The railroad originally was as completely dissociated from steam propulsion as was the ship

The close relationship between railroad expansion and the genera development and prosperity of the country is nowhere brought more distinctly into relief than in connection with the construction of the Pacific railroads.

The railroad originally was as completely dissociated from steam propulsion as was the ship

Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.

While no one railroad can completely duplicate another line, two or more may compete at particular points

Many of the railroad evils were inherent in the situation; they were explained by the fact that both managers and public were dealing with a new agency whose laws they did not completely understand

Consequently many large railroad systems of heavy capitalization bid fair to run into difficulties on the first serious falling off in general business