[22-25], [59], [60], [124], [126], [142], [143], [164], [299], [313-315], [317], [361], [392-394], [412], [417], [429], [430], [435].
Erie & Western Transportation Company, [417].
Evening Star, the, [299].
Excursions, use of, [358].
Express business, [369].
Express messenger, duties of, [251], [252].
Fargo, William G., [371], [372].
“Farmers’ special,” [360], [361], [363].
Felton, S. M., [124].
Ferry fleets, [412-415].
Fillmore, President, his trip on the Erie, [23].
Finances of railroad, [179-186].
Fireman, duties of, [90], [246], [391], [392].
Fish, shipping of, [345], [346].
Fisk, Jim, [299].
Fitchburg, Railroad, [96], [98].
Florida East Coast Railroad, [77], [78].
Florida Keys, [78].
Folders, bill for printing of, [288].
Food, shipping of, to the city, [343], [344].
Forbes, James M., [27].
Forney, M. N., [125].
Fort Wayne subsidiary, the, [147], [148].
France, railroad in, [35].
Frankfort, Germany, train-sheds in, [103].
Franklin, Benjamin, [375].
Frazer River bridge, [66].
Freehold & Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad (Pennsylvania Railroad), [359].
Freight claims, [183].
Freight, railroads once prohibited from carrying, [9];
Erie’s profits from, [25];
handling of, [34], [88], [107-118], [194];
traffic, [318], [325-354];
rate system for, [329-331];
threefold classification of, [330-332];
“back haul,” [334];
Australian system of, [334-336];
“demurrage,” [338];
fast trains for, [343].
Freight terminals, [107-115], [408].
Freight traffic-manager, duties of, [326], [327].
Fruit, shipping of California, [344], [345].
Fullerton, H. B., [362].
Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, [27].
Gallitzin Tunnel, [12], [50], [149], [441].
Garrett, John W., [20], [21].
Garrett, Robert, [21], [22].
Gasolene engine, use of, [137].
Gauge, standard, [46].
General attorney of the railroad, duties of, [170-174].
General counsel of the railroad, duties of, [170-174].
General manager, duties of, [187-201].
General passenger agent, duties of, [276-291], [366].
General superintendent, duties of, [190].
Genesee Valley Road, [143].
Geneva, N. Y., agricultural experimental school, [360].
George Washington, locomotive, [122].
Gould roads, [2], [3], [32].
Government regulation of railroads, [329].
Governor Paine, locomotive, [123].
Grades, railroad, [40], [41], [48], [139-151].
Grand Central Railroad, [316], [317], [420].
Grand Canal (Erie), [4].
Grand Central Station, New York, [88], [95], [96], [104], [315], [321], [384], [419], [421], [438], [439], [440].
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, [416].
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, [3], [32], [42], [304], [333], [414], [416], [417], [436].
“Grangers,” [3].
Grant, General, [302], [303].
Grasshopper, locomotive, [120].
Great Lakes, highway up the, [414].
Great Northern Express Company, [373].
Great Northern Railroad, [2], [32], [126], [147], [300], [358], [417], [437].
Great Western Railway, see [Grand Trunk].
Greenville, freight station at, [109], [110].
Gyroscope, see [Mono-rail].
Hackensack River Bridge, [76], [206], [207].
Hadley, President, of Yale, [17].
Hand-brakes, use of, [250].
Hanson, Inga, [177].
Harbor fleet, a, [406], [407], [408].
Harlem River Branch (New Haven), [316], [317], [438].
Harnden, William F., [370], [371], [372].
Harriman, E. H., [139-141], [159], [166], [167], [358].
Harriman lines, [2], [297], [358], [406], [455-458], [460-463].
Harsemus Cove, [109], [110].
Harvard, the, [405], [406].
Haupt, Herman, [451], [452].
Hazard, Ebenezer, [374].
Headlight, first use of, [124].
“Head-room,” [42].
Hill, J. J., his roads, [2], [147], [159], [166], [167], [358], [373], [406].
Hinckley, —, a locomotive builder, [122].
Hine, Charles, [453-455], [459-461], [463].
Hoboken, Lackawanna Terminal at, [88], [102], [109].
Honesdale, Pa., switchback at, [41].
Hoosac Tunnel, [49], [437].
Hopkins, Mark, [30].
Hornellsville, Erie shops at, [392-394].
Horse Shoe Curve, [12].
Hotel-cars, see [Dining-cars].
Howe, —, designer of bridges, [63].
Hudson, Commodore, bronze statue of, [354].
Hudson River Tunnel, [102], [412].
Huntington, Collis P., [30], [32].
Ice-floes, obstructions to the railroad marine, [416].
Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad, [73].
Illinois Central Railroad, [1], [28], [78], [313], [320], [321], [385], [429].
Imperial Limited (Canadian Pacific Railway), [141].
Inland Water Ways, [404-417].
Insurance, for railroad employees, [423].
Interstate Commerce Commission, [13], [329], [333], [335], [355], [374], [451].
Interstate Commerce Law, [210].
Interurban electric service, [432-434].
Ithaca, N. Y., switchback at, [41].
Jamaica, station at (Long Island), [318], [319].
Jamestown Exposition of 1907, [441].
Jay Gould, the, [299].
Jersey City, [109].
Jersey Heights Tunnel, [102].
Jervis, John B., [121].
Jewell, Postmaster General, [378].
John Bull, locomotive, [121].
Joy line, the, [405].
Judah, Theodore D., [29], [30], [31].
Kansas, boom in, [357].
Kentucky River bridge, [66].
Kicking Horse River, tunnel near, [142].
Kingwood Tunnel, [41], [49], [122].
Kirkwood, James P., [59], [77].
Kruttschnitt, Julius, [298], [455], [456], [458-460].
Lackawanna cut-off, [145].
Lackawanna Railroad, see [Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad].
Lake Michigan, an obstruction to land traffic, [415].
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, [14], [27], [205], [378], [385], [394], [418], [419], [421].
Lane cut-off (Union Pacific), [44], [140].
Lard, shipping of, [342].
La Salle Street Station, Chicago, [101].
Latrobe, B. H., [19], [41], [49], [58], [60], [63], [122].
Lehigh Valley Railroad, [2], [144], [286], [361], [385].
Leiper, Thomas, [6].
Lewis, Isaac, Erie engineer, [25].
Lickey plane, [122].
Lights, code of, [86].
Lincoln, Abraham, [300], [302].
Link device, use of, [124].
Liquor, prohibition of use of, [421].
Livingston & Company, [372].
Locomotives, [5], [7], [8], [18], [26], [119-131].
Long Island commuters, [102], [103].
Long Island Express Company, [373].
Long Island Railroad, [1], [109], [313], [318], [320], [362], [412].
Long Key Viaduct, [78].
Loree, L. F., [22].
Lowell, Mass., in 1831, [9].
Lucin cut-off, The (Southern Pacific), [139], [140].
M. K. & T., [450].
McAdoo Tunnel, [317].
McCrea, James, [167], [194], [195].
McCrea, the engineer, [420], [421].
McGraham, James, [331].
McPherson, Logan G., quoted, [20].
Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad, [26], [124].
Magazines, railroad employees’, [429].
Mail clerks, duties of, [251], [252], [377-383].
Mail-service, railway, [369-387].
Maintenance Way Department, [388].
Mallet articulated compound, [126], [127].
Manchester & Liverpool line, [9].
Mann, Col. W. D., [135].
Manunka Chunk, tunnel at, [145].
Marine, the railroad, [404-417].
Market Street Station, Philadelphia, [88], [97].
Martin, T. E., [363].
Maryland, the, [413].
Mason, a locomotive builder, [122].
Master Car Builders, organization of, [136], [137], [390], [401].
Master mechanic, duties of, [389], [400], [401].
Mastodon, locomotive, [125], [126].
Mauch Chunk, colliery railroad at, [9], [41], [136].
Metropolitan Line, the, [405].
Metropolitan Street Railway Company, New York City, [172].
Meyers, George, [418], [419].
Michigan Central Railroad, [27], [28], [54], [302], [385], [413], [414], [436].
Michigan Southern Railroad, [27], [28].
Michigan, the transport, [414].
Middlesex Canal, traffic on, in 1829, [9].
Milholland, James, [124].
Military Academy at West Point, parade-ground of, [265].
Milk, carrying of, to city, [347-351].
Mills, James C., quoted, [415], [416].
Minnehaha Bridge, at St. Paul, [66].
Minot, Charles, [25].
Missouri Pacific Railroad, [29].
Missouri, steel bridge across the, [144].
Moguls, locomotives, [124].
Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, [13], [41], [121].
Mono-rail, [441-445].
Monon Railroad, [385].
Monongahela River Bridge, [60].
Moodna Valley, steel trestle over, [143].
Morgan, J. P., [296], [328].
Morning Star, the, [299].
Morris Run, the, [133].
Morse, William, [265-267].
Mott Haven yards, [439].
Mount Clare yards, Baltimore, [120], [132].
Mount Royal station, Buffalo, [436].
Murray, Oscar G., [22].
National Express Company, [373].
Naugatuck Railroad, [135].
New Brunswick bridge, over Raritan River, [77].
New England Navigation Company, [405].
New Haven Railroad, [1], [109], [147], [300], [313], [315], [316], [413], [419], [438-440].
New York Central, [2], [14], [22], [27], [41], [104], [126], [147], [151], [154], [155], [167], [205], [268], [284], [285], [297], [298], [313], [315-317], [320], [361-363], [370], [384], [394], [407-410], [419-421], [435], [438].
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, [14], [104], [353], [378], [417], [434].
New York Connecting Railroad, [109].
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, [98], [104], [315], [320], [404-406], [412], [433].
New York, railroad connections of, [10], [21];
tunnels in, [49];
stations at, [88], [95], [96], [102-104], [159-162], [315], [318], [319], [321], [412], [419], [421], [438-440];
harbor and commerce of, [409-412];
ferries in, [413-415].
New York & Harlem Railroad, [14], [60].
New York & New England Railroad, [98].
Newspapers, rapid delivery of, [382].
Niagara River bridge, [66].
Norfolk & Western Railroad, [144], [421].
Norris, William, [122].
North Station, Boston, [88], [97], [98], [313], [319], [320], [324],
[384].
Northern Central Railroad, [11], [96].
Northern Cross Railroad, [26].
Northern Pacific Railroad, [2], [29], [32], [50], [51].
Northern Steamship Company, [417].
Northwestern station, Chicago, [88], [101], [106], [321].
Norwich, Conn., [10].
Observation cars, [308], [309].
Officials of railroads, [170-219].
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, [19].
Old Colony Railroad, [98], [405].
Olympic, the, [407].
Oneida Railways Company, [435].
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, [460].
Organization, as a means to secure efficiency, [449-464].
Osgood, Samuel, [375].
“Our Inland Seas,” quotation from, [416].
Oxford Furnace, tunnel at, [145].
Pacific coast, railroad connections of, [28-32].
Pacific type of locomotive, [127].
Paderewski at Vassar, [294], [295].
Palmer, Timothy, [58].
Panhandle subsidiary, The, [147], [148].
Panic, of ’37, [13];
of ’07, [162], [359], [360].
Pape, Edward, [176], [177].
Park Avenue Tunnel, [439].
Park Square Station, Boston, [95], [96], [98].
Parkersburg, W. Va., railroad connections of, [19];
grade at, [41].
Parsons, Superintendent, [430].
Passenger coaches, [132-134], [398-400].
Passenger service, first road to have regular, [8].
Paterson works, [121], [122], [124].
Pay-car, gradual disappearance of the, [180].
Pend Oreille River bridge, [73].
Pennsylvania Railroad, [2], [12], [49], [50], [61], [76], [77], [96], [109], [110], [123], [135], [145], [146], [154], [159], [167], [170], [194], [297], [298], [300], [313], [317], [320], [359], [379], [385], [386], [394], [401], [406], [412], [413], [417], [421], [423-427], [435], [441], [451].
Pennsylvania Station, New York, [88], [102-104], [159-162], [318], [319], [412], [440].
Pensions, granted to employees, [425], [426].
People’s line, [12].
People’s Pacific Railroad, [29].
Pere Marquette Railway, [416], [429].
Perham, Josiah, [29], [30].
Permanent Bridge, across Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, [58].
Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad, [123].
Philadelphia, railroad connections of, [10], [11], [15], [21];
stations at, [88], [96], [97], [154], [320], [440].
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, [20].
Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad, [12].
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, [2], [97], [124].
“Piano-box” system of switches, [84], [85], [86].
Pig iron, handling of, [341], [342].
Pioneer, locomotive, [27].
Pioneer, sleeping-car, [301], [302], [303].
Pittsburgh, railroad connections of, [11], [12], [15], [18], [19];
suburban traffic of, [147], [148];
Union Station at, [148].
Planes, inclined, disuse of, [11], [12].
Plumbe, John, [29].
Pomeroy, George, [371].
Pooling, objections to, [328], [331].
Portage, N. Y., bridge at, [62].
Portage Railroad, see [Alleghany Portage Railroad].
Post-office Department, United States, [372-387].
Poughkeepsie Bridge, [66].
Prairie, type of locomotive, [127].
Pratt, —, designer of bridges, [61].
President, the, [304].
President of the railroad, the, [152-169].
Prince Rupert, on Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad, [32].
Private car lines, [13], [293-298].
Promotion in railroad service, [245], [255].
Providence, R. I., railroad connections of, [10].
“Public service stations,” [287].
Pullman, George M., [134], [299], [393].
Pullman and its railroad shops, [393], [394].
Pullman cars, construction of, [303].
Pullman Palace Car Company, [303].
Queen City, the, [299].
Quincy Granite Railroad, [132].
Railroad, The.
history of, in United States, [3-33].
English, [5], [7].
first American, [6].
horse-power, [6], [12], [17].
communal nature of early, [12].
paper of, [23].
treatment of bankrupt, [23].
telegraph first used by, [23].
development and building of, [34-48].
grants for, [35], [36].
cost of, [36].
financing of, [36], [37], [179-186].
keeping open for winter traffic, [38], [268-275].
water for use of, [41].
crossings on, [42].
tunnels, [48-55], [145-150], [436], [437].
bridges, [42], [56-79].
stations, [80-106].
suburban service, [80], [81], [90], [311-324].
roundhouses, [88-90].
yards, [83-91], [115-118].
freight terminals, [107-115], [408].
locomotives and cars, [119-137], [388-404].
building of the locomotive, [128-132].
building of cars, [132-137].
reconstruction of, [138].
grades, [139-151].
officials, [152-169], [187-219], [276-287].
legal department, [170-179].
financial department, [179-186].
tickets, [181-183], [288-290].
operating, [220-242].
time table, [221-223].
signals, [225-227], [236-238].
use of telephone, [235].
employees, [243-255], [418-431].
wrecking trains, [256].
rates, [282-287].
special trains and private cars, [292-310].
commuters’ trains, [311-324].
freight traffic, [325-355].
freight rates, [327-337].
scientific farming, [359-366].
express service, [369-374].
mail service, [374-387].
marine, [404-418].
ferries, [407-418].
electricity, [432-445].
mono-rail, [441-445].
organization, [449-464].
Rails laid on stone sleepers, [11].
Reading Railroad, [123], [313], [320].
Rebating, prohibition of, [328], [329].
Reconstruction of railroads, [138-151].
Red Line, All-British, [141].
Red Spot, Order of the, [430], [431].
Repair shops, locomotive and car, [400].
“Residences,” in railroad construction, [43].
Richardson, the architect, [106].
Rider, Nathaniel, [60].
Rio Grande & Western Railroad, [74].
Roadmaster, duties of, [239], [240].
Roads as compared with canals, [5].
Rochester, railroad connections of, [13], [14];
depot, [96].
Rock Island, see [Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R.]
Rockaway section, Long Island, home of Lillian Russell, [294].
Rockefeller, Mr., [296].
Roebling’s suspension at Niagara Falls, [75].
Rogers, Grosvenor, and Ketchum, locomotive builders, of Paterson, N. J., [26];
locomotive works, [121], [122], [124].
Ronkonkoma, Long Island, home of Maude Adams, [293], [294].
Roosevelt, Governor, [217], [218].
Rotary plough, [271].
Roundhouses, [88-90], [270], [388-402].
Rural free delivery, development of, [376].
Russell, Lillian, [294].
Rutland Railroad, [417].
Sacramento Valley Railroad, [30].
Sails on cars, experiments with, [17].
St. Albans, Vt., [333], [335].
St. John’s Church, New York, [354].
St. John’s Park, New York, [353], [354].
St. Louis, railroad connections of, [19], [29];
Union Station at, [88], [97], [99], [100], [106].
St. Paul, see [Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R.]
Salaries, paid to railroad presidents, [168], [169];
to the general attorney, [171].
“Sand-hogs,” [66], [67], [68], [69], [70], [71], [73].
Sandusky, first locomotive with whistle, [26], [124].
Santa Fe, see [Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R.]
Schedules, Train, see [Time Tables].
Scherl, August, [443].
Secret service, the railroad’s, [177-179].
Section-boss, duties of, [239], [240], [431].
Seibert, Leonard, [301].
Signal, bell-rope, [124], [225], [226], [227];
along line of railroad, [236];
interlocking, [236];
block system of, [237];
operation of, [236-239];
maintenance of, [239].
Signal towers, [82], [84-87].
Situation, The, the official daily report, [196], [197].
Slateford, Pa., bridge, [78].
Sleeping-cars, introduction and use of, [299], [301], [302].
Smith, A. H., [205].
Smith, C. Shaler, [66].
Smith, Reuben F., [418].
Snow-belt of Great Lakes, [268].
Snow ploughs, [38].
Snow-sheds, [268].
South Carolina Railroad, [8].
South Station, Boston, [88], [97-99], [313], [319], [320], [384].
Southern California, interurban electric line in, [297].
Southern Express company, [373].
Southern Pacific Railroad, [2], [32], [126], [139], [144], [159], [441], [454].
Spearman, Frank H., [144].
Spiral tunnels, [141], [142].
Spokane case, the, [334], [335].
Springfield, Mass., bridge, [57].
Springfield, station at, [106].
Springstead, Harvey, [431].
Stage, Henry W., [418].
Stampede Tunnel, [50], [51].
Stanford, Leland, [30], [31].
Starucca Viaduct, [58], [59], [77].
Station-agent, multifarious duties of, [253-255].
Stations, see under [Railroad].
Statistics, making of railroad, [184-186].
Steam brake, [125].
Steamships, [352], [353], [404], [405].
Steel, use of, [56], [61], [72], [125], [386], [397-400].
Stephenson, George, inventor, [5], [121].
Stephenson, George & Robert & Company, [121].
Stephenson, Robert, [125].
Steubenville, Ohio, bridge, [75], [76].
Stonington, Conn., railroad connections of, [10].
Stourbridge Lion, locomotive, [7], [8], [119].
Street railroad systems, [427], [428].
Stubbs, of the Union Pacific, [298].
Suburban service, [80], [81], [90], [98], [99], [147], [148], [315-319], [440].
Superintendent of bridges, [239], [240].
Superintendents, [153-155], [187], [220], [221-242].
Susquehanna Railroad, see [Northern Central Railroad].
Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania R. R. bridge over, [77].
Susquehanna River bridge, between Havre-de-Grace and Aiken, [64], [65].
Susquehanna shop, [393], [394].
Swindon, the English railroad town, [393].
Switchback principle, [41].
Switches and switchmen, [84-86], [111-118], [252], [253], [320].
Tacony, Philadelphia trains stopped at, [10].
Taylor, President Zachary, [123].
Telegraph, Erie first railroad to use, [24];
development of, in 1851, [24];
introduction of, [25], [224];
substitution of telephone for, [235], [236];
crippling of service of, [267], [268].
Telephone, use of, [235], [236].
Terminal, keeper of the, [82];
map of tracks and station of, [83], [84];
guarded by interlocking switches, [84], [85].
Terminals, see [Railroad stations];
also [Freight terminals].
Thomas, Philip E., [16], [19].
Thomas Viaduct, [58], [59], [76].
Thompson, A. W., [65].
Thomson, J. Edgar, [6].
Thomson, John, [6].
“Throat” of station yard, [87], [88].
Tickets and mileage-books, [182], [276-278], [286];
bill for printing, [288];
rate-sheet for, [289];
redemption of, [289], [290].
Time Tables, [221].
Tioga Railroad, [133].
Tom Thumb, locomotive, [18], [120].
Towanda, Pa., bridge at, [144].
Towermen, [82], [83], [85], [274].
Townsend, Oscar, [418].
Track-laying, world’s record of, [45];
profession of, [45], [46];
machine for, [46].
Track, on which Stourbridge Lion locomotive ran, [7].
Track-walker, responsibility of, [253].
Traffic, making of freight and passenger, [355-368].
Trailer, the, [128], [129].
Train-despatcher, [221], [223], [224], [228-231], [233-235], [261].
Trainman, see [Brakeman, duties of].
Train-master, duties of, [221].
Transcontinental railroads, [357], [358].
Transfer-house, [111-116].
Travelling passenger agents, duties of, [278].
Trenton, bridge at, [57], [77].
“Trolley arrangement” in freight-houses, [450].
Trumbull, —, bridge-builder, [60].
Tug, use of, [407], [409], [412].
Tunnels, [41], [48-55], [102], [104], [122], [141], [142], [145], [160], [161], [317-319], [412-414], [436], [437], [439], [441].
Turner, John B., [28].
Turn-tables, [89].
Underwood, F. D., [23], [142], [143], [164].
Union line, [13].
Union Pacific Railroad, [2], [28], [31], [32], [44], [137], [139-141], [298], [357], [459].
Union Station, Cleveland, [96], [418], [419].
Union Station, Pittsburgh, [148].
Union Station, St. Louis, [88], [97], [99], [100], [106].
Union Station, Washington, [88], [100], [101], [106].
United States Express Company, [372], [373].
Utica, railroad connections of, [13], [14].
Vanderbilt, Commodore, [14], [22], [378], [379].
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, [419].
Vanderbilt, William H., [378], [379].
Vanderbilt family, the, [354], [419], [434].
Vermont Central Railroad, [123].
Vice-presidents of railroads, [156].
Voluntary Relief Department, [423-425].
Von Moltke, his reconstruction of the German army, [452].
Wabash Railroad, [26], [51], [414].
Wagner Palace Car Company, [300].
Walcott, —, builder of Springfield, Mass., bridge, [57].
Walsheart gears, [128].
Washington, George, [375].
“Washington cars,” [132], [133].
Washington, Connecticut Avenue Bridge at, [78];
Union Station at, [88], [100], [101], [106].
Water for use of railroad, [41].
Water transportation, see [Inland Water Ways].
Waterford bridge, over Hudson River, [57].
Watertown, blizzard at, [268].
Waverley, the interchange yard, [110].
Webster, Daniel, and his trip on the Erie, [23], [25].
Weehawken “bridge,” [411].
Wells, Henry, [371], [372].
Wells, Fargo & Co., [372], [373].
West Penn Road, [149].
West Point, locomotive, [9].
West Shore Railroad, [75], [151], [265], [412], [434], [435].
Western Pacific Railroad, [29], [32].
Western Railroad, [10].
Westinghouse, George, [125].
Wheeling, railroad connections of, [18], [19].
Whipple, Squire, [61], [63].
Whistle on locomotive, first use of, [26], [124].
Whitney, Asa, [29], [30].
Whitney, Silas, [6].
Whyte’s classification, [127], [128].
Wiley, Dr., [397].
Willard, Daniel, [22].
Winans, Ross, [19], [122], [124], [132], [133].
Winnipeg shops, [393].
Women, conveniences for travelling, [309].
Woodruff Company, [299], [300].
Worcester, station at, [106].
World’s Fair of 1904, St. Louis, [99].
Wrecks, railroad, [189], [194-196];
wrecking-trains for, [257-265].
Yale, the, [405], [406].
Yardmaster, duties of, [189], [190], [193], [227-229].
York, see [Arabian, locomotive].
Young Men’s Christian Association, [418], [419].
Footnote:
[1] “Our Inland Seas,” by James C. Mills, 1910.