Regulation of Canadian Railroads (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Regulation of Canadian Railroads Even anterior to that time, and immediately after the rebellion, certain aspects of this subject came under my consideration while I was in charge of the Government works on the Mississippi River and about Chicago. And the importance of the line of the St. Lawrence to the northwestern section of our country, then received especial study on my part, and in the reports which I made to the War Department I declared that the acquisition of that river and the territory adjacent to it would become, at no distant day, a commercial as well as a political and military necessity to us, and I am con firmed in that conclusion by fifteen years' further study of the questions and interests involved. I shall allude to the subject further on. My present object is simply to contribute my share towards the discus sion and consideration of the interstate commerce law, which I think has been altogether beneficial to the country, but yet, which like all laws when first enacted, is more or less imperfect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.