Consequently many large railroad systems of heavy capitalization bid fair to run into difficulties on the first serious falling off in general business
John MoodyWhen 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
John MoodyThe 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.
John MoodyThe construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the days of the discovery of gold in California
John Moody