LOCOMOTION BY RIVER AND RAILWAY 



IN THE UNITED STATES. 



CHAPTEE II. 



1. Inland steam navigation. 2. Table of sea-going steam-ships. 

 3. Towing river steamers. 4. "Water goods train. 5. Commence- 

 ment of railways. 6. Average cost of construction to 1849. 

 7. Tabular statement of tlie railways to 1851. 8. Their distribution 

 and general direction. 9. New England lines. 10. New York lines. 

 11. New York and Philadelphia. 12 Pennsylvania lines. 13. Great 

 celerity of construction tabular statement. 14. Extent of lines 

 open and in progress in 1853. 15. Their distribution among the 

 States. 16. Average cost of construction. 17. Railways in central 

 States. 18. General summary. 19. Causes of the low comparative 

 cost of construction. 20. Method of crossing rivers. 21. Modes of 

 construction rails and curves. 22. Engines. 23. Greater solidity 

 of construction recently practised. 24. Railway carriages. 25. Ex- 

 pedient for passing curves. 



1. NOTWITHSTANDING the facilities for coast navigation which 

 are offered along the Atlantic shores from New York southwards, 

 successful efforts have been directed to establish a parallel inland 

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