Our Railroads To-Morrow

OUR RAILROADS TO-MORROW
BY EDWARD HUNGERFORD
NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1922
Copyright, 1922, by The Century Co. Copyright, 1920, 1921, 1922, by Curtis Publishing Co. PRINTED IN U. S. A.
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OUR RAILROADS TO-MORROW


OUR RAILROADS TO-MORROW
IN INTRODUCTION
Do you chance to recall the story of Frankenstein, of the man-made monster, who, having been created, arose to slay the man who had created him? The railroad to-day is in much the position of the man who created the Frankenstein. Having in no small sense created the modern world, having riveted its very sinews of commerce together, it now stands in apparent danger of collapse. The world over, it is at least in peril of bankruptcy. Everywhere it is in trouble. One of the greatest if not indeed the greatest of factors in our social and commercial structure to-day is flying the signals of distress. Its perplexities are upon all tongues. Their solution seemingly has become the problem of all men. The railroad is almost the single great unsolved economic problem of the entire world to-day.