Railroads 1889: Four Short Pieces

During the last half of the nineteenth century Railroads were the life blood of the nation. Here are four short pieces describing the working of the Railroads at that time. Railway management, by E P Alexander, former Confederate General and President of Several post Civil War Railroads; The Railway Mail Service, by Thomas L James, Former United States Postmaster General; The Railroad Freight Service, by Thomas Voorhees, President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad company; and Prevention of Railroad Strikes by Charles Frances Adams, former president of the Union Pacific Railroad.