Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-06
Book Notices.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS
SION.-Sixth Annual Report on the
Statistics OF Railways in the United
States for the Year Ending June 20, 1898.
Prepared by the Statistician TO the Com
mission. Washington: Government
Printing Office. 1894 go pages.
This report is distributed nearer the
date TO which II applies than any previous
complete statistical report issued by the
commission. The railways are allowed
two and one half months after the close
of the fiscal year. ending June 30th, as
necessary and reasonable time In which
TO close their accounts and prepare and
file reports. Many roads do not file them
until from six to ten months after that
date. The commissioners say that this
remissness in reporting causes serious
delay, as several months are required
after the reports are filed Tor the veriii-
cation and adjustment necessary to get
the data into condition for the compila-
ton of accurate and reliable statistics.
An amendment to the act requiring the
filing of reports within the time pre-
scribed by the commission, and providing
a penalty for noncompliance, Is now be-
fore Congress.
To meet the demand OF the public for
early statistics a preliminary report on
the 'fncome-account Of railways in the
United States" for the year ending June
30, 1894, has just been closed and placed
in the hands Of the printer. 1t includes
data from all operating reports filed with
the commission up TO November q. 1874.
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Orthography and Orthoepy by a Full
Analysis of Words and Adaptation OF the
Alphabet TO a Phonetic Basis; Together
with Rules for Spelling. Use OF Words
Likely to be COMPOUNDED, etc. Richmond,
Va: b. F. johnson Publishing Com
pany. 1894.
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Clubs; President of the Penelope"
Cincinnati Cincinnati: The Robert
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