Communication From Leland Stanford

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Excerpt from Communication From Leland Stanford: Representing Certain Railroad Companies of California, to the Committee on Corporations of the Legislature of California To the Honorable, the Committee on Corporations of the Assembly of the State of California: gentlemen - I am advised that bills are pending in the Legislature having for their objects State interference with the management of railroads, and a modification in essential particulars of the statutes in pursuance with which corpora tions were organized and are now operating nearly all of the railways within the State. As the representative of the principal roads to be affected thereby, it will not be regarded as intermeddling with that which does not concern me, if I tender a few reasons why existing laws should remain un changed. Before proceeding, however, I will call attention to the exhaustive investigations had before the Committee on Corporations of the Senate during the session of 1873 - 4, wherein the management of the roads passed under most searching review, and the cost of transportation and travel over the California roads was compared with the charges for similar service over the principal roads east of the Rocky Mountains. I also invite attention to similar inquiries made by the Committees of the session of 1871 - 2. To the showing heretofore made by the companies, in defense of our position and management, I do not know that I have anything to add, though I am ready to respond to any call of kindred character that may be made upon the companies. The views I now submit will be general in their character, not as opposed to any particular pending measure, but as[2. 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.