Appearance Quote by John Moody

In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants…

— John Moody

As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the…

— John Moody

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

— John Moody

The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the…

— John Moody

The nation did not begin to realize the extraordinary possibilities of the vast Western territory until its attention was thus suddenly and definitely concentrated…

— John Moody

Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.

— John Moody

The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad.…

— John Moody

The close relationship between railroad expansion and the genera development and prosperity of the country is nowhere brought more distinctly into relief than in…

— John Moody

Farmers, merchants, manufacturers, and the traveling public have all had their troubles with the transportation lines, and the difficulties to which these struggles have…

— John Moody

People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were…

— John Moody

The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the days of the discovery…

— John Moody

The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad.

— John Moody