RAILROADS 99
Origin and Early Development. Optimism of Promoters. Early
Locomotives. First Chartered Railroad -- Charleston and
Hamburg, First Passenger Car on Baltimore and Ohio, New
York Central, Camden and Amboy, New England Roads, West of
Alleghanies, in the South. Rapid Growth in Railway Mileage.
Call for Government Aid. Land Grants. Pacific Roads --
Congressional Discussion, Compromise Bills, Construction of
Pacific Roads, Crédit Mobilier. Era of Railway Consolidation --
Typical Consolidations, Methods of Consolidating. Mechanical
Development: Rails, Freight Cars, Locomotives, Gauge,
Telegraph, Signals. The Evolution of the Sleeping Car. Street
Car Service. Electric Traction -- Origin, Development.