Railroad pool

Railroad pools in the United States were associations of competing railroads "for the purpose of a proper division of the traffic at competitive points and the maintenance of equitable rates that may be agreed upon."[1]

Congress prohibited pooling agreements between railroads with the enactment of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.[2]

See also

References

  1. Reports of the Industrial commission. United States. Industrial Commission, James Henderson Kyle, Albert Clarke. Government Printing Office. Washington. 1902. Volume 19. p. 329
  2. Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, ch. 104, 24 Stat. 379. 1887-02-04. Section 5.


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