Development of Transportation in the United States

Contents: Mechanical and Business Problems --- Early Pressure of Production Upon Transportation --- The Railroad Track --- Need of the Locomotive --- First American Locomotive --- Early Railroads and Locomotive Building --- Early Freight Rates --- Rails and Roadbed --- Improvements in the Engine --- Steel Rails --- Consolidation and Extension of Railroads --- Economics of the Gauge --- Rates in Recent Years --- Expansion and Progress --- Roads and Canals --- Immigration --- Increase of Population, Agriculture, and Railroad Mileage --- Long-Distance Transportation --- Development West and Southwest --- Freight and Passenger Rates

内容涵盖：机械与商务问题、生产对运输的早期压力、铁路轨道、机车需求、美国首台机车、早期铁路与机车制造、早期货运费率、轨道与路基、机车的改进、钢轨、铁路的整合与拓展、轨距的经济性考量、近年费率、扩张与发展、道路与运河、移民、人口、农业与铁路里程的增长、长途运输、西部与西南部的开发、货运与客运费率