ny, 97

Duties of common carriers, 315

Duty of state, 456

Earnings diverted, 403
of first Iowa railroad, 320
gross, larger in United States, 281
of C., B. & Q., 175
of Iowa roads increased, 264
of Massachusetts railroads, 175
of Lake Shore, 175

Earnings of Liverpool and Manchester, 50
of Terre Haute, 175
of railroads, 86
per employe, 372
per train mile in the United States and United Kingdom, 270
per train mile larger in United States, 281

East India Company, 99, 303

Economy of fuel, 375

Editors, 221, 231
controlled by counting-room, 339

Egyptians, commerce of, constructed roads, 22

Electoral Commission, 215

Eminent domain, 314
Spelling on, 317

Employes fare better under Government management, 412
in Iowa, compensation, 344
in Iowa, number, 344
number of, in various countries, 371
number of, per mile of road, 269
number of, as related to gross earnings, 269
organized for political work, 277
quasi-public officers, 447
should have passes, 209

England, 99
roads maintained by statute and parish labor, 32

English landlords, 287

Entrance into railway service regulated, 448

Ericsson, 449

Erie Canal, 40
Railroad, 170

European and American investments compared, 371

European history began in Greece, 24

Evans, Oliver, 47

Executive charged with construction and maintenance of roads and
canals, 22

Executives influenced, 225

Experiments with wooden rail, 46

Extortion, effects of, 111

Farmers' Alliance, 300

Farmers' pool, 300

Federal agencies, need of improved, 430

Federal courts, influence of, 212

Ferocity of public opinion in the West, 312

Feudal features, 455

Field, Justice, 214, 269

Fink, Albert, 200

First rail tracks, 46

First railroad survey in Iowa, 319

Fort Dodge, 325

Fortunes, great, 400
made, 301

France, 54
duty of employes, 447
first system of roads, first artificial waterways, 30
large number of canals, 30
rates on freight and passengers, 293

Frederick the Great built turnpikes and canals, 31

Frederick William IV., 53

Free competition, 407

Freight agents, 383

Freight carried by railroads in the United States, 292

Friction under Iowa law, 341

Galena and Chicago Union, 164

Gallatin advocated roads