In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government

Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history.

The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare.

The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad. One transformed millions of acres of uncultivated land into fertile farms, while the other furnished the transportation which carried the crops to distant markets.

In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government

The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the control of the property

As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the mountains.