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 Project Gutenberg 2016-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 132 Committee on Railway Mail Pay Pay, Committee on Railway Mail 12029055 Mail Carrying Railways Underpaid Produced by Judith Wirawan, MWS, 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.) "Mail Carrying Railways Underpaid" by the Committee on Railway Mail Pay is a detailed report on the compensation issues surrounding railway mail services in the United States, written during the early 20th century. This publication serves as a formal statement from a committee representing a vast network of railroads, covering approximately 214,275 miles operated by 268 companies, and addresses the critical topic of the disparity between railway mail pay and the financial burdens railroads incur in providing these services. The document outlines the committee's arguments regarding the inadequacy of current railway mail compensation, suggesting that the payments do not cover the operating costs incurred by the railways, nor do they provide any return on investment. It highlights empirical data and arguments refuting claims made by the Postmaster-General concerning overpayment to railroads, suggesting that recent payment reductions have left the railways in a financially untenable position. The committee emphasizes the need for legislative action to readjust these payment structures to prevent further financial strain on railway companies, especially with the impending increase in mail volume due to the introduction of Parcels Post. The report systematically critiques the methods used to calculate mail pay, advocating for a system that ensures fair compensation for the essential services railways provide to the postal system. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 46.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Railway mail service -- United States HE Text Category: History - American Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings 131910 2025-07-21T04:41:13.041852 text/html 103475 2024-10-23T00:41:16 text/html 194613 2025-07-21T04:41:15.770835 application/epub+zip 193821 2025-07-21T04:41:13.573827 application/epub+zip 102370 2025-07-21T04:41:13.251823 application/epub+zip 256420 2025-07-21T04:41:17.667836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235821 2025-07-21T04:41:15.515809 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144484 2022-09-23T20:15:53.314217 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 107649 2025-07-21T04:41:12.802858 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 87661 2024-10-23T00:41:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16696 2025-07-21T04:41:17.790813 application/rdf+xml 14302 2025-07-21T04:41:13.397833 image/jpeg 2345 2025-07-21T04:41:13.292825 image/jpeg 173876 2025-07-21T04:41:13.053846 application/octet-stream application/zip