Highways and Highway Transportation by George R. Chatburn

Chapter VIII, “Transportation,” Ginn & Co., New York.

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Census, U. S. Eleventh (1890) “Transportation on Land.” Census Bureau, U. S. Special Report (1902) “Streets and Electric Railways.” DAVIS, JOHN P., “Union Pacific Railway.” S. C. Griggs & Co., Chicago. DONALDSON, THOMAS, “History of the Public Domain,” Published by order of an act of Congress, 1884. DUNBAR, SEYMOUR, “A History of Travel in America,” 4 volumes. Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis. ERICSSON, JOHN, “Life of” by William C. Church, Chap. IV. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. HUSBAND, JOSEPH, “The Story of the Pullman Car.” A. C. McClurg & Company, Chicago, 1917. JOHNSON, EMORY R., “Elements of Transportation,” 1909. D. Appleton & Company, New York. LARRABEE, WM., “The Railroad Question,” Shulte Publishing Company, Chicago, 1893. LE ROSSIGNOL, J. E., “Monopolies Past and Present.” T. Y. Crowell Company, New York. LEWIS, GEORGE H., “National Consolidation of Railroads.” Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. Maps of Interurban Lines, Century Atlas. Century Company, New York. MARTIN, E. W., “History of the Grange Movement, or The Farmer’s War against Monopoly.” A subscription book published in 1874. National Publishing Company, Chicago. POORE, HENRY V., “History of Railroads and Canals of the United States,” Vol. I, p. 377. New York, 1860. SANBORN, JOHN B., “Congressional Grants of Land in Aid of Railways.” University of Wisconsin Bulletin, Vol. II, No. 3, Econ. pol. Sci. and Hist. Series. SELFRIDGE, H. GORDON, “The Romance of Commerce.” John Lane, London. SPARKS, E. E., “National Development,” Vol. XXIII, The American Nation Series, Chapter III and IV. Harper & Brothers, New York. U. S. Statutes, 1862-1864, Pacific Railway Acts, Investigation of the Crédit Mobilier. U. S. Statutes, 41st Congress, 1st Session, Chap. DCXLVII, Sherman Anti-Trust Law. U. S. Statutes, Railroad Bills, 1850-1880 House Report 42d Cong., 3d Session, No. 77. FOOTNOTES [87] Quoted from “Niles’ Register” of 1812 by Dunbar. [88] Stevens’ pamphlet published in 1812. [89] Stephenson’s first locomotive was put out in 1814. His _Rocket_ and Ericsson’s _Novelty_ had their famous contest resulting in favor of the _Rocket_ in 1829. [90] Brown’s “History of the First Locomotive,” letter from Cooper, 1869. [91] The coning of wheels is an invention of Jonathan Knight, Engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. [92] Dunbar, “A History of Travel in America,” 932. [93] Dunbar, “A History of Travel in America,” 960. [94] The _Albany Argus_, August 11, 1831. [95] “History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States,” 1860, Vol. I, p. 377. [96] Dunbar, “A History of Travel in America,” 998, 1383. [97] Dunbar, “A History of Travel in America,” 1071. [98] _Potter’s American Monthly_, July, 1879. [99] T. C. Smith, _American Nation_, Vol. XVIII, p. 60. [100] E. W. Martin, “History of the Grange Movement,” 1874, p. 35. [101] Donaldson, “History of the Public Domain.” University of Wisconsin Bulletin: “Congressional Grants of Land in Aid of Railways,” by J. B. Sanborn, Pol. Sci. and History Series, Vol. II, No. 3. [102] The “History of the Grange Movement,” a subscription book by Edward Winslow Martin, published in 1874, but which can hardly be taken as wholly reliable, says: “The lands granted by the Government to various railway corporations make up a total area of 198,165,794 acres, or about 300,000 square miles--an area larger than the State of Texas, which contains 237,504 square miles ... and the railway subsidies comprise nearly one-tenth of the entire Union.” [103] Dunbar, “A History of Travel in America,” Chap. LVI, et seq. Donaldson, “History of the Public Domain.” [104] Senate Executive Document No. 78, 33d Congress, 2d Session. [105] U. S. Statutes. Acts of 1862 and 1864. [106] By subsequent provision the right of way was cut to two hundred feet, although the company still holds four hundred feet through parts of Nebraska. [107] Thomas Donaldson’s “History of the Public Domain.” [108] “House Reports,” 42 Cong., 3d Session, No. 77. [109] U. S. Statutes, 51 Cong., 1 Sess., Chap. DCXLVII. [110] Digest U. S. Supreme Court Reports, Vol. IV, “Monopoly,” pp. 4043-4052, The Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, Rochester, N. Y., 1908. [111] Funk and Wagnalls’ Encyclopedia. [112] Jointly with Gould Interests. [113] Jointly with Rockefeller, Kuhn, Loeb, & Co., Vanderbilt and other interests. [114] Jointly with Standard Oil interests. [115] Jointly with Erie, Reading and Vanderbilt interests. [116] “The Story of the Pullman Car,” by Joseph Husband. A. C. McClurg & Company, Chicago, 1917. Cf. _Literary Digest_, February 10, 1923, p. 25. [117] Funk and Wagnalls’ Encyclop. [118] “Special Reports, Streets and Electric Railways,” U. S. Census Bureau (1902). This, of course, was not a practical machine. [119] “American Nation,” Vol. XXIII, 39. [120] U. S. Eleventh Census (1890), “Transportation on Land.” [121] See Maps in Century Dictionary.

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1. Chapter 1 2. CHAPTER I 3. CHAPTER II 4. CHAPTER III 5. CHAPTER IV 6. CHAPTER V 7. CHAPTER VI 8. CHAPTER VII 9. CHAPTER VIII 10. CHAPTER IX 11. CHAPTER X 12. CHAPTER XI 13. CHAPTER XII 14. CHAPTER XIII 15. 1. STORM KING HIGHWAY _Frontispiece_ 16. 2. THE APPIAN WAY 22 17. 3. MAP OF ITALY 24 18. 4. MAP OF ROMAN ROADS IN ENGLAND 26 19. 5. MAP OF THE NORTH-EASTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES 36 20. 6. MAP 42 21. 1830. When the Railroads Entered the Industrial Arena, the Country 22. 7. MAP 54 23. 8. WAY BILL 66 24. 5. The DeWitt Clinton Locomotive--1831. 25. 1. Showing the Growth in the Size of Locomotives During the Past 26. 2. One of the New Gearless _Electric_ Locomotives Built by the 27. 12. TRANSPORTATION ACROSS DEATH VALLEY 126 28. 14. CHART OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE U. S. BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS 29. 18. MOTOR OR RAIL-CAR 166 30. 5. Gaillardit’s Steam Carriage--1894. 31. 21. A NEW YORK CITY “STEPLESS” BUS 184 32. 6. Winton’s Racing Machine. 33. 23. HAULING BEANS BY MOTOR TRUCK AND TRAILER 200 34. 26. GIVING A MACADAM ROAD AN APPLICATION OF TARVIA BINDER 254 35. 32. A DANGEROUS CURVE MADE SAFE BY AN ARTISTIC CONCRETE WALL 364 36. 33. PIN OAK STREET TREES 388 37. 34. A COTTONWOOD WIND BREAK 388 38. 36. TRAFFIC GUIDES 442 39. 37. NEW YORK CITY TRAFFIC GUIDES 444 40. 40. A GIPSYING TOURING CARAVAN 458 41. CHAPTER I 42. 1767. Green[7] tells us that the main roads which lasted fairly well 43. 1. Methods of keeping the cylinder or steam vessel hot by covering it 44. 2. By condensing the steam in vessels entirely distinct from the 45. 3. By drawing out of the condenser all uncondensed vapors or gases by 46. 4. The use of the expansion force of steam directly against the 47. 5. The double-acting engine and the conversion of the reciprocating 48. 6. Throttle valve with governor and gear for operating the same, 49. Chapter III. 50. Book IX, Chap. 29; XXII, 15; XXIV, 8; George Bell & Sons, London, 51. CHAPTER II 52. 1740. Glowing reports were brought back by the few traders, hunters, 53. 820. Published by order of Congress, 13 Vol. Washington, 1825-37. 54. CHAPTER III 55. CHAPTER IV 56. 5. The DeWitt Clinton Locomotive--1831. 57. 1. Showing the Growth in the Size of Locomotives During the Past Twenty 58. 1900. The Larger is a _Mountain Type_ Engine. Both are Used on the C. 59. Chapter VIII, “Transportation,” Ginn & Co., New York. 60. CHAPTER V 61. 1916. Illinois voted $60,000,000 in 1920 eventually to be paid from 62. 1822. A most liberal definition of Post Roads is also given in the 63. 1917. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 64. CHAPTER VI 65. Chapter VII, and the motor truck, and with concerted action of the 66. 1. Modernizing locomotives.--Gross reparable deficiencies are pointed 67. 2. Locomotive operation.--The magnitude of the railways’ coal bill 68. 3. Shop organization improvements.--The sad and almost incredible 69. 4. Power-plant fuel savings.--The obsolete and wasteful condition 70. 5. Water-consumption savings.--The railroads’ expenditure in 71. 6. Service of supply savings.--The expenditure of the railways for 72. 7. Shop accounting savings.--Attention has been given to the matter 73. 8. Labor turn-over savings.--The industrial losses due to unnecessary 74. 9. Loss and damage savings.--Inquiry has been made into the amount of 75. CHAPTER VII 76. 5. Gaillardit’s Steam Carriage--1894. 77. 6. Winton’s Racing Machine. 78. Chapter V. It will only be necessary to say here that the psychological 79. CHAPTER VIII 80. 4. Those which are military. 81. 10. Motor trucks or drays 20 82. CHAPTER IX 83. CHAPTER X 84. 318. The petitioning power or influence of the several properties 85. CHAPTER XI 86. CHAPTER XII 87. CHAPTER XIII

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