The Railroads Of The United States Their History And Statistics Comprising The Progress And Present Condition Of The Various Lines With Their Earnings And Expenses And Showing Their Wonderful Power In Developing The Resources Of The Country PDF Download

Excerpt from The Railroads of the United States; Their History and Statistics: Comprising the Progress and Present Condition of the Various Lines With Their Earnings and Expenses, and Showing Their Wonderful Power in Developing the Resources of the Country; To Which Are Added a Synopsis of the Railroad Laws of the United States, And The effect of particular railroads in developing the resources of the country is a subject that has not been overlooked; and the chapters on the condition of the Western country before the introduction of railroads, will show how vast a change has been wrought by these great promoters of civilization. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.