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Railway Age 1930 May 31 Rock Island Present roadbed construction ideal? Damaged
Railway Age 1930 May 31
Damage around spine, covers, and multiple pages - see photos- previous water damage?
Contents
Is Our Present Roadbed Construction Ideal? Page 1308Paul Chipman, office engineer of the Pere Marquette, analyzes roadbed requirements and describes the sections of concrete roadbed now in experimental use on his road.
Reducing Railway Material Handling Costs 1313A description, by J. V. Miller, assistant general storekeeper of the C., M., St. P. & P., of how auto trucks, tractors and lift equipment open a big field of operating savings.
Rock Island Extends Use of Tabulating Machines 1315W. L. Linnehan, assistant auditor czar service accounts, C., R. I. & P. tells how increased use of such machines has saved labor, reduced discrepancies in per diem accounting and simplified passenger car and caboose records.
EDITORIALS
Declining Growth of Railway Freight Traffic 1305
Rail vs. Road in Germany 1306
The Public Relations View of Claim Agency 1307
GENERAL ARTICLES
Is Our Present Roadbed Construction Ideal? By Paul Chipman 1308
Modern Maintenance Methods Discussed by Boiler Makers 1311
Reducing Railway Material Handling Costs, by J. V. Miller 1313
Freight Car Loading 1314
Rock Island Extends Use of Tabulating Machines, by W. L. Linnehan 1315
Claim Men Seen at Richmond as Ambassadors of Good Will 1318
Accident Statistics Analyzed 1322
Sixty-Five Foot Gondola Cars for the Bessemer 1323
Electric Pusher Locomotives Operated on Great Northern, by G. E. Baston 1324
Union Pacific Athletics Developed Through Clubs 1325
Message Traffic Handled by Printers on Pennsylvania 1328
Optimism Prevails as Tide Turns for British Railways, by W. H. Fraser, M. Inst. T 1329
Pennsylvania Clayton Act Hearing 1332
Short Line Railroad Has Operating Ratio of 57.5 1334
Interviewing Prospective Employees, by Hal. S. Ray 1335
Couzens Resolution in House Committee 1335
Accident Investigations During September 1337
LOOKING BACKWARD 1338
NEW BOOKS 1339
ODDS AND ENDS OF RAILROADING 1340
NEWS OF THE WEEK 1341
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