Aber, T. A., 309
Adairville, Ky., 277
Adams Express Company, 38, 57, 227
Adams, Frederick B., 462
Adamson Act, 416
Ages, Ky., 404
Alabama, State of, 2, 83, 99, 103, 111–23, 125, 129, 130–33, 135, 136, 140, 158, 161, 190, 191, 229, 230, 263–68, 270, 273, 276, 284, 287, 303, 307, 377, 380, 386–90, 392, 393, 396, 400, 425, 518
Alabama Central, 161
Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad, 118, 119, 120
Alabama Consolidated Coal & Iron Company, 276
Alabama & Florida Railroad, 286
Alabama Great Southern Railroad, 272, 299, 302, 303
Alabama Midland Case, 357, 363
Alabama Mineral Railroad, 271, 272, 284
Alabama State Land Congress, 393
Alabama State Legislature, 118, 133, 276
Alabama Steel & Shipbuilding Company, 275
Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad, 115, 116, 228
Alcoa, 456
Aldrich, Truman H., 134, 264, 266, 273, 284, 285
Alexander, General E. Porter, 157, 160–63, 167, 177, 178, 180–82, 186, 197, 198, 200, 206, 236–38
Allen County, Ky., 6
Allegheny River, 144
Allingham, Tenn., 400
American Airlines, 422
American Association, Inc., 280, 283, 405
American Book Company, 384
American Locomotive Company, 429
American Railway Association, 320, 411
Anderson, John B., 35, 39, 40, 226
Anniston & Atlantic Railroad, 271
Anniston & Cincinnati Railroad, 271
Arkansas, State of, 2, 83, 169
Army Freight Line see Adams Express Company
Army Appropriation Act, 412
Arnold, Thurman, 353
Arthur, Alexander A., 280, 281
Asher, T. J., 405
Association of American Railroads, 434, 439
Associated Roads of Kentucky, Alabama, and Tennessee, 351
Athens, Ga., 179
Atlanta, Ga., 3, 5, 65, 71, 72, 78, 83, 110, 111, 153–55, 157, 159–62, 174, 179–80, 226, 280, 294–96, 302, 305, 307–309, 318, 337, 349, 350, 359, 360, 401, 462, 467, 470, 512, 519
Atlanta Constitution, 176
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad, 462
Atlanta & Florida Railroad, 301, 303
Atlanta Journal, 311
Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway, 308, 309
Atlanta & West Point Railroad, 179, 180
Atlantic Coast Line Company, 185, 284, 288, 308, 312, 313, 431, 462, 467, 494, 521
Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad, 85, 89, 90
Augusta, Ga., 159, 163, 179, 293, 294, 302, 307, 350
Automatic Train Control, 425
Bacon Creek Bridge, 30
Bald Mountain, 309
Baldwin, Christopher Columbus, 155, 177–83, 185, 186, 194–202, 204–10, 212, 214–19, 221, 237–39, 250, 256, 315, 376
Baldwin Locomotive Works, 54, 323, 326, 429
Baldwin, M. W. Company, 51
Baltimore, Md., 103, 105, 144, 179, 226, 301, 312
Baltimore & Ohio Bridge, 13
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 13, 73, 74, 144, 145, 175, 232
Barbee, Mayor John, 14
Barbourville, Ky., 483
Bardstown, Ky., 6–7, 12, 13, 34, 43, 277
Bardstown & Louisville Railroad, 43
Baring Brothers, 126, 128, 280, 281
Barren County, Ky., 6
Baton Rouge, La., 148
Baxter, Jere, 304
Baxter, Nat, 273, 274, 275, 304
Beattyville Junction, Ky., 402
Bell County, Ky., 279, 280, 283, 401, 404, 405, 520
Belmont, August, 242–43, 252–57, 259, 293–94, 303, 311, 312, 381, 384, 431
Belt Railway of Chicago, 518
Bessemer, Ala., 266, 267, 268, 273
Bessemer Steel Company, 267
Bibb County, Ala., 114, 115, 266
Big Stone Gap, Va., 280, 283, 401, 404
Birmingham, Ala., 113, 119–22, 130, 133–35, 161, 248, 264–70, 272–74, 276, 282, 291, 300, 301, 306, 340, 387–89, 400–401, 410, 425, 428, 456, 466–67, 470, 481, 517
Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad, 301, 446
Birmingham Freight Bureau, 388, 389
Birmingham Mineral Road, 248, 263, 268–70, 272, 284, 335
Birmingham, Selma & New Orleans Railroad, 307
Birmingham, Sheffield & Tennessee River Railroad, 300, 303
Birmingham & Tuscaloosa Railroad, 400
Bishop, R. M., 107
Bloomfield Branch, 485
Blount County, Ala., 272
Blue Creek Extension, 270
Blue Ridge, Ga., 337
Boston, Mass., 360
Bowaters Paper Corporation, 520
Bowling Green, Ky., 4, 6–8, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 30, 32–35, 151, 337, 344
Bowling Green & Tennessee Railroad, 7, 19
Bradley, Governor William O., 381
Bragg, Walter L., 387
Breathitt County, Ky., 403
Breckinridge, John C, 107
Brentwood, Tenn., 398, 400, 459
Brill, J. G., 429
Bristol, Tenn., 84, 85, 89, 161
Brookman, John U., 197
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 261
Brown Brothers, 301
Brown, Captain S. S., 291
Brown, Joe, 154, 155, 157, 161, 162, 193, 194, 231
Brownsville, Tenn., 20
Brownsville & Ohio Railroad, 139
Brunswick, Ga., 160
Bryan, William Jennings, 380–81
Buell, General Don Carlos, 30–35
Burnside, General Ambrose E., 42, 84
Caldwell, Isaac, 107
Caldwell, R. H., 29
Caldwell, Dr. W. B., 98, 99, 101, 107, 177
Calera, Ala., 115, 118, 129, 271
Calhoun, Patrick, 295
Calhoun, Term., 520
Calhoun County, Ala., 115
California, State of, 201
Campbellsburg, Ky., 139
Carley, F. D., 197, 205, 206, 209, 210, 212, 215–18, 219
Carlisle, John G., 110
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway, 406
Carter’s Creek, Tenn., 389
Cecilia Junction, Ky., 138
Cecilian Branch, 138, 153, 200
Central of Georgia Railroad, in, 140, 154, 155, 157, 160, 163, 174, 179, 180, 185, 198, 206, 293–95, 297, 299, 301–303, 307, 308, 391
Central Southern Railroad, 116
Centralized Train Control, 459, 467, 468, 506
Champion, Ala., 272
Charleston, S.C., 3, 4, 65, 72, 293
Chattahoochee, Fla., 313
Chattahoochee River, 140
Chattanooga, Tenn., 3, 5, 18, 32, 33, 38, 72, 89, 106, 110, 111, 115, 118, 119, 139, 153, 154, 159, 160, 161, 181, 201, 226, 230, 236, 294, 299, 302, 304, 349, 360, 362, 467, 519
Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus Railroad, 306
Chattanooga Southern, 301
Cherokee County, Ala., 115
Chesapeake & Nashville Railroad, 300, 400
Chesapeake & New Orleans Railroad, 300
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, 185, 201, 296, 297, 424
Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad, 200, 241, 278, 290–93
Chicago, Ill., 78, 135, 144, 157, 165, 166, 225, 290, 320, 321, 327, 336, 348, 428, 451, 501, 517, 518
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, 182, 218, 336, 511, 517, 518
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad, 309, 518
Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad, 157, 160, 165–67, 169, 185
Chicago Times–Herald, 336
Choctaw Yards, Ala., 467
Cincinnati, Ohio, 2–5, 24, 25, 33, 51, 65, 71–73, 77, 78, 89, 91, 94–96, 98, 102–10, 139, 144, 160, 165, 166, 181, 230, 297, 299, 308, 309, 316, 348, 349, 360, 401, 409, 425, 426, 428, 449, 450, 466, 470, 506, 512
Cincinnati Board of Trade, 106
Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad, 72
Cincinnati, Charleston & Cumberland Gap Railroad, 84
Cincinnati Connection see Cincinnati Short Line
Cincinnati Gas, Light and Coke Company, 106
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, 296, 299
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad, 201
Cincinnati Short Line, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 102, 103, 105, 148, 181, 316, 340
Cincinnati Southern Railway, 106–11, 139, 153, 160, 180, 182, 193, 201, 299, 302, 303, 308, 360, 400, 445
Cisco, J. J. & Company, 127
Claiborne County, Tenn., 280
Clark, Clarence H., 177, 178, 202, 204, 205, 222
Clark, Dodge & Company, 205
Clark, George C, 177, 178, 182, 202, 205, 222
Clark, Herman, 212, 215–16, 220
Clarke, James, 167
Clarksville Branch, 19, 20–22, 43, 72, 80–82, 236, 447
Clarksville Mineral Branch, 447
Clarksville, Tenn., 4, 10, 19, 22, 43, 278, 304
Clay, Henry, 520
Clement, Governor Frank, 483
Clement, J. A., 378
Coffin, Lorenzo S., 334
Cold War, 454
Cole, Edwin W. “King,” 153, 154–56, 161, 175, 182, 193, 434, 519
Cole, Whitefoord R., 434–36, 440, 444
Collinwood, Tenn., 400
Colonization Society of Chicago, 135
Columbia, Tenn., 192, 264, 265
Columbus, Ky., 21, 140, 159, 301
Comer, Braxton Bragg, 273, 380, 386–89, 390–94
Comer, Hugh M., 302
Commercial Club of Birmingham, 388
Commercial and Financial Chronicle, 88, 158, 250, 255, 256
Confederacy, 28, 30–32, 34–35, 37, 59, 117
Congress, 1, 356, 364, 365, 412, 415, 434, 439, 443, 477, 510
Consolidation Engine, 322–23, 326
Cook County, Ill., 225
Cooke, Jay & Company, 123
Cooperative Experimental Coke and Iron Company, 133
Coral Ridge, Ky., 476
Corbin, Ky., 279, 283, 337, 425, 468
Cordova, Tenn., 520
Corinth, Miss., 31
Covington, Ky., 94, 108, 296, 297, 337, 381, 385
Credit Mobilier, 396
Crestview, Fla., 286
Crossville, Ill., 519
Cullman, Ala., 135
Cullman, John S., 135
Cumberland Gap, 31–33, 84, 85, 89, 279, 280–82
Cumberland & Ohio Railroad, 139, 207, 284, 304, 306, 400
Cumberland River, 1, 4, 6, 10, 17, 279, 280, 398, 404
Cumberland River Bridge, 17, 22, 30, 31, 34
Cumberland Valley Branch, 263, 277, 279, 280, 283, 401, 404, 406, 423, 446, 468
Cybernetics & Systems, Inc., 509
Dana, Charles A., 39
Danville, Tenn., 130, 160, 400
Darwin, Charles, 353
Davidson County, Tenn., 7, 121
Davis, John H. & Company, 207
DeBardeleben Coal & Iron Company, 266, 267, 273
DeBardeleben, Henry F., 129–30, 132, 134, 264, 266–68, 273, 276, 300
Decatur, Ala., 73, 116–18, 120, 122, 129, 306, 307, 337, 455
Decautur, Chesapeake & New Orleans Railroad, 300, 306
Decautur & Tuscumbia Railroad, 115
deFuniak, Frederick, 198, 236, 389
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, 46
Depression of 1873, 110, 125, 127, 129, 130, 132, 136, 138, 141, 144, 203, 230, 232, 235, 236, 266, 298
Depression of 1893, 246, 255, 258, 259–60, 273–74, 293–94, 297, 311, 334, 336–37, 372, 380, 387–88
Depression of 1930, 419, 422, 425, 429, 434, 438–39, 441, 443–44, 449, 452, 460
Developmental Strategy, 61–63, 101, 135, 142, 171–72, 224, 263, 266, 269, 270, 283, 286, 289, 290, 314, 397–98
Dixie Flagler, 428
Dolton Junction, Ill., 518
Doster, James F., 389, 391, 392
Drew, Daniel, 396
Drexel, Morgan & Company, 125, 128, 138, 217
Dry Creek Bridge, 32
Duke, General Basil W., 107, 382, 383, 384
Dumont, Ky., 403
Durham, N.C., 462
Duvall, Ala., 286
Eager, George R., 309
East Louisville, Ky., 181, 317, 429
East St. Louis, Ill., 111, 154, 247, 508
East & West Alabama Railroad, 301
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad, 84, 85, 140, 161, 174, 182, 183, 185, 193, 283, 294, 295, 296, 302, 308
Eclipse Fast Freight Service, 227, 228
Edgefield & Kentucky Railroad, 17, 104
Edmondson County, Ky., 6
Edwards Furnace, 269
Eisenhower, President Dwight D., 480
Elizabethtown, Ky., 6, 7, 10, 29, 30, 34, 35, 138, 423
Elizabethtown & Paducah Railroad, 104, 105, 138, 241
Elizabethtown, Lexington & Big Sandy Railroad, 201
Elkins Act, 364
Elkton & Guthrie Railroad, 277, 485
Ellijay Railroad, 308
Elliott, Major R. H., 401
Elyton Land Company, 119, 130, 133, 264
Eminence, Ky., 139
Ensley, Ala., 276
Ensley, Enoch, 264, 265, 266, 268
Ernst, G. W., 152
Etowah County, Ala., 272
Eureka Mining and Transportation Company of Alabama, 133, 134, 135
Evans, David, 155
Evans, Thomas W., 155, 178, 205, 222
Evansville, Ohio, 104, 105, 138, 154, 158, 247, 290, 291, 292, 317, 336, 337, 428, 451, 517, 518
Evansville & Terre Haute, 336
Evansville, Henderson & Nashville Railroad, 104, 111, 138, 159, 446
Executive Pension Committee, 441
Export Coal Company, 285
Fair Labor Standards Act, 444
Fairmont, Va., 13
Farrington, W. M., 177
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 481–82
Federal Possession and Control Act, 412
Ferguson, Edward A., 106, 107, 109–10
Field, Cyrus W., 176
Fincastle, Ky., 458
Fink, Albert, 13, 14, 28, 30–36, 39–40, 48, 54, 69–79, 81, 84–91, 94, 96, 100–101, 111–12, 120–22, 124, 125, 128, 130, 132, 136, 141, 142, 182,–197, 199, 223, 228–32, 236, 266, 276, 350, 352, 354
Flomaton, Ala., 157
Florala, Ala., 286
Florence, Ala., 130, 192, 264, 265, 500
Florida, State of, 157, 158, 181, 185, 263, 284–87
Folk, Joseph W., 403
Ford Motor Company, 512
Fordsville, Ky., 398
Foster, J. P. G., 177
Fountain Head, Tenn., 47
Fourteenth Amendment, 392
Fox, James W., 401
Frankfort, Ky., 94, 107, 108, 109, 382, 385, 386, 470
Franklin, Ky., 6
Franklin County, Ala., 113
French Lick, Ind., 518
Fruit Growers Express, 499
Fulton, Ky., 292
Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern Railroad, 194, 201
Gallatin, Tenn., 5, 7, 31, 32, 33, 47, 400
Gallatin & Scottsville Railway, 400
Galveston, Texas, 137
Garrard County, Ky., 103
General Electric, 429, 470, 485
Georgia, State of, 78, 117, 140–41, 154, 155, 157, 160–63, 179–81, 190, 192–93, 294–95, 302–303, 388, 518
Georgia, Midland & Gulf Railroad, 301, 303
Georgia Pacific Railroad, 174
Georgia Properties Control Commission, 519
Georgia Railroad, 179–80, 186, 194, 198, 201, 293, 295, 302, 307–308
Georgia Railroad Commission, 349
Georgia, Southern & Florida Railroad, 301, 303
Georgia Western Railroad, 161–62, 174, 183
Georgian, 470
Georgianna, Ala., 286
Germany, 411
Glasgow, Ky., 6, 7, 36, 139, 277
Godwin, Tenn., 455
Gordon, Major E. C, 278
Gordon, General John B., 183
Gorgas, General Josiah, 114
Gould, Jay, 196, 201, 206–207, 209, 212–15, 219, 396
Graces, Ala., 268
Graceville, Fla., 286
Grady, Henry W., 155, 162, 176
Grant, President Ulysses S., 110
Great Copper Basin, Tenn., 308
Green, E. H., 177, 178, 182, 186, 197, 204–207, 209, 212, 215–18, 220, 222, 236, 237
Green Line Transportation Company, 68, 76–78, 138, 165, 348, 350, 355
Green River, 10, 30, 34, 35, 51, 424
Green River Bridge, 10, 13, 16, 30, 34, 35, 48
Greensburg, Ky., 139
Greenville, Miss., 174
Griffin, Ga., 349
Gulf Transit Company, 285, 286, 485
Guthrie, B. F., 99, 101, 134, 177, 178, 197
Guthrie, James, 12–14, 17, 22, 24, 28–31, 34, 37–40, 42, 43, 51, 69–71, 76, 82, 84–86, 98, 124, 203
Hagans, Va., 406
Halgarten & Company, 248
Hall, Than, 449
Hanby, David, 113
Harahan, J. T., 318
Harlan County, Ky., 404–406, 423, 479, 485, 520
Harlan Land Company, 405
Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., 103
Harriman, Tenn., 299, 304–306, 400, 518
Harriman, Knoxville & Eastern Railroad, 400, 458
Harris, Governor Isham G., 28–29
Harrison, President Benjamin, 334
Harrison, Fairfax, 411
Harrogate, Tenn., 281
Hartsville, Ky., 400
Havana, Cuba, 155
Hays, T. W., 177
Hays, Will, 51
Helm, Gov. John L., 4, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16–18, 20–22, 51, 203
Henderson, Ky., 104, 138, 153, 290, 291, 316, 317, 398, 424, 451
Henderson & Nashville Railroad, 76, 104
Henderson Bridge Company, 182, 291
Henderson River Bridge, 186, 191, 209, 218, 291, 336
Henderson Steel & Manufacturing Company, 267, 273
Herndon, William J., 508
Highcliff, Tenn., 457
Hill, James B., 436–40, 443–44, 446–47, 450, 458–59, 461–62, 475, 485, 495, 496
Hillman, T. T., 268
Hobbs, R. R., 426
Holly Springs, Miss., 148, 226
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 437
Hopkins County, Ky., 398
Hopkinsville, Ky., 518
Houston, Russell, 85, 86, 88, 221
Houston–McCord Realty Company, 514
Howell, Ind., 337
Hubbard, Elbert, 277
Humming Bird, 470
Huntington, Collis P., 182–83, 185, 191, 200, 201, 206, 278, 290–93, 296, 317
Hutchins, George H., 99
Hyden, Ky., 401
Illinois Central, 65, 157, 160, 166, 201, 240, 279, 292–93, 317, 364, 378, 398, 519, 521
Illinois, State of, 2, 190, 246
Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad, 278
Indianapolis, Ind., 518
“Industrial–Military Complex,” 454
Inman, John M., 267–69, 273, 294–96
Inman, Swann & Company, 267
Innes, William P., 39
Internal Revenue Code, 459
International Business Machines, 507–508
International Harvester Company, 405
Interstate Commerce Act 1887, 185, 352, 355–57, 359, 362
Interstate Commerce Commission, 349–50, 352–59, 361–67, 373, 378, 389, 403, 416–17, 425, 447, 453, 455, 458, 461, 482, 516, 518–19, 521
Interterritorial Strategy, 172, 174, 175, 179, 183, 213, 224, 277, 288–90, 308, 312, 397
Iowa, State of, 334
Iowa Central, 311
Irvington, Ky., 398
Iron Mountain, Memphis & Charleston Railroad, 355
Jackson, Ky., 401, 403–404, 520
Jackson County, Ala., 115
Jacksonville, Tenn., 512
Jacob, Mayor Charles, 197
James River, 88
Janney, Major Eli, 333
Jefferson County, Ala., 113–16, 266
Jeffersonville, Ind., 43, 71, 91, 146
Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad, 90
Jellico, Tenn., 84–85, 296, 299, 308, 309
Johnson, Andrew, 40
Johnsonville, Term., 40
Johnston, Governor Joseph F., 387–88
Jones, Governor Thomas G., 387–88, 392–93
Jouett, Edward S., 403
Justin, Edsall & Hawley, 9
Kanawha River, 88
Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad, 300–301, 304–305
Keen, J. D., 414
Kelly, Eugene, 301
Kendall, William H., 494–96, 514, 520, 522, 523
Kentenia Corporation, 405
Kenton County, Ky., 481
Kentucky, State of, 2–5, 11, 13, 19, 27–28, 32–35, 42, 71, 72, 96, 98, 102–107, 110, 144, 153, 168, 176, 191, 241, 246, 263, 276–77, 279, 284, 292–93, 297, 303, 377, 379–81, 383, 384, 398, 401–402, 404, 407, 423, 458, 479, 483, 485, 500, 520
Kentucky & Virginia Railroad, 405
Kentucky Central Railroad, 76, 139, 183, 296–97, 317, 423
Kentucky Locomotive Works, 15, 337
Kentucky Midland Railroad, 304
Kentucky State Legislature, 4, 20, 104, 106–107, 109–10, 139, 197, 337
Kentucky Union Railway, 401
Knapp, Martin A., 361
Knoxville, Tenn., 33, 42, 72, 84, 106–107, 226, 280, 282–83, 300, 304–309, 337, 400
Knoxville & Atlanta Railroad, 446
Knoxville & Kentucky Railroad, 84, 87, 89, 90
Knoxville & Ohio Railroad, 308
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville
Railroad, 282, 283, 299, 303, 306
Knoxville, LaFollette & Jellico Railroad, 309
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., 220, 241, 248, 253, 257
Lady Ensley Coal, Iron & Railroad Company, 265
LaGrange, Ga., 349
Lake Erie & Western Railroad, 296
Lamar County, Ala., 115
Larue County, Ky., 6
Lebanon Branch, 9, 17, 29, 34–36, 42–43, 71, 83–90, 102–105, 111, 124, 161, 182, 186, 191, 246, 279, 308, 423
Lebanon, Ky., 4, 9, 11, 13, 32, 36, 43, 83–84, 128, 139
Lebanon Junction, Ky., 11, 29, 470, 480
Lee, General Robert E., 43
Lee County, Va., 280
Lee, Morgan & Company, 205
Lee, Ryan & Warren Company, 217
Leewood Yard, Tenn., 502
Lewisburg & Northern Railroad, 398
Lewisburg, Tenn., 398
Lexington, Ky., 3, 33–34, 94, 96, 104, 107–108, 201, 293, 296, 360, 382, 401, 450
Lexington & Eastern Railway, 401–404, 406, 416, 423
Lexington & Frankfort Railroad, 94
Lexington & Ohio Railroad, 94
Lexington Kentucky Gazette, 110
Lindenberger, J. D., 98, 219, 220
Linn Iron Works, 266
Little Belle Furnace Company, 267, 273
Little Rock, Ark., 137
Lively, H. T., 433
Liverpool, England, 88, 155, 286
London, England, 8, 126, 127, 219, 249, 251
London, Ky., 85
Long and Short Haul Clause, 438
Louisville, Ky., 1–36, 57, 65, 71–74, 77–78, 84–86, 88–91, 94–98, 100, 102–11, 120–22, 128, 138–39, 145–46, 148–49, 155, 157–58, 166, 170–71, 176–77, 181, 196, 200–201, 204–13, 215–20, 227–30, 236–41, 251, 254, 261, 272–73, 283, 290, 299, 311, 315–17, 320–21, 337, 340, 344, 348, 360, 362, 381–82, 395, 398, 400, 408, 425, 428, 431, 437, 449–50, 455–56, 469–70, 480–81, 507, 514, 516, 518
Louisville & Atlantic Railroad, 402, 448
Louisville & Frankfort Railroad, 94, 95
Louisville & Gulf Line, 77
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Acquired by Atlantic Coast Line, 521–22
Administration of, 6–8, 16–18, 20–21, 25, 29, 42, 44–45, 57–58, 79–80, 83–84, 89, 98–102, 107–108, 110, 121, 127, 135, 138–39, 152, 155–56, 163, 180, 182, 186, 194, 195, 198, 202–203, 205, 211–13, 215–16, 218–20, 222, 230, 241, 245, 254–57, 259, 268, 280, 284, 292, 294–96, 310–12, 371, 412, 414, 416, 418, 421, 430–31, 436, 444, 459, 461–63, 478, 485, 494, 519–22
Bridges of, 48, 182, 186, 187, 290–91, 316, 336, 424
Civil War Activities of, 27–34, 36–40, 42–44
Expansion of, 43, 71–73, 76, 77, 80–82, 90, 94, 97, 98, 103–104, 112, 122, 124, 129, 137–39, 154, 157–58, 160–63, 165, 174, 181–82, 193, 201, 265–66, 272, 273, 276–77, 281–82, 284, 286, 290–97, 302–304, 307–11, 316, 397–98, 400–408, 423, 425, 454, 470, 485, 512, 517–20
Expansion Policies of, 55, 58, 60, 69–77, 79, 81, 82–86, 88, 90–91, 94, 97–98, 102–104, 111–12, 120, 122–24, 129, 132, 136–41, 150, 153–55, 157–60, 162–64, 169–72, 182–83, 186–88, 191, 253, 263, 268–69, 277–80, 283–84, 288–91, 293, 295–98, 300, 302, 305–306, 312
Financial Policies of, 123, 145, 200, 202–203, 220, 247–48
Financial Status of, 42, 136, 168, 185, 194, 197–99, 205, 207–208, 215, 221, 247, 250, 253, 256, 258, 314–15, 331, 408–10, 412, 415–17, 439, 445, 451–53, 455–56, 487–88, 490, 496, 517, 521
Labor Policies of, 141, 142, 145–49, 260, 262, 409–10, 432, 433, 435, 437, 440–44, 446–47, 450, 457, 469, 471, 475–76, 478–84, 486, 488–89, 510–11
Mentioned, 13, 24–26, 45–47, 54, 65, 73, 80, 84, 86, 88, 91, 94–96, 98–101, 103–107, 110, 111, 124, 134, 137, 161, 168, 169, 174, 179–80, 185, 190, 197–98, 200, 206, 213, 222–23, 228–33, 239, 245, 246, 260, 267, 268, 274, 286, 309, 336, 350, 353–54, 358, 367, 397, 411, 412, 420, 437, 477
Operations of, 24, 25, 53, 54, 65, 71, 74, 80–81, 89, 91, 130, 151–52, 166, 321, 348, 450, 457–58, 468, 470, 481, 489, 491–94, 500, 508–509, 511, 514–16
Organization of, 170–71, 177, 224, 233–37, 241–43, 252, 285, 485
Origins and Construction of, 4–8, 10, 12, 13, 17–24, 48
Political Activities of, 108, 371–72, 375–77, 380–85, 386–96
Public Relations Work of, 25, 98, 141–42, 163, 378–80, 432, 434, 437
Physical Plant of, 49, 91, 96, 148, 247–48, 306, 316–17, 337, 340, 344, 411, 425–26, 429, 449–50, 457–58, 468–69, 479–81, 495, 502, 506–507
Rate Policies of, 78, 94, 166–67, 270, 274, 352, 354–56, 358–64, 368, 387
Rolling Stock of, 29–31, 39, 43, 51, 54–58, 77, 95, 163–64, 187–88, 190–91, 248, 315, 317–23, 326–31, 333–37, 424–26, 428–29, 445, 447, 449–50, 454, 456, 466, 470–71, 490, 496, 499–500, 512
Stock and Stock Transactions of, 12, 82, 85, 87, 99, 126–29, 155–56, 159, 176–78, 192–93, 196–200, 202, 204, 206–10, 212, 215–21, 236, 244, 247–55, 257, 259, 260, 262, 292–94, 311–12, 410, 440, 486, 518, 521
Yards of, 337, 425, 429, 450, 467, 501–502, 508
L & N Employees’ Magazine, 430, 433, 437, 442
Louisville & Nashville Terminal Company, 340
Louisville Board of Trade, 88–89, 91, 95, 98, 104
Louisville Bridge Company, 43, 90
Louisville Car Wheel Company, 99
Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington Railroad, 94, 96–97, 101, 139, 181–82, 201, 257, 315
Louisville Courier, 21, 28, 51
Louisville Courier–Journal, 89, 104, 145, 147–48, 176, 207, 210, 213, 376, 382–85
Louisville, Harrodsburg & Virginia Railroad, 88
Louisville, Harrod’s Creek & Westport Railroad, 277
Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Railway, 398
Louisville, Henderson & Texas Railroad, 398
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad, 157, 182, 310
Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad, 201, 292
Louisville, St. Louis & Texas Railroad, 398
Louisville Southern Railway, 299
Louisville Transportation Club, 439
Loyall, Ky., 468
Lyell, Sir Charles, 113
Lynch, Ky., 405
Lyndon, Ky., 450
Macon, Ga., 159, 174, 179, 349–50
Macon & Birmingham Railroad, 301
Macon & Northern Railroad, 301, 306
Madisonville, Ky., 398
Madisonville, Hartford & Eastern Railroad, 398
Magella, Ala., 268
Mahone, General William, 84, 89, 279
Maloney’s Bend, Ky., 404
Mammoth Cave Railroad, 277
Management Information Services, 509
Mann, Colonel E. H., 336
Mann–Elkins Act, 364
Maplewood, Tenn., 400
Mapother, Wible L., 412, 431–32, 434–35, 494
Marietta, Ga., 305, 308–309, 349
Marietta & North Georgia Railroad, 300, 305, 308
Marietta & North Georgia Railway Company, 308–309
Marion County, Ky., 9
Martin, Ala., 307
Martin, Thomas J., 101, 126–29, 135
Martinsburg, W. Va., 144
Mary Pratt Furnace, 266
Master Car Builders’ Association, 333
Mather, Alonzo C, 327
Mayton, Tenn., 400
McAdoo, William G., 412, 414–15
McCracken, W. Va., 398
McGhee, Charles M., 153
McKellar, Douglas, 514
McKenzie, Tenn., 81
McLeod, George, 51, 84, 87, 96
McMichael, T. H., 191
McMinnville & Winchester Railroad, 139
Meigs, General Montgomery C, 38, 42
Memphis, Tenn., 3–5, 7, 18–22, 72, 80–81, 83, 111, 125, 136, 151–52, 158–59, 161, 185, 200–201, 236, 268, 291–92, 303, 319, 502, 508, 515
Memphis & Charleston Railroad, 18, 161, 182, 265, 299, 300, 303, 306
Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, 137
Memphis & Louisville Airline Railroad Company, 19
Memphis & Ohio Railroad, 20–21, 72–73, 80–82
Memphis Branch, 17–18, 21–23, 27, 29, 30, 34, 36, 43, 82, 83, 104, 127, 188, 200, 236, 246, 398
Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Company, 19
Meridian, Miss., 115
Miami, Fla., 428
Michigan Central, 46
Michigan City, Mich., 518
Middle & East Tennessee Central Railway, 400
Middle Tennessee & Alabama Railroad, 307
Middlesborough Railroad, 283
Middlesborough Town Company, 281
Midland, Ind., 518
Mikado Locomotives, 326, 428, 429
Milner, John T., 116–21, 130, 132–34, 136
Minnesota, State of, 392
Mississippi River, 1, 4, 18, 21, 64, 103, 112, 125, 153–54, 166, 185, 201, 299
Mississippi, State of, 2, 151, 190, 226
Mississippi Valley, 77, 88, 348
Mississippi Central Railroad, 72–73, 226
Missouri, State of, 392
Missouri Pacific Railroad, 518
Mobile, Ala., 65, 73, 77, 80, 111, 113–14, 148, 158–59, 161, 213, 317, 337, 387, 424–25, 428, 455, 466–68, 470, 508, 515
Mobile & Birmingham Railroad, 299, 303, 306
Mobile & Montgomery Railroad, in, 137, 139, 157–58, 168, 246, 256–57
Mobile & Ohio Railroad, 8, 21, 27, 65, 72–73, 160, 291, 317, 378, 391
Mogul Locomotives, 54, 187, 322
Monon, Ind., 518
Monongahela River, 13
Montgomery, Ala., 65, 73, 112, 116–18, 120–22, 125, 130, 136–37, 140, 158–59, 166, 167, 180, 183, 232, 246, 276, 291, 313, 349, 386, 390, 428, 466
Montgomery Advertiser, 376, 390
Montgomery & Eufaula Railroad, 140–41, 155
Montgomery, New Orleans & Pensacola, 446
Moore & Richardson Company, 51
Morgan, General John Hunt, 31–36
Morganfield Branch, 398
Morristown Branch, 161
Morton, Seymour & Company, 8–9
Motor Carriers Act, 516
Mountain Railroad Contracting Company, 116–17
Mount Vernon, Ill., 104
Muldraugh’s Hill, 10, 16, 47, 423
Muscle Shoals, Tenn., 113, 115
Nashville, Tenn., 3–5, 7–8, 10–13, 15–20, 24–25, 29–36, 40, 57, 71–74, 78, 81, 89, 98, 103, 106–107, 111, 116, 120, 122, 125, 138–39, 153, 158–60, 177, 185–86, 213, 226, 230, 236, 265, 268, 272, 290–91, 300, 302–306, 336–37, 340, 344, 348, 362, 377, 400, 428, 434–35, 466–67, 481–82, 486, 508, 512, 515, 518–19
Nashville American, 376
Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, 17, 71, 119, 120, 153, 230
Nashville & Decatur Railroad, 112, 120–22, 129, 136, 230, 236, 264, 307, 398
Nashville & Florence Railroad, 191–92, 264–65, 335
Nashville, Florence & Sheffield Railroad, 263–66, 400
Nashville & Knoxville Railroad, 300
Nashville & Memphis Company, 19–20
Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, 40, 71, 81
Nashville & Tennessee Railroad Company, 18
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad, 140, 153, 155–57, 160, 163, 177, 192–93, 221, 258–59, 269, 272, 284, 294–96, 302–303, 307, 340, 355, 376–78, 412, 434, 436, 446, 467–68, 479, 482, 485–86, 517, 519
National Defense Program, 455
National Mediation Board, 441, 477, 480, 482
Newcastle Coal and Iron Company, 132
Newcomb, H. D., 69, 85–101, 109, 121, 124–26, 128, 203
Newcomb, H. Victor, 126–27, 134, 136–40, 142, 150, 153–55, 157–71, 175–79, 182, 186, 193, 195, 197, 203–205, 211–13, 216, 222, 236–37, 315, 434, 519
New Orleans, La., 3, 5, 13, 64–65, 77, 80, 103, 111, 137, 148, 151, 157–61, 165–66, 201, 213, 236, 247, 267, 317, 362, 390, 408, 424–26, 428, 468, 470, 506
New Orleans & Mobile Railroad, 139
New Orleans, Mobile & Texas Railroad, 158
New York Central Railroad, 144, 231
New York City, New York, 87, 120, 128, 155–57, 162, 170–71, 175–80, 200, 202, 204–205, 207–209, 211–17, 219–21, 232, 236–41, 251, 267–68, 273–74, 278, 281, 317, 360, 401, 408, 446, 494
The New York Times, 211, 482, 483
Noble, Samuel, 271
Norfolk & Western Railroad, 174, 185, 279, 280
North Carolina, State of, 72, 83, 391
Northeast & Southwest Alabama Railroad, 115–18
Northern Coal and Coke Company, 402
Norton, Eckstein, 219, 240–41, 244, 249, 250–53, 269–70, 279, 290
Norton, George W., 99
Norton, Slaughter & Company, 240
Ocean Steamship Company, 155
Office of Price Administration, 460
Ohio River, 1–2, 4, 8, 18, 21, 28, 36, 43, 46, 51, 64, 94, 103–104, 112, 120, 125, 153–54, 174, 176, 181, 185, 189, 285, 290, 296, 299, 310, 316, 337, 350, 398, 402, 424, 449
Ohio River Bridge, 43, 71–72, 90–91, 101, 107, 290
Ohio, State of, 105, 108–109, 144, 363
Ohio Valley Railroad, 279, 290–93
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, 166
O’Neill, Francis A., Jr., 480
Overton, Richard C, 365
Owensboro & Nashville Railroad, 153–54, 182, 191, 277, 335, 398, 445
Oxmoor, Ala., 117, 129–30, 132–35, 266–67
Pacific Locomotives, 326, 428, 429
Paducah & Gulf Railroad, 241
Paducah & Memphis Railroad, 257
Paducah, Tennessee & Alabama Railroad, 300, 303
Panic of 1907, 409
Paris, Tenn., 18–20, 22, 151, 296, 337, 404
Parkinson’s Law, 234
Pendleton, George H., 108
Pennsylvania, State of, 132, 402
Pennsylvania Railroad, 90, 108, 144, 175, 231–32, 494
Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad, 181, 207, 284, 286, 335, 361
Pensacola, Fla., 157, 159, 181, 284–86, 362, 428
Pensacola Railroad, 157
Pensacola & Selma Railroad, 157, 284, 286
Pensacola Trading Company, 285–86
Perkins, Thatcher, 54
Perry County, Ky., 401, 403, 485
Philadelphia, Pa., 144, 155, 177, 204, 402
Pierce, Franklin, 12
Pittsburgh, Pa., 19, 144, 145, 274
Plant, Henry B., 312
Plant System, 312
Plumb Plan, 365
Ponchartrain Railroad, 158
Port Royal & Augusta Railroad, 180, 302
Porter, James D., 376
Potter, P. J., 99
Potomac River, 351
Powell’s Valley, Va., 279, 280
Pratt Coal & Iron Company, 266, 268
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company, 276
Pratt, Daniel, 129, 130, 132, 134
Princeton, Ky., 278, 279, 290, 291
Prudential Insurance Company, 443
Pullman, George M., 56
Pullman Palace Car Company, 329–30
Pullman Southern Car Company, 56, 329–30
Quarles, General William A., 22
Quarrier, A. M., 210, 212, 215–17
Queen City see Cincinnati, Ohio
“Queen Lil,” 323
Radnor Cut-off, 400
Railroad Board of Adjustment, 441, 442
Railroad Control Act, 412
Railroad Labor Board, 367, 416
Railroad Pension Tax Act, 442
Railroad Retirement Act, 441, 442
Railroad Safety Appliance Act, 334
Railroad Wage Commission, 414
Railroads’ War Board, 411
Railway Labor Act, 441, 474, 478, 484
Railway Mail Service, 57
Railway Transfer, 181
Red Mountain, 112, 116–17, 268–69, 270, 272
Red Mountain Iron and Coal Company, 133
Redwine, Judge D. B., 382
Republic Iron & Steel Company, 276
Republic Steel Company, 456
Reynolds Metals, 456
Rice, W. Thomas, 523
Richmond, Va., 33, 103, 104, 402, 420
Richmond & Danville Railroad, 174, 179, 185, 201
Richmond & Three Forks Railroad, 139
Richmond Branch, 104–105, 183, 296, 447
Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine & Beattyville Railroad, 304, 402
Richmond Terminal, 185, 267, 293–97, 302
Ripley, William Z., 363
Roberts, David, 266
Robertson, Francis J., 484
Robinson, L. L., 8, 10, 18, 47, 48
Rogers, John S., 200, 206, 209, 211, 212, 215–17, 220, 239
Rogers Locomotive Works, 323, 326
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 438, 441–42, 474, 476
Rosecrans, General William S., 35, 38, 39
Rothschild, House of, 252
Roupes Valley Iron Works, 113
Rowland, D. W. C, 198, 236, 321
Ryan, Thomas Fortune, 196, 206, 215, 217, 219
Sage, Russell, 119–21, 196, 206, 209, 214–15, 217, 219
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, 137, 201
St. Louis, Mo., 64, 77, 144, 153, 155, 158, 165, 182, 225, 236, 247, 290, 348, 398, 466, 470, 515
St. Louis & Southeastern Railway, in, 138, 153–54, 310
Sanford, John, 381
Savannah, Ga., 4, 65, 155, 159, 162–63, 201, 362
Savannah, Americus & Montgomery Railroad, 301
Savannah, Florida & Western Railroad, 185, 201
Savannah Naval Stores Case, 361
Savin & Vanderhoof Co., 209, 218
Schenectady Locomotive Works, 51
Schiff, Jacob H., 220, 241–43, 250–55, 290, 292–93
Scott, Thomas A., 39
Seaboard Airline, 301, 302, 521
Section Four of the Interstate Commerce Act, 359–64
Selma, Ala., 115–16, 157–59, 166–67, 183, 228–29, 291, 307
Selma & Dalton Railroad, 76
Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad, 161
728th Railway Operating Battalion, 457
Shantle Reversible Bottom Ovens, 134
Sheffield Coal, Iron & Steel Company, 434
Shelby County, Ala., 113–15, 266, 272
Shelbyville, Tenn., 139, 284, 306, 307, 450
Shenandoah Valley Railroad, 174
Shepherdsville, Ky., 34, 35, 457
Sherman Anti–Trust Act, 352
Sherman, Senator John, 108
Sherman, General William T., 29
Sibert Yard, Ala., 425
Silver Bullet, 428
Simpson County, Ky., 6–7, 10, 18
Sloan, Ky., 404
Sloss Furnace Company, 266
Sloss, James W., 112, 117, 120–22, 132, 134, 135, 264, 266
Sloss–Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, 276
Smith, Addison, Jerry, 225
Smith, Alexander R., 225
Smith, Clarence N., 225
Smith, General Edmund Kirby, 33–34
Smith, Horace F., 225
Smith, Irulus M., 225
Smith, Milton, 431
Smith, Milton H.
Appraisals of, 186, 276, 383, 418
Attitudes of
On Government Regulations, 190, 353–55, 357–59, 361, 363–64, 367–68, 372–74, 412–13
On Interstate Commerce Commission, 357–59, 361, 364
On Laissez–Faire Capitalism, 353
On Railroad Expansion, 187–88, 191, 193–94, 230, 251–52, 265, 269–73, 276–79, 283–87, 289–92, 294–95, 297–310, 312, 397–98, 401–404
On Railroad Financial Policies, 189–90, 221–22, 239
On Railroad Operations, 187–89, 191, 317–20, 330, 334
Education and Early Career of, 224–32
L & N Career of
As President, 212–16, 219, 223, 240, 242–43
As First Vice President, 198, 238, 241
As Third Vice President, 232, 237
Managerial Philosophy and Practices, 192, 207–208, 214, 234–35, 239, 244–46, 248, 253, 255, 263–64, 312, 315, 334–35, 414
Mentioned, 191–92, 194, 211, 220, 241, 247, 249, 254, 259, 268, 273, 275, 280, 321, 322, 385, 387, 430–32, 435–36, 483
Personality of, 223–24, 228, 246, 420
Political Activities of, 371, 375, 377, 379, 381, 384, 386, 388–93
Rate Policies of, 231, 266, 268, 355–56, 358–59, 363, 365–66
Smith, Sidney, 431
Smith, William E., 431
Smith, W. H., 85
Smithers, H. W., 214–15, 219–21
South
Trade Routes of, 46, 64–65, 165, 346, 348, 359–60
South & North Alabama Railroad, 115–21, 124–26, 129–30, 132, 135–37, 187, 230, 246, 256, 268–69, 271
South Carolina Railroad, 46, 155, 160, 180, 293, 302
South Carolina & Georgia Railroad, 294
South Louisville, Ky., 181, 323, 326, 337, 426, 450–51, 457, 479, 481, 502
South Tunnel, Tenn., 35
South Wind, 428
Southeast & St. Louis Railroad, 445
Southeastern President’s Conference, 434
Southern Alabama Railroad, 286, 378 “Southern Belle,” 51, 54
Southern Express Company, 57
Southern Freight Association, 462
Southern Grocers Wholesale Association, 387
Southern Pacific Railroad, 201
Southern Railway Company, 294–310, 313, 411, 450, 519, 520
Southern Railway and Steamship Association, 68, 77–78, 136, 165, 183, 231–32, 272, 275, 283–84, 317, 350–52, 355, 361–62, 391
Southern States Coal, Iron & Land Company, 268
Southwestern Telegraph Company, 226
Spanish–American War, 411
Sparta, Tenn., 139
Spencer, Herbert, 353
Spencer, Samuel, 275, 297–308, 355, 366
Spencer, Tenn., 436
Sprague, Frank, 420
Springfield, Ky., 277
Stahlman, E. B., 166–67, 295, 377
Standard Oil of Kentucky, 499
Standiford, Dr. E. D., 98–99, 128, 134–42, 145–50, 152–55, 157, 161, 169, 174, 176–77, 203, 213, 232, 236
Stanford, Ky., 42, 43, 84, 103
Stevenson, Vernon K., 17, 119–21, 153, 155
Stevenson, Ala., 226
Stone, H. L., 379
Stover, John F., 491
Strawberry, Ky., 398
Strawberry Yards, 514
Sumner, William Graham, 353, 373–74
System Service Center, 516
Tachau, Mary K. Bonsteel, 230, 245
Taggart, J. D., 220
Talladega County, Ala., 113, 115–16, 272
Tallega, Ky., 404
Taylor, M. H., 378
Taylor, William S., 382, 384–85
Tellico Railway, 400
Tennessee, State of, 2, 3, 7, 11, 19–20, 27–29, 31–33, 36, 40, 80, 81, 83, 86, 88, 105–107, 111, 113–16, 118, 135, 153, 168, 176, 190–91, 226, 246, 263, 265, 267, 276–77, 280, 284, 293, 299–300, 303, 344, 376–77, 400, 470, 483
Tennessee & Alabama Central Railroad, 115–17
Tennessee & Alabama Railroad, 116, 265
Tennessee & Coosa Railroad, 272
Tennessee Central’ Railroad, 300, 304–307, 378, 517–19
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, 265, 267–68
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company, 268, 269–70, 273–76, 304, 306, 307, 456
Tennessee Midland, 300, 303, 377
Tennessee River, 1, 8, 21, 22, 40, 116, 130, 265, 285, 293
Tennessee State Legislature, 4, 8, 9, 17, 19, 21, 107, 378
Tennessee Valley Authority, 438, 455, 491, 500
Tennessee Western Railroad, 400
Territorial Strategy, 61–63, 68, 69, 71, 101, 102, 111, 122, 123–25, 142, 150, 151, 153, 165, 167, 169–72, 174, 238, 312, 315, 316
Texas, State of, 137, 169, 398
Texas & Pacific Railroad, 201
Thompson, N. P., 393
Tilford, John E., 461–62, 479–80, 482–84, 492, 494–96
Townley, W. G., 215
Trabue, James, 220
Trailer on Train Express, 469, 512
Transportation Act of 1920, 365–67, 415–16, 434–35
Transportation Act of 1940, 455
Trans World Airlines, 422
Troy, Daniel S., 133
Truman, President Harry S, 477
Trunk Line Association, 136, 197, 231, 355
Tuscaloosa County, Ala., 113–15, 400
Tuscaloosa Mineral Railroad, 400
Tuscaloosa Mining and Transportation Company, 132
Tyler, Alfred Lee, 271
Underwood, William T., 264, 272–73
Unemployment Insurance Act, 444
Unified Mortgage Bonds, 251–54, 256–57
Union Station, 306, 340, 344, 408, 450
United Airlines, 422
United Mine Workers, 477
United States Military Railroads, 226–27
United States Railway Administration, 429
United States Steel Company, 276, 405
United States Supreme Court, 293, 352, 356, 357, 364, 392, 442, 510
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 321, 334, 396
Vanderbilt, William, 144
Virginia, State of, 72, 84, 105, 279, 401
Virginia & Kentucky Railroad, 89
Virginia Midland Railroad, 174
Wadley, William M., 140–41, 154–55, 157, 160–63, 179–80, 193
Walker County, Ala., 114
Wallace Junction, Ind., 518
Wallsend, Ky., 423
Walsh, Thomas J., 378
Walters, Henry, 312, 402, 411, 431
Walters, S. P., 98
Walters, William T., 431
Warrior Coal Company, 135, 266
Washington, D.C., 38, 64, 352, 411, 416, 435, 441, 443, 444, 446, 480, 490
Washington, George A., 139, 177, 178, 204, 208, 215, 220, 222, 237, 376
Wasioto & Black Mountain Railroad, 404
Water Carrier Regulation Bill, 438
Watts Iron and Steel Company, 280–81
Wauhatchie Yards, Tenn., 467, 501
Weldon, W. E., 378
West Virginia, State of, 402
Western and Atlantic Railroad, 3, 77, 89, 117, 154, 157, 160–61, 174, 192–93, 231, 294–95, 302, 519
Western Financial Corporation, 85, 88
Western Indiana Railroad, 518
Western North Carolina Railroad, 161
Western Railroad of Alabama, 158, 166, 179, 180
Western Union Railroad, 206
Westinghouse, George, 334
Wetherby, Governor Lawrence, 480, 483
Wheeler, Senator Burton K., 439
Whitehouse, W. F., 202, 206, 209, 214–16, 220
Whiting, John, 118
Wiggins, A. L. M., 462, 492, 494
Wiggins, C. N., 502
Wilder, James B., 85, 88–89, 219, 220
Williams, W. S., 200, 209, 215–16, 219–20
Williamson Furnace, 266
Willoughby, J. E., 403
Wilmington, Del., 72, 160, 494
Wilson, Edward P., 363
Wilson, Richard T., 153, 161–62, 182
Wilson, President Woodrow, 365, 411, 412, 415
Wisconsin Steel Company, 405
Woodward, Baldwin & Company, 179
Woodward Iron Company, 266, 276
Woodward, James T., 177, 178, 182, 205, 207, 212, 222
World War I, 282, 286, 326, 329, 345, 350, 375, 395, 397, 422, 428, 434, 457, 459, 474, 522
World War II, 452, 460, 486, 493
Wormser, I. & S., 218