Note
No attempt at an exhaustive historical account is herein attempted. Except as specially noted, the main reliance has been placed upon the following standard works:—
Bogart, E. L. The Economic History of the United States, 1908.
Callender, G. S. Selections from the Economic History of the United States, 1765-1860, 1909.
Cleveland, F. A. (and Powell). Railroad Promotion and Capitalization in the United States, 1909.
Coman, K. Industrial History of the United States, 1909.
Gephart, W. F. Transportation and Industrial Development in the Middle West. Columbia University Studies, XXXIV, 1909. (Fine bibliography.)
McMaster, J. B. History of the People of the United States, 7 vols, 1883-1910.
Phillips, U. B. The History of Transportation in the Eastern Cotton Belt, 1908.
Poor, H. V. History of Railroads and Canals in the United States. 1860.
Ringwalt, J. L. The Development of Transportation Systems in the United States. 1888.
Tanner, H. S. Railways and Canals in the United States. 1840.
Many other authorities, such as the Annual Reports upon Internal Commerce (since 1876) have been consulted. The admirable Catalogue of Books on Railway Economics, 1912, gives an exhaustive list. Many special contributions to the forthcoming Carnegie Institution Economic History of the United States have also been utilized.
An admirable description in detail of early conditions in the West is reprinted in our Railway Problems, new edition, chap. II.