The History Of The Erie Railroad Ever

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

With The Reorganization Of 1898 Finished, The Baltimore And Ohio Railroad Entered A New Period In Its History.

Yet, In 1850 Nearly All The Railroads In The United States Lay East Of The Mississippi River, And All Of Them, Even When They Were Physically Mere Extensions Of One Another, Were Separately Owned And Separately Managed.

People Began To Understand That With The Acquisition Of California The Nation Had Obtained Practically Half A Continent, Of Which The Future Possibilities Were Almost Unlimited, So Far As The Development Of Natural Resources And The Genera Production Of Wealth Were Concerned.

Horses And Mules, And Even Sail Cars, Made More Rapid Progress Than Did The Earliest Locomotive.