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"The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare."
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"With the reorganization of 1898 finished, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad entered a new period in its history."
"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."
"As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the mountains."
"Many of the railroad evils were inherent in the situation; they were explained by the fact that both managers and public were dealing with a new agency whose laws they did not completely understand."
"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."
"The nation did not begin to realize the extraordinary possibilities of the vast Western territory until its attention was thus suddenly and definitely concentrated on the Pacific by the annual addition of over fifty million dollars to the circulating medium."
"While no one railroad can completely duplicate another line, two or more may compete at particular points."
"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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