Project Gutenberg 2011-06-19 Public domain in the USA. 150 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company The Mail Pay on the Burlington Railroad Statements of Car Space and All Facilities Furnished for the Government Mails and for Express and Passengers in All Passenger Trains on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Produced by Jeannie Howse, Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at http://www.tpdlp.net and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Mail Pay on the Burlington Railroad" by Chicago is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The focus of the book is on the compensation system for railroads transporting government mail and how this system affects the financial viability of these services. It outlines the complexities of mail transportation, including the economics of space allocation, operational costs, and government regulations, during a time when the railroads played a crucial role in national communication infrastructure. The book presents an in-depth analysis of the mail service on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, discussing the discrepancy between the costs incurred by the railroad and the payment received from the government. It includes detailed financial statistics regarding operating expenses, earnings from passenger and mail services, and how the allocation of space aboard trains impacts profitability. The author lays out several case studies on specific routes, detailing the inadequate compensation from the government relative to the operational costs and demanding conditions imposed by the postal service. Overall, it highlights the tensions between railroads and government policy in an era of increasing demand for postal service efficiency. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Railway mail service -- United States HE Text Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Economics 132364 2025-08-15T03:48:39.537261 text/html 125565 2011-06-19T10:24:16 text/html 126824 2025-08-15T03:48:46.284199 application/epub+zip 127337 2025-08-15T03:48:42.709212 application/epub+zip 106517 2025-08-15T03:48:41.475240 application/epub+zip 304855 2025-08-15T03:48:48.804202 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294424 2025-08-15T03:48:45.475224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130221 2022-09-16T15:39:57.130226 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99365 2025-08-15T03:48:38.985239 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 99197 2011-06-19T10:24:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 99189 2011-06-19T10:24:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20704 2025-08-15T03:48:48.946177 application/rdf+xml 19231 2025-08-15T03:48:41.997216 image/jpeg 4483 2025-08-15T03:48:41.736230 image/jpeg 32552 2011-06-19T10:24:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 35800 2011-06-19T10:24:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 32540 2011-06-19T10:24:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 123376 2025-08-15T03:48:39.546239 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog