Project Gutenberg 2012-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 74 Massachusetts. General Court. Committee on Railways and Canals Massachusetts. General Court. Rail Road Committee Carpenter, E. P. (Erastus Payson) Carpenter, Erastus Payson Minority Report of the Committee on Railways in Relation to the Hoosac Tunnel and the Railroads Leading Thereto With a bill to incorporate the State Board of Trustees of the Hoosac Tunnel Railroad; also the speech delivered by Hon. E. P. Carpenter in the Senate of Massachusetts, June 3, 1873, in support of the same Produced by Tom Cosmas "Minority Report of the Committee on Railways in Relation to the Hoosac Tunnel…" is a governmental report produced in the early 1870s, likely during the post-Civil War industrial era. It provides insight into the decision-making processes and debates surrounding the management and operation of the Hoosac Tunnel in Massachusetts, a significant project aimed at improving railroad connectivity to facilitate commerce. The report is a political and economic document that addresses the implications of railroad consolidation and state control versus private management. The core content of this report centers on the recommendations made by a minority of the Massachusetts Committee on Railways concerning the future management of the Hoosac Tunnel and the associated rail lines. The authors argue for state control of the tunnel to ensure equal access and fair rates for all users, contrasting their stance with a majority report favoring private consolidation of railroads. They discuss the economic viability of maintaining a state-owned operation, emphasizing the importance of cheap transportation for the growth of Massachusetts' industries. The minority report stresses that effective state management could mitigate the drawbacks associated with private railroad companies, which historically led to inflated costs and monopolistic practices, advocating for a structured approach to ensure equitable service for the public good. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40514/40514-h/images/cover.jpg en Railroad tunnels -- Massachusetts Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.) Railroads -- Massachusetts HE TA Text Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 130215 130198 2024-09-17T06:33:01.611607 2023-09-17T14:44:08.144285 text/html text/html 126968 2012-08-15T20:07:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 119669 2012-08-15T20:07:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 77732 2024-09-17T06:33:04.279565 application/epub+zip 78018 2024-09-17T06:33:02.080603 application/epub+zip 76284 2024-09-17T06:33:01.828598 application/epub+zip 133368 2024-09-17T06:33:06.167573 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119629 2024-09-17T06:33:04.029593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110418 2022-09-18T14:20:40.779385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112737 112732 2024-09-17T06:33:01.365585 2023-09-17T14:44:07.925290 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 112504 2012-08-15T20:07:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 37528 2012-08-15T20:07:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19328 2024-09-17T06:33:06.301566 application/rdf+xml 12738 2024-09-17T06:33:01.902583 image/jpeg 3009 2024-09-17T06:33:01.864577 image/jpeg 72013 2024-09-17T06:33:01.626609 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog