Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1915 — Rapid Railroad Development. [ARTICLE]

Rapid Railroad Development.

To show how rapidly railroads developed in the United States, in 1828 there were only,three miles; in 1830, 42 miles; tn 1840, 2,800 miles, and in 1850, 50,000 miles. The present railroad mileage in the United States is upward of 356,000 miles, or equal to several tracks around the globe, while the total mileage of the world is more than 640,000 miles, aU built in less than one hundred years. to to