This article is concerned with the problems of nineteenth century railroad asset valuation. The article presents some legal reasons for the early use of depreciation and continues with specific illustrations of railroad financial statements in the...
Books reviewed are: Craswell, Allen. Audit Qualifications in Australia 1950 to 1979 Reviewed by Roland L. Madison; J. R. Edwards, Editor, Reporting Fixed Assets in Nineteenth-Century Company Accounts Reviewed by Hans V. Johnson; Louis Goldberg,...
Anecdotes -- Accounting;Accounting -- History -- Bibliography
Subtitles are: Book Mart; Contact Notes; Historical Antecedents; Historical Potpourri; History in Print; Out of the Past; Research Notes; Research Resources; Through the Ages
Auditing -- United States -- History;Railroads -- Accounting -- History
The paper explores the origins of the auditing profession in the United States. It is suggested that the development of the audit function in this country can be traced to reporting by internal and shareholder auditors in the American railroads...
Hattiesburg (Miss.) -- Pictorial works; Government buildings -- Pictorial works; Buildings -- Pictorial works; Monuments -- Pictorial works; Illinois Central Railroad Company -- Pictorial works;
Color drawing of Hattiesburg, MS courthouse, featuring Confederate monument; probably produced as promotional material for the Illinois Central Railroad Company's Panama Limited service