“Consequently many large railroad systems of heavy capitalization bid fair to run into difficulties on the first serious falling off in general business” FirstsRunningFallEconomySeriousFairsDifficultyHeavyRailroadsFalling OffCapitalization Author:John Moody
“When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period” FirstsStatesFormWaterUnitedUnited StatesEconomyPeriodsRiversRevolutionaryConstructionSchemesOhioRailroadsBaltimore Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States