SECTION A 

 MEANS OF TRAVEL 



CHAPTER XVI 

 THE LOCOMOTIVE 



1. What part do locomotives play in the life of 

 the community ? 



2. How is a locomotive constructed and how 

 does it work ? 



Travel in early days. When the white settlers first came 

 to this country, there was no need nor any means of travel 

 outside of their little village. Later, horses were brought 

 over from England, and, as different colonies were established, 

 travel by horseback became common. Still later the paths 

 were widened to roads, and the stagecoach became the 

 means of fast travel. Finally this was replaced by the 

 locomotive. 



Uses of locomotive. The locomotive plays a very im- 

 portant part in our daily life. Not only does it enable us 

 to travel quickly and comfortably from one place to another, 

 but it brings to us most of the necessities of our daily life. 

 Many of our foods are brought from long distances by means 

 of the locomotive. Oranges are brought from California, 

 early strawberries from Florida, sugar from the southern 

 states, flour from the flour mills of Minneapolis, meat from 

 the stock yards of Chicago. If we should make a complete 

 list of all the kinds of foods we eat, we should find that the 



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