ains restricted, 451

Superintendents responsible for uncivil subordinates, 447

Supreme Court, 215, 289

Switzerland, 56

Taney, Justice, 216

Tariff, a tax, 135
prepared by sworn officials, 381

Tariffs impeachable, 382
official, should stand until proved unreasonable, 382

Texas legislation, 346

Text books, 312

Thiers, M., 51

Third-class passengers in Europe, 443

_Times_, New York, 340

Tipping, 447

Traffic associations, 149, 300

Trainmen should be allowed rest, 451

Train mile earnings, 269

Trains, number of, per mile, per annum, 281
should connect, 451

Transportation not a commodity, 368

Trevithick, Richard, 48

_Tribune_, Chicago, 244
New York, 340

Turkey, 60

Turnpike, first American, 37

Turnpikes in Great Britain, 32

Turnpike tolls, 396

Twelfth General Assembly, 323, 330

Umpires, high-priced, 420

Unanimous vote on Iowa law, 341

Union Pacific, 175

United States Bank, 303, 366

Unscrupulous men attracted, 390

Value of land grants, 329

Vanderbilt, 82, 452

Vedas, testimony of, 18

Venetian council, 253

Venezuela, 66

Venice, 93

Via Appia and other roads, 26

Violations of law encouraged by courts, 430

Wabash Railroad, 212

Walker, A. F., 294, 295, 311

Wall Street, defense of, 340
managers, 346
method, 302

War, 399

War rule, 331

Washington among the first to advocate internal improvements, 39

Water courses as levelers, 453

Watering stock, Mr. Jeans on, 270
methods of, 174

Water transportation, 145

Watered stocks, 172
Hadley on, 247

Watt and Stephenson's inventions, 126

Watt, James, 47

Weak roads helped, 344

Western candidates, 224

Water classification, 343

West Indies, 71

Western politician outwitted, 225
pool, failure of, 200
Traffic Association, 299
Union Telegraph Company, 127

White House, the, 215

Whitney, Asa, 81

Whitney's cotton gin, 231

Why Western people do not invest in railroad stocks, 308

Wells, David A., 374

Windom committee, 351

Wisconsin Granger laws, 331

Witnesses recusant, 134

Wrecking roads, 305

Wrought-iron rails patented, 47

_World_, New York, 340

Zone tariff, 409
ridiculed, 441

A Standard Book on an Important Subject.

THE

RAILROAD QUESTION.