Control of coastwise steamship lines, [638].—Panama Canal legislation, [641].—The probable effect of the canal upon the railroads, especially the transcontinental lines, [643].
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RAILROADS
CHAPTER I
THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES[1]
Significance of geographical factors, [1].—Toll roads before 1820, [2].—The "National pike," [3].—Canals and internal waterways before 1830, [4].—The Erie Canal, [4].—Canals in the West, [6].—First railroad construction after 1830, [7].—Early development in the South, [9].—Importance of small rivers, [10].
The decade 1840-1860, [11].—Slow railway growth, mainly in the East, [12].—Rapid expansion 1848-1857; western river traffic, [13].—Need of north and south railways, [14].—Traffic still mainly local, [15].—Effect of the Civil War, [16].—Rise of New York, [17].—Primitive methods, [17].
The decades 1870-1880, [18].—Trans-Mississippi development, [18].—Pacific Coast routes opened, [19].—Development of export trade in grain and beef, [20].—Trunk line rate wars, [21].—Improvements in operation, [23].—End of canal and river traffic, [24].
The decade 1880-1890, [27].—Phenomenal railway expansion, [28].—Transcontinental trade, [28].—Speculation rampant, [29].—Growth of western manufactures, [30].—Rise of the Gulf ports, [31].—Canadian competition, [33].—General résumé and forecast, [34].