"In the decade before the Civil War various……" — 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 of land from the Federal Government."
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22 Quotes by John Moody
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The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast…
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Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank…
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As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big…
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Consequently many large railroad systems of heavy capitalization bid fair to run into difficulties on the first serious falling off…
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Farmers, merchants, manufacturers, and the traveling public have all had their troubles with the transportation lines, and the difficulties to…
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Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.
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In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat,…
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Many of the railroad evils were inherent in the situation; they were explained by the fact that both managers and…
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People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which…
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The close relationship between railroad expansion and the genera development and prosperity of the country is nowhere brought more distinctly…
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The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the…
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The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection…
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