"The public conviction that a railroad linking the……" — John Moody
"The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific."
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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 decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these…
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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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