. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1922, . REPORTS RE HYDRO-ELECTRIC RAILWAYS 105. 106 REPORTS RE HYDRO-ELECTRIC RAILWAYS APPENDIX 9 (Signed) OF THE FEDERAL ELECTRIC RAILWAYS COMMISSION. The President of the United States. Sir: The Fedej-al Electric Railways Commission begs leave to present the following re-port. This Commission was appointed by you in response to a suggestion outlining the need ofsuch a commission in the following letter from two members of your Cabinet, the Secretary ofCommerce and the Secretary of Labor: Washington, D. C, May 15, M
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1922, . REPORTS RE HYDRO-ELECTRIC RAILWAYS 105. 106 REPORTS RE HYDRO-ELECTRIC RAILWAYS APPENDIX 9 (Signed) OF THE FEDERAL ELECTRIC RAILWAYS COMMISSION. The President of the United States. Sir: The Fedej-al Electric Railways Commission begs leave to present the following re-port. This Commission was appointed by you in response to a suggestion outlining the need ofsuch a commission in the following letter from two members of your Cabinet, the Secretary ofCommerce and the Secretary of Labor: Washington, D. C, May 15, Mr. President: The electric-railway problem to which your attention has been calledon several occasions has recently assumed such serious national proportions as to warrant theprompt attention of the Federal Government. Already 50 or more urban systems, representing aconsiderable percentage of the total electric-railway mileage of the country, are in the hands ofreceivers. The communities affected are among the most important—New York, Providence,Buffalo, New Orleans, Denver, St
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