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I AM asked to speak for an hour upon the Ethics of Transportation. Since the only transportation of which I have any special knowledge is by rail road, I Shall confine myself to that.
The steam locomotive was first developed and steam railroads were first built in England. The original idea was to provide a way upon which the public might operate its own carriages. The rail road was to be like the turnpike or the canal, and just as any individual may haul his barges along the canal or drive his wagons over the turnpike upon the payment of an established toll, so members of the public were to be allowed to Operate their engines and cars upon the railroad, paying to the owners due compensation therefor.
It early became apparent, however, that this was not feasible. From the very nature of the service it is necessary that the operation of a railroad shall be exclusive, and from this it has come to pass that the same company is usually the owner and opera tor. My subject therefore reduces itself to this, The Ethics of Building and Operating a Railroad.
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