A few hours' talk with a railroad man

Introduction

The object with which this work is presented to the pubhc is to demonstrate the practical railroad questions of the day which have become matters of public concern. The man who would really study the subject would of necessity be required to seek his material and information amongst hundreds of different arguments and reports, many of which are exceedingly able, and, I dare say, few of them easy of access, and still fewer at all complete in themselves.

The author's aim is to treat each topic in simple manner, having in mind the needs of new men who may engage in the service, and that an average man or layman can readily understand the internal affairs of a company. Let every man, therefore, avail himself of this opportunity, remembering the words of the poet,

" The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely, and that after all is but little."

The Author.

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Contents

EARLY AMERICAN RAILROAD HISTORY.

CORPORATION OF A COMPANY.

CONSTRUCTION.