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 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 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.

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

When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period

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.

In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat, the canal boat, and the rail car