The Railway Library 1909

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Excerpt from The Railway Library, 1909: A Collection of Noteworthy Chapters, Addresses and Papers Relating to Railways, Mostly Published During the Year The Bureau's statistics of American railways for the year ending June 30, 1909, is included in the railway library because it affords the latest data not only as to the railways of the United States but for the world. Acknowledgments are made to the authors and publishers Of the various papers, and especially to the publishers of the two works from which important chapters have been extracted by their courte ous permission, as well as that of their authors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Railway Library 1910: A Collection of Noteworthy Addresses and Papers The reception accorded to the initial volume of The Railway Library for 1909 is the best warrant for the publication of its successor along the same lines. The object of the series, as it may now be safely called, is to preserve in more permanent and accessible form information of current interest regarding the railway problems liable to be lost in the exhaustlcss stream of newspaper, periodical and pamphlet publicity - in the headlines today, scattered in yesterday's wastebaskets tomorrow. Following the precedent of 1909, the Library of 1910 opens with a retrospect of American railways condensed from the sketch of the rise and progress of the Railways of the United States written by Mr. Henry V. Poor, for volume one of Poor's Manual for 1868-1869. Mr. Poor was then looking back over the first half of the history of railways on this continent. Looking forward, optimist though he was, his imagination did not quite comprehend the amazing development of the second period of two score years just ended. Supplementing Mr. Poor's sketch, in a way, is a brief account of the 75th anniversary of the first railway in Germany. Singular to relate, this railway was never extended beyond its projected three and three-quarter miles from Nurnberg to Furth, and is still an independently operated railway. With these for an historical background, the remaining papers of this issue seek to present the varied aspects of the railway situation in the United States today as reflected in the utterances of men closely identified with what they are writing or talking about. Easily of first importance in the railway history of 1910 is the finding of ex-Judge Otis, special Master in Chancery in the Minnesota Rate Case, adopted and confirmed by Judge Sanborn in April, 1911. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."