What the Railroad Has Done for America in One Hundred Years
A chronological survey traces railroads from early English and American prototypes to the New York Central's rise and nationwide impact. It highlights Erie Canal competition, canal booms, and rail consolidation driving lower rates, urban growth, and a shift to an industrial economy, concluding railroads will endure toward a second centennial.
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America
Newcastle-on-Tyne
England
G. W. Featherstonhaugh
Duaneasburg
N. Y
United States
Col
John Stevens
New Jersey
New Brunswick
Trenton
Newcastle On Tyne
Stockton & Darlington R. R
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Columbia
Stockton & Darlington R. RR
Mohawk & Hudson RK. R
New York Central Railroad
New York
Baltimore & Ohio RE. R
Maryland
South Carolina Canal & Railroad
Southern Railway
Ithaca & Owego
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Charleston
Honesdale
Rainhill
Stephenson
Horatio Allen
Camden & Ambey
Petersburg Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Liverpool & Manchester R. R
Charleston & Hamburg, South Carolina
South Carolina Canal & River
de Witt Clinton
Mohawk & Hudson R. R
New York Central R. R
New York Central
Boston & Lowell R. R
Paterson Hudson R. R
Boston & Providence R. R
Boston & Lowell R. RB
Gainey Gapnite
Connecticut River
South Hadley
Mass
Lake Erie
Hudson River
Albany
Buffalo
Baltimore
DeWitt Clinton
Empire State
Commodore Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Wise
Lake Shore & Michigithouthern
Chicago
Boston
Montreal
Ottawa
Canada
St. Louis
Mackinac
Cairo
Ill
West Virginia
Louisville
Kentucky
Vilage
Alleghenies
Atlantic
Mississippi
Pacific
Gulf
Great Lakes
France
Germany
Europe
London Lady Hogg Dies. Daughter of Nashville Judge
London Lady Hogg wife of Sir Douglas Hogg attorney general in Baldwin cabinet died suddenly at her London residence. She was a daughter of Judge Timbie Brown of Nashville Tennessee. Wellington New Zealand premier William Ferguson Massey died.
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London
Lady Hogg
Douglas Hogg
Baldwin
Timbie Brown
Nashville
Tenn
Wellington
N. Z
William Ferguson Massey
New Zealand
New Gold Rush Expands From Wrangell To British Columbia
Wrangell Alaska May 11 AP breaking of the Stikine river ice opens water travel sparking a large exodus of prospectors toward northwestern British Columbia. Three boatloads left for Telegraph B C to drive to Dease Lake near Cassiar Creek with over 150 tons of freight including tractors trucks horses and oxen. Most stampede participants are experienced sourdoughs and a news film crew records the rush. The river schedule plans a Wrangell to Cassiar boat every eight hours after this week.
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Wrangell
Alaska
Stikine River
British Columbia
Telegraph
B. C
Dease Lake
New Gold Territory
Cassiar Creek
Cassiar
Eastern News Film
Rich placer gravel reported near Cassiar Creek
The report describes about a thousand men moving from Wrangell into Cassiar British Columbia since Christmas to search for rich placer gravel in Cassiar Creek. Oscar Sither of Petersburg notes the trek began as rivers thawed with many camped at Wrangell awaiting ice clearance. No firm returns yet, but rumors say a 25 mile stretch of rich gravel was found on a Cassiar Creek bar, drawing sourdoughs and prospectors for spring.
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Seattle
Wrangell
Cassair
B. C
Oscar Sither
Petersburg Lumberman
Cassiar
Stikine River
Alaska
British Columbia
Cassiar Creek
Congressman Smith to Join U S Reclamation Tour This Summer
Washington May 11 Congressman Addison T Smith plans to join a congressional committee touring reclamation projects Indian reservations and national parks during the summer to study efficiency and cost cutting He will travel to Spokane then visit the Columbia river basin Kootenai drainage and cooperate with Canada He also plans to visit the University at Moscow Idaho and the Lewiston Normal School The full committee will meet in San Francisco June 2 and travel through the west and Rocky Mountain states concluding mid August
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Washington
Addison T. Smith
Congress
West
United States
Smith
Spokane
Wash
Columbia River Basin
Kootenai River
Dubois
International Boundary Commission
Northwest
University
Moscow
Normal School
Lewiston
San Francisco
Coast
Rocky Mountain
Cramton
Michigan
Murphy
Ohio
Taylor
Colorado
Idaho
Sinnott
Oregon
Leavitt
Montana
Baker
California
Hayden
Arizona
Bailey
Mark Shields
Committee On Appropriations
Congressman Smith
Secretary of Agriculture
Appropriations Committee
Idaho Falls
American Falls
Jardine
Work
Smooth gates Had Big Scheme
Los Angeles news reports attorneys seeking bail for Hal Hibbs and Thomas Hennessey as federal and county probes deepen into their alleged six billion dollar railroad merger scam. Cord reveals a Bank of Italy deal and a San Diego factory plan tied to the scheme. Investigators say hundreds of thousands flowed from film industry figures and local professionals to back the merger.
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Los Angeles
Whi
Hal Hibbs
Thomas Hennessey
Thursda Federal and County
Hibbs
Hennessey
Italy
Henry Ford
San Diego
Lawrence M Cord
Intestate Commerce Commission
McCol
Hibbs-Hennessey
Commission
Hibbs and Hennessey
Fix
Bank of Italy
Busine
Angeles
Investiga
Santa Barbara
Keyes
San Francisco
Hibb-Hennessy
As Say Il
Cleveland
Paris Clashes Mark Joan of Arc Day Celebrations
Police clashed with revelers as celebrations for Joan of Arc Day spread across multiple sites in Paris. Demonstrations turned tense with arrests reported by authorities.
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Paris
Joan of Aday
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New York State
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Schenectady
Albany Argus
Syracuse
Congressional Committee
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