THE AMERICAN RAILWAY
Reading edition
THE LAST SPAN—READY TO JOIN.
The American Railway
ITS CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT,
MANAGEMENT, AND APPLIANCES
BY
THOMAS CURTIS CLARKETHEODORE VOORHEES
JOHN BOGARTBENJAMIN NORTON
M. N. FORNEYARTHUR T. HADLEY
E. P. ALEXANDERTHOMAS L. JAMES
H. G. PROUTCHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
HORACE PORTERB. B. ADAMS, JR.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
THOMAS M. COOLEY
CHAIRMAN OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
WITH MORE THAN 200 ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1889
Copyright, 1888, 1889, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
TROW'S PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY, NEW YORK.