Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.

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.

Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.

In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat, the canal boat, and the rail car.