Abandonment of line, 76, 118.
Accidents, causes of, 37-38; publi-
cations on, 139. See also Safety.
Accidents Reports Act, 37-38.
Accounts, powers and duties relating
to, 17-19, 23-24, 45-46. 53-54, 86-88;
publications on, 138-139. See also
Statistics.
Accounts, Bureau of, 23n, 119, 130.
Accounts, Section of, 118.
Administration, Bureau of, 109-11,
124-126.
Administration, Section of, 118-120.
Aggregate of Intermediates Clause,
80.
Amendments, recommended by Com-
mission, 7-8, 27, 47. See also
Interstate Commerce Act.
American Railway Association, 9, 10,
91, 117.
Annual Reports, Section of, 120. See
also Reports.
Association of American Railway
Accounting Officers, 19-23.
Attorney General, 20n, 23, 25, 27, 66,
106.
Boiler Inspection. See Locomotive
inspection; Safety.
Block Signal and Train Control
Board, 35.
Block signal systems. See Safety.
Brakes. See Safety.
Cable companies, 64.
Car service, 78; Commission on, 50.
Car Service Act, 50.
Certification of standard return, 52-
53, 67; of loans, 70.
Chairman, 11, 41.
Chief Inspector of Locomotives, 32-
34, 95.
Civil Service Commission, 95, 106.
Claims, adjustment of, by boards of
referees, 68.
Clayton Act, 30, 97.
Commerce Court, 27-28.
Commodities clause, 23, 42.
Common carrier, definitions of, 64.
Consolidation of railroads, 61, 72-73.
Contingent fund, maintenance of, 76.
Convenience and necessity, Section
of, 118.
Coupler, automatic. See Safety.
Courts, attitude of, toward Commis-
sion, 11-16, 22, 24, 27-29; toward
safety laws, 34-35; utilization of
by Commission, 66-67, 106; pro-
ceedings in, instituted by states,
103.
Cullom Committee, 5-7.
Government operation, 50-62; liqui-
dation of matters resulting from,
67-72,
Grabirons. See Safety.
Guarantee of income, 70.
Handholds. See Safety,
Hepburn Act, 21-26.
Hours-of-Service Act, 34-35, 94-95,
Industrial Commission, 12.
Informal Cases, Bureau of, 112-13,
130.
Inquiry, Bureau of, 114-15, 129.
Interior, Secretary of, 7, 8.
Interlocking Directorates, Section
of, 118.
Interstate Commerce Act, 1, 5-7;
amendments of, 8, 9, 13, 20, 21, 26-
27, 30, 49-50, 56-62. See also
Amendments.
Investigations, 42, 48-50, 61, 89-90.
Joint Rates, Division of, 22, 29n, 75.
Joint rates, publication of required,
8.
Jurisdiction, of Commission, 21, 26,
56-62, 64-67.
Ladders. See Safety.
Labor, Commissioner of, II.
Law, Bureau of, 115, 129; Section
of, 118.
Loans to carriers, 57, 60, 61, 70.
Loans, Section of, 118.
Locomotive Inspection, Bureau of,
116-17, 127-28. See also Safety.
Long-and-Short-Haul Clause, 15-16,
26, 29, 80.
Mann-Elkins Act, 26-28.
Massachusetts, Railroad Commission
of, 3.
Maximum Freight Rate Case, 14.
Mechanical Tabulation, Section of,
Medals-of-Honor Act, 96.
Mediation and Conciliation, Board
of, 41.
Merchant Marine Act, 60-61, 100,
Railroad Administration, 53.
Railroad Labor Board, 59, 101.
Railroads, Commissioner of, 18n.
Railway mail pay, 39-40, 98-100.
Railways, street, relation of Com-
mission to, 40-41.
Rates, parcel post, 41; railroad, 14,
15, 20, 22, 25, 40, 46-47, 52-53, 56-
58, 78-82; water, 26, 29n, 30, 47,
61, 73-74, 80.
Reagan, John H., 5.
Rebates. See Discrimination.
Referees, boards of, 52-53, 68.
Released rates, 83.
Released Rates Board, 114.
Reports, annual, 9, 140.
Review, Board of, 112.
Ripley, W. Z., 73.
Safety, 9-10, 17, 31-39, 44-45, 48, 53-
54, 58, 60, 90-96, 115.
Safety, Bureau of, 115-16, 127.
Secretary, of Commission, 105, 109.
Securities, authorization of issuance
of, 85-86.
Securities, Section of,
Service, Bureau of, 59, 117, 130.
Shipping Board, 50, 60, 102.
Sill steps. See Safety.
Social Circle Case, 14.
Standard returns, certificate of, 67.
Standards, Bureau of, 37.
Statistics, 19, 23, 45-46, 88-89, 138.
See also Accounts.
Statistics, Bureau of, 23n, 120, 129.
Suspension, Board of, 114.
Tariff and Sixth Section Matters,
Section of, 113.
Telegraph and telephone companies,
24, 26, 61, 64.
Traffic, Bureau of, 59, 113, 126-27.
Transportation Act, 56-62, 63.
Treasury, Secretary of, 70.
Valuation, 29-30, 84-85, 131-33.
Valuation, Bureau of, 121-22.
Wage Statistics, Section of, 120.
War, Secretary of, 50, 100.
Windom Committee, 4.
Wireless companies, 64.
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