. CHAPTER I
3. CHAPTER II
4. CHAPTER III
5. CHAPTER IV
6. CHAPTER V
7. CHAPTER VI
8. CHAPTER VII
9. CHAPTER VIII
10. CHAPTER IX
11. CHAPTER X
12. CHAPTER XI
13. CHAPTER XII
14. CHAPTER XIII
15. 1. STORM KING HIGHWAY _Frontispiece_
16. 2. THE APPIAN WAY 22
17. 3. MAP OF ITALY 24
18. 4. MAP OF ROMAN ROADS IN ENGLAND 26
19. 5. MAP OF THE NORTH-EASTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES 36
20. 6. MAP 42
21. 1830. When the Railroads Entered the Industrial Arena, the Country
22. 7. MAP 54
23. 8. WAY BILL 66
24. 5. The DeWitt Clinton Locomotive--1831.
25. 1. Showing the Growth in the Size of Locomotives During the Past
26. 2. One of the New Gearless _Electric_ Locomotives Built by the
27. 12. TRANSPORTATION ACROSS DEATH VALLEY 126
28. 14. CHART OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE U. S. BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS
29. 18. MOTOR OR RAIL-CAR 166
30. 5. Gaillardit’s Steam Carriage--1894.
31. 21. A NEW YORK CITY “STEPLESS” BUS 184
32. 6. Winton’s Racing Machine.
33. 23. HAULING BEANS BY MOTOR TRUCK AND TRAILER 200
34. 26. GIVING A MACADAM ROAD AN APPLICATION OF TARVIA BINDER 254
35. 32. A DANGEROUS CURVE MADE SAFE BY AN ARTISTIC CONCRETE WALL 364
36. 33. PIN OAK STREET TREES 388
37. 34. A COTTONWOOD WIND BREAK 388
38. 36. TRAFFIC GUIDES 442
39. 37. NEW YORK CITY TRAFFIC GUIDES 444
40. 40. A GIPSYING TOURING CARAVAN 458
41. CHAPTER I
42. 1767. Green[7] tells us that the main roads which lasted fairly well
43. 1. Methods of keeping the cylinder or steam vessel hot by covering it
44. 2. By condensing the steam in vessels entirely distinct from the
45. 3. By drawing out of the condenser all uncondensed vapors or gases by
46. 4. The use of the expansion force of steam directly against the
47. 5. The double-acting engine and the conversion of the reciprocating
48. 6. Throttle valve with governor and gear for operating the same,
49. Chapter III.
50. Book IX, Chap. 29; XXII, 15; XXIV, 8; George Bell & Sons, London,
51. CHAPTER II
52. 1740. Glowing reports were brought back by the few traders, hunters,
53. 820. Published by order of Congress, 13 Vol. Washington, 1825-37.
54. CHAPTER III
55. CHAPTER IV
56. 5. The DeWitt Clinton Locomotive--1831.
57. 1. Showing the Growth in the Size of Locomotives During the Past Twenty
58. 1900. The Larger is a _Mountain Type_ Engine. Both are Used on the C.
59. Chapter VIII, “Transportation,” Ginn & Co., New York.
60. CHAPTER V
61. 1916. Illinois voted $60,000,000 in 1920 eventually to be paid from
62. 1822. A most liberal definition of Post Roads is also given in the
63. 1917. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.
64. CHAPTER VI
65. Chapter VII, and the motor truck, and with concerted action of the
66. 1. Modernizing locomotives.--Gross reparable deficiencies are pointed
67. 2. Locomotive operation.--The magnitude of the railways’ coal bill
68. 3. Shop organization improvements.--The sad and almost incredible
69. 4. Power-plant fuel savings.--The obsolete and wasteful condition
70. 5. Water-consumption savings.--The railroads’ expenditure in
71. 6. Service of supply savings.--The expenditure of the railways for
72. 7. Shop accounting savings.--Attention has been given to the matter
73. 8. Labor turn-over savings.--The industrial losses due to unnecessary
74. 9. Loss and damage savings.--Inquiry has been made into the amount of
75. CHAPTER VII
76. 5. Gaillardit’s Steam Carriage--1894.
77. 6. Winton’s Racing Machine.
78. Chapter V. It will only be necessary to say here that the psychological
79. CHAPTER VIII
80. 4. Those which are military.
81. 10. Motor trucks or drays 20
82. CHAPTER IX
83. CHAPTER X
84. 318. The petitioning power or influence of the several properties
85. CHAPTER XI
86. CHAPTER XII
87. CHAPTER XIII
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