Excerpt from Transportation in Europe In this volume it is attempted to present the salient facts only, and these in broad outline. Since this study was undertaken the status and procedure of the railways of Germany, austria-hungary, Belgium, Italy and France have been set forth in detail in reports published by the English Board of Trade. The reader who desires to pursue the sub ject is referred to those publications. This book is, in the main, a rearrangement of the formal reports made by the writer to the National Waterways Commission and is published with its consent. That body, however, is in no manner responsible for the contents. As the writer's investigation was con cerned only with the economic aspects of the sub ject, no reference is made to its mechanical and technical phases. Acknowledgment is made of the assistance given by Professor Munroe Smith of Columbia University in a revision of the manu script that has led to improvement in the expression and accuracy in the allusions to political history. 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.