Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1895 — Stupendous. [ARTICLE]

Stupendous.

Very few people understand the enormous scope of the operations of a modern railway company. There are now probably nearly 900,000 perspns employed directly by the railways of the United States, and if any account te taken of the families dependent on many of these employes it will be seen that possibly 2,000,000 of the residents of this country derive their support from these companies.