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APPENDIX 2

CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Classifications of Activities in this series have for their purpose to list and classify in all practicable detail the specific activities engaged in by the several services of the national government. Such statements are of value from a number of standpoints. They furnish, in the first place, the most effective showing that can be made in brief compass of the character of word performed by the service to which they relate. Secondly, they lay the basis for a system of accounting and reporting that will permit the showing of total expenditures classified according to activities. Finally, taken collectively, they make possible the preparation of a general or consolidated statement of the activities of the government as a whole. Such a statement will reveal in detail, not only what the government is doing, but the services in which the work is being performed. For example, one class of activities that would probably appear in such a classification is that of "scientific research." A subhead under this class would be "chemical research." Under this head would appear the specific lines of investigation under way and the services in which they were being prosecuted. It is hardly necessary to point out the value of such information in planning for future work and in considering the problem of the better distribution and coördination of the work of the government. The Institute contemplates attempting such a general listing and classification of the activities of the government upon the completion of the present series.

CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES

1. Relating to Liquidation of Government Operation of Railroads 1. Certification of standard return

2. Adjustment of claims through boards of referees.

3. Reimbursements of deficits of carriers not under govern

ment control

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4. Elimination of discriminations under the fourth section created or increased during government control

5. Calculation of guaranty of income after termination of government control and authorization of advances to

the carriers thereunder

6. Certification of loans to carriers during transition period 2. Activities as a Board of Directors of a National Railroad

System

I. Consolidation of railroads into a limited number of systems

2. Correlation of rail and water 'routes

3. Pooling of facilities and equipment

4. Division of joint rates

5. Pooling of freights and division of earnings

6. Control of extensions or abandonments of line.

7. Maintenance of general railroad contingent fund

3. Maintenance of Reasonable Rates, Facilities, Classification, Practices, etc.

1. Securing Compliance with Standards Prescribed for the Carriers by the Law

1. Transportation and Service

2. Through Routes

3. Charges for Service

4. Classification and Practices

5. Publicity as to rates, fares, charges, etc.

2. Enforcement of Prohibition on the Carriers in the Law

1. Free Passes and Free Transportation

2. Discrimination and Preferences

3. "Long-and-Short-Haul" and "Aggregate of Intermediates" Clauses

4. Rail and Water Competition

5. Changes in Rates, Fares, Charges, etc.

6. Continuous Carriage of Freight

3. Positive Duties

1. Adequate Transportation Facilities

2. Reasonableness of Rates, Classifications, Practices, etc. 3. Allowances to Owners of Property for Service in Transportation

4. Released Rates

4. Ancillary Activities

1. Valuation of Railroad Property

2. Authorization of Issuance of Securities

3. Accounting

4. Statistics

5. Investigation and Research

5. Promotion of Safety of Employees, Passengers, and Property 1. Investigation of accidents and safety appliances

2. Regulation of transportation of explosives and other dangerous substances

3. Enforcement of safety appliance laws and Hours-of-Service Act

4. Inspection of locomotives

5. Administration of Medals-of-Honor Act

6. "By-Product" Activities

1. Clayton Act

2. Railway Mail Pay

3. Merchant Marine Act

4. Miscellaneous

1. Time Zones

2. Prescription of Accounts for District Gas and Electricity Companies

3. Regulations governing Nominations to Railroad Labor

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