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Oscar P. Austin, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, notifies William Loeb of a slight stenographer’s error in the letter from last night. If Loeb fixes the error, then the document will be in the “precise form” in which Austin is sending it to the Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-11
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-07-14
Austin, Oscar P. (Oscar Phelps), 1848?-1933
Oscar P. Austin recently received “the remainder of the matter in the accompanying case,” causing him to cancel the report he had made on the partial case and replace it with a report on the completed case. He encloses his new report to replace the one he gave to William Loeb on Friday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-10
Oscar P. Austin returns to Chairman Knapp several documents that detail criticisms of the Interstate Commerce Commission’s 1904 statistical report on railways. The criticisms by George W. R. Harriman and Charles Stedman Hanks were lengthy, detailed, and assert that the details of the report are inaccurate and misrepresent the statistics for investors. They request that the 1905 report be corrected or go unpublished. Austin refutes the criticisms, stating that Harriman and Hanks do not understand the “modes of tabulation” used in the report and do not understand how the tables relate to each other. Austin agrees that perhaps the report does not contain detailed enough information for investors, but argues that the report is a general one and not meant for investors. Austin recommends publishing the 1905 report as soon as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-10
Oscar P. Austin discusses arrangements for publishing Pages from the Congressional Record. The Philadelphia firm which created a textbook and postal cards in 1900 is willing to type and print cards for this edition at their own expense, “taking their own chances upon the willingness of the Committee to pay for the composition.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-15