The railroad corporations wanted to maintain profits during the Depression of $1877.$ They did this by:

Question $15$ options:

a$)$

Converting the locomotives from coal to diesel fuel.

b$)$

Drastically reducing shipments on all of their routes.

c$)$

Consolidating the major railroad companies.

d$)$

Cutting worker's pay by $40\%$ and layoffs of many workers.