The Crux of the Railroad Difficulty (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Crux of the Railroad DifficultyYet, railroad building has practically ceased. The year 1915 saw less new railroad con struction in this country than in any year since the Civil War, and the beginning of the year 1916 also saw less new track under way than on any New Year's Day in fifty years.That means that double tracking, sidings, etc necessary to prevent in the future such a congestion as that now prevailing, are not being built.Railroad managers are just as eager as ever to build and improve railroads, and the reason they are not embarking upon great improvement plans, is that they cannot get the money.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.