Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-28
Editors Table

a Short History of American
Railways" covering ten decades, by
Slason Thompson; with 400 il
Illustrations including frontpiece
copy of painting of George Stephen
son U7S1-1S4S), inventor and first
practical demonstration OF steam
locomotives.
"One hundred years ago there
was not mile of railroad track on
this continent and little more on
any other continent, for that mat
ter. Now there are over 100000
lies Of track in the United States
alone"
This statement by the author of
the new addition to the railway
library Of the country. calls to mind
that the iron horse" is a compara-
lively recent invention even al
though the automobile and the air.
plane are more in the limelight as
modern means of transportation.
The trials and accomplishments
of those men who late in the 18th
century and early in the 10th
application of steam to locomotion,
The work OF James Watt, Robert
Fulton. father of steamboat naviga-
tion in the United States. Richard
Trevithick, inventor of the first
locomotive, and other men, is de-
scribed at some length.
The titles of the following chap
ters will give an idea of the broad
scope of the book: Birth of New
Power; BEFORE the Iron Horse
Came; "The Genesis Of Railways in
America: Pushing Across the
Alleghenies": "On to the 1Iissis-
sippi''; THE Railways Save the
Union; "On to the Pacific Coast:
How Regulation Came About;
Rebates Abolished": "Construction
Slowed Up; Experiment in State
Operation; Emerging from the
War Cloud; "The Railway Door Of
Opportunity: Men at the Helm.
An especially interesting portion
of the volume is devoted to the de-
velopment of the air brake from the
hand brake Of the early days; and
to the inventions made by George
Westinghouse. the perfector Of the
train air brake.
This volume covering a century Of
time and an eXhaustless field of
cumulative fact. will be read with
interest by thousands all over the
country.
Author. Slason Thompson, 1894
First National Bank Building, Chi
cago. Ill. Published by Bureau of
Railway News and Statistics, Chi.
cago.
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