The History Of The Erie

Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers, And The Traveling Public Have All Had Their Troubles With The Transportation Lines, And The Difficulties To Which These Struggles Have Given Rise Have Produced That Problem Which Is Even Now Apparently Far From Solution.

In The United States Three New Methods Of Transportation Made Their Appearance At Almost The Same Time - The Steamboat, The Canal Boat, And The Rail Car

The Construction Of Extensive Railways, However, And Particularly The Consolidation Of Small, Experimental Lines Into Large Systems, Dates From The Days Of The Discovery Of Gold In California

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

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.