Horses And Mules, And Even Sail Cars,

Great Men Are Usually The Products Of Their Times And One Of The Men Developed By These Times Takes Rank With The Greatest Railroad Leaders In History.

Consequently Many Large Railroad Systems Of Heavy Capitalization Bid Fair To Run Into Difficulties On The First Serious Falling Off In General Business

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

People Began To Understand That With The Acquisition Of California The Nation Had Obtained Practically Half A Continent, Of Which The Future Possibilities Were Almost Unlimited, So Far As The Development Of Natural Resources And The Genera Production Of Wealth Were Concerned.

The Financial History Of The Baltimore And Ohio Since The Close Of The Nineteenth Century Is Interesting Chiefly In Connection With Changes In The Control Of The Property