The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific. John Moody absoluteactcongress share on social
With the reorganization of 1898 finished, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad entered a new period in its history. John Moody baltimoreenterfinish Change image and share on social
In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government. John Moody assistcivildecade Change image and share on social
The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad. John Moody agriculturalinventionlargely Change image and share on social
The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the days of the discovery of gold in California. John Moody californiaconsolidationconstruction Change image and share on social
Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history. John Moody developgreathistory Change image and share on social
The nation did not begin to realize the extraordinary possibilities of the vast Western territory until its attention was thus suddenly and definitely concentrated on the Pacific by the annual addition of over fifty million dollars to the circulating medium. John Moody additionannualattention share on social
Yet, in 1850 nearly all the railroads in the United States lay east of the Mississippi River, and all of them, even when they were physically mere extensions of one another, were separately owned and separately managed. John Moody eastextensionlie share on social
The close relationship between railroad expansion and the genera development and prosperity of the country is nowhere brought more distinctly into relief than in connection with the construction of the Pacific railroads. John Moody bringcloseconnection share on social
When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period. John Moody baltimorebarelybegin Change image and share on social
