Excerpt from The Railroad Problem: A Collection of Papers on Various Aspects of the Railroad Problem and Presenting Many Points of View and Contending Suggestions Concerning Its Solution The papers contained In Part One of this volume are taken from the Proceea'zngs of the Academy, volume 8, number 4, January 1920, tch were edited by Professor Thurman william Van Metre of Columbla umversity they cover the series of addresses and papers presented at the annual meetlng of the Academy, November 21-22. 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.