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Title

  • Report ... of the United States Pacific railway commission [and Testimony taken by the commission]

Names

  • United States. Pacific Railway Commission.
  • Pattison, Robert E. (Robert Emory), 1850-1904.
  • Young, Charles P.
  • Manners, Edward C.

Created / Published

  • Washington, Gov't print. off., 1887-88.

Contents

  • Pt. I. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the reports of the ... commission. Report of the commission and of the minority commissioner.--Pt. 2-9 (vol. I-VIII) Testimony.-- Pt. 10 (vol. IX). Alphabetical, analytical and topical index of testimony, reports of accountants and engineer, and of the commissioners ... by Edward C. Manners.

Headings

  • -  Pacific railroads
  • -  Union Pacific Railroad Company
  • -  Central Pacific Railroad Company
  • -  Pacific railroads--Finance

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Testimony and index (vol. I-IX) paged continuously. Bound in 5 v., each having the added t.p. and index of the executive documents of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Fiftieth Congress. 1988.
  • -  Commission appointed under the act of Congress approved March 3, 1887, entitled "An act authorizing an investigation of the books, accounts, and methods of railroads which have received aid from the United States, and for other purposes."
  • -  Commissioners: Robert E. Pattison, chairman; E. Ellery Anderson; David T. Littler; secretary and stenographer: Charles P. Young.
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Medium

  • 10 v. in 5. 2 fold. pl., 2 fold. maps. 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HE1062 .U6

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 06045508

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Pacific Railway Commission, Robert E Pattison, Charles P Young, and Edward C Manners. Report ... of the United States Pacific railway commission and Testimony taken by the commission. Washington, Gov't print. off., -88, 1887. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/06045508/.

APA citation style:

United States Pacific Railway Commission, Pattison, R. E., Young, C. P. & Manners, E. C. (1887) Report ... of the United States Pacific railway commission and Testimony taken by the commission. Washington, Gov't print. off., -88. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/06045508/.

MLA citation style:

United States Pacific Railway Commission, et al. Report ... of the United States Pacific railway commission and Testimony taken by the commission. Washington, Gov't print. off., -88, 1887. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/06045508/>.