Excerpt from Proceedings of a National Convention of Railroad Commissioners: Held at the Office of the Interstate Commerce Commission; Washington, D. C., May 28, 29, 1890 But, as I stated a moment ago, the business of all railroad regulation is a difficult one. Have you ever thought for a moment how much more difficult it is in this country than in any other upon the face of the globe? I hold in my hand a statement Of the railroad mileage Of the world, as nearly as it can be ascertained.* Up to the end of the year 1888 the railways in the United King dom Of Great Britain and Ireland had an aggregate mileage of miles. There was in Germany a railway mileage Of miles; in Austria and Hungary, in France, In all Europe, in round numbers, miles; in the United States, miles; in all the world, miles. 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.