John Moody Quotes

Financial analyst

John Moody was a prominent financial analyst, born in 1868 and died on February 16, 1958. He made significant contributions to the field of financial analysis, particularly in the area of bond rating.

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“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.”

Problem Given Lines Struggle Economy Trouble Solutions Difficulty Farmers Transportation Merchants

Author:John Moody

“While no one railroad can completely duplicate another line, two or more may compete at particular points”

May Two Lines Economy Particular Competition Railroads Duplicate

Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

“The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the days of the discovery of gold in California”

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Author:John Moody

“In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government”

War Government Lines Economy Land South Various Decades Civil War Grants Federal Government Railway North And South

Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

“The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific.”

Lines Economy Discovery Gold Absolutes West Congress Conviction East Providing Pacific Surveys Mississippi Railroads

Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

About the Author

Born: 1868
Died: February 16, 1958
Known for: Financial analyst
Quotes: 22

Books & Sources

The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the StatesRelated source material

The Railroad Builders (Volume 38 Chronicles of America)Related source material

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