not a judicial question, 378

Rate of 1870, 248, 249
per ton per mile on Camden and Amboy Railroad, 109
question, 370

Rates, fixing of by commission demanded, 430
fundamental principles in making, 385
in France, 293
lower will prevail, 256
lower, reason for, 374
might be reduced, 417
on Milwaukee road, 233
reduced by zone tariff in Austria-Hungary, 283
should be lower here than in Europe, 373
should be referred to National and State boards, 379
under Granger laws, 246
under Wisconsin Granger laws, 236
what are reasonable, 376

Reagan, John H., bill of, 352

Reform demanded, 295

Reasonable rates, 376, 387
fixing of, 361

Rebates Standard Oil Company, 115

Redfield, J. F., 312

Reduced rates on Government business in France, 293
increased business, 282

Refineries closed, 116

Reforms needed, 438

Remedies, 389
proposed by committee, 352

Remedy proposed by Mr. Hudson of doubtful efficiency, 268

Reorganization of the M. &. M. R. R., 322

Report of Cullom committee, 353

Reports of Interstate Commission, 366

Revenues increased by Granger law, 246, 332
uniform, 437

Revolution and anarchy, 299

Rhenish League, 94

Ricks, Judge, 449

Ridgeway, Jacob, 106

Right of control rests upon firmer ground, 318

Right of way, cost of, 370

River and harbor improvements, 453

Rivers, improvement of, 44

Robber knights, 93, 149

Robbers and feudal knights, depredations being tax, 29

Rob Roy, 258
policy, 102

Robinson, H. P., railway in politics, 308

Rocket, the, 49

Rogers, Thorold, 454

Roman Empire, after downfall roads destroyed, 28

Roman postal service, 27

Romans learned art of paving roads from Carthaginians, 24

Rome, 91
connecting link between antiquity and mediaevalism, 24
extent, population, roads, etc., 25

Roads built from proceeds of stocks and bonds, 373

Roads built only when immediately profitable, 328
early, 37
pioneers of enlightenment and political eminence, 17
subject to legislative control, 327
utility of good, recognized in colonial times, 36

Russia, 58
roads, 35

Rutter, J. H., agent of New York Central, 116

Salaries, American railways pay the highest, 420

Saloon men politicians, 366

San Domingo, 71

San Salvador, 70

Sanspareil, the,