Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Development of Transportation Systems in the United States: Comprising a Comprehensive Description of the Leading Features of Advancement, From the Colonial Era to the Present Time, in Water Channels, Roads, Turnpikes, Canals, Railways, Vessels, Vehicles, Cars and Locomotives; The Cost of Transportation at Various
All progressive nations, therefore, desire to secure the advantages derived from superior systems Of transportation.
In accomplishing that Object expensive and complicated labors must be performed.
This necessity arises from the fact that while transportation may be con ducted on land or water, the best results are not attainable unless large outlays are made for the improvement Of roads and water-ways.
The conditions under which the sums necessary to perfect these improve ments are procured, and the characteristics of the improvements existing at different periods and in different sections, are so diversified that grave questions have arisen in regard to the selection of methods.
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