A history of early railroad legislation in Wisconsin
By: by Balthasar Henry Meyer, PH. D.
Publisher: State historical society of Wisconsin
Published: 1898
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Wisconsin railroad history from 1836 to 1851.; title: 1. The beginning of the railroad agitation.; title: 2. Roads, canals, or railroads?; title: 3. The school fund, and the Milwaukee & Rock River Canal lands.; title: 4. Internal improvements in the constitutional conventions. State or private enterprise?; title: 5. A proposed system of internal improvements. The Chicago convention.; title: 6. Asa Whitney’s Oregon railroad.; title: 7. The element of rivalry. Summary.; title: Chapter 2: Early railroad charters, 1836 to 1853.; title: 1. What the charters contain. General provisions.; title: 2. Wherein the charters differ.; title: 3. What the charters do not contain.; title: 4. Sources of the charters.; title: Appendix.; title: Analytical digest of early Wisconsin railroad charters.