The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways: An Analysis of the Conditions Controlling the Laying Out of Railways in Effect this Most Judicious Expenditure of Capital |
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... amount of modest incompetency , at $ 150 per month , can set so many picks and shovels and locomotives at work to no purpose whatever . As a natural consequence of this general negligence , all our railways are uneconomically located ...
... amount of modest incompetency , at $ 150 per month , can set so many picks and shovels and locomotives at work to no purpose whatever . As a natural consequence of this general negligence , all our railways are uneconomically located ...
Page xx
... amount · Passenger , amount Trunk Lines- Competitive , conditions of success Non - competitive , rule for laying out Valley Lines- And inundations . Merits of , for railway lines Valleys- Descending into . Vertical Curves- Laying out ...
... amount · Passenger , amount Trunk Lines- Competitive , conditions of success Non - competitive , rule for laying out Valley Lines- And inundations . Merits of , for railway lines Valleys- Descending into . Vertical Curves- Laying out ...
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... amount in con- structing it ; and ( 2 ) That this gross amount can ( or cannot ) be raised . This conclusion is not necessarily expressed by a definite sum in advance - in fact it is very rarely so expressed ; but such a conclusion is ...
... amount in con- structing it ; and ( 2 ) That this gross amount can ( or cannot ) be raised . This conclusion is not necessarily expressed by a definite sum in advance - in fact it is very rarely so expressed ; but such a conclusion is ...
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... amount invested ; and not unfrequently the rate of interest which should properly be assumed will verge upon the infinite . It is always more likely to be underrated than over- rated ; whereas prudence requires that the reverse should ...
... amount invested ; and not unfrequently the rate of interest which should properly be assumed will verge upon the infinite . It is always more likely to be underrated than over- rated ; whereas prudence requires that the reverse should ...
Page 39
... amount of 50 per cent of the stock were " sold " to stockholders for 10 cents on the dollar , which was , of course , equivalent to a dividend of some 45 per cent , more if the future of the property did not belie its promise . From the ...
... amount of 50 per cent of the stock were " sold " to stockholders for 10 cents on the dollar , which was , of course , equivalent to a dividend of some 45 per cent , more if the future of the property did not belie its promise . From the ...
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