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

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

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

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.

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

The history of the Erie Railroad ever since 1901 has been a record of progress

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.