Horses And Mules, And Even Sail Cars,

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.

The Close Relationship Between Railroad Expansion And The Genera Development And Prosperity Of The Country Is Nowhere Brought More Distinctly Into Relief Than In Connection With The Construction Of The Pacific Railroads.

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.

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