Project Gutenberg 2012-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 99 Massachusetts. General Court. Committee on Railways and Canals Massachusetts. General Court. Rail Road Committee Carpenter, E. P. (Erastus Payson) 1822 1902 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 Reading ease score: 49.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Railroad tunnels -- Massachusetts Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.) Railroads -- Massachusetts HE TA Text Category: History - American Category: Politics Category: Economics 130437 2025-07-16T11:44:21.445919 text/html 106979 2024-10-23T10:12:42 text/html 77960 2025-07-16T11:44:23.899929 application/epub+zip 78003 2025-07-16T11:44:21.879921 application/epub+zip 76281 2025-07-16T11:44:21.652986 application/epub+zip 133384 2025-07-16T11:44:25.606950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119727 2025-07-16T11:44:23.658948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110418 2022-09-18T14:20:40.779385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112732 2023-09-17T14:44:07.925290 text/plain 92782 2024-10-23T10:12:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17871 2025-07-16T11:44:25.731919 application/rdf+xml 12738 2025-07-16T11:44:21.714933 image/jpeg 3009 2025-07-16T11:44:21.683936 image/jpeg 72045 2025-07-16T11:44:21.460924 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