An American history . THE SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION IN 1850378. THE SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION IN 1850379 380 AMERICAN HISTORY to sign a treaty. From that time forward American interestsin the Orient steadily j)rogressed. 534. Internal Commerce. This growing commerce abroadwas paralleled by growing commerce among the states them-selves. It was at this time that the short railroad lines beganto be consolidated into long through systems. In 1853ten short lines were combined to form the New York same year there was a continuous line of rails from NewYork to Chicago; in 1859, from New York
An American history . THE SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION IN 1850378. THE SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION IN 1850379 380 AMERICAN HISTORY to sign a treaty. From that time forward American interestsin the Orient steadily j)rogressed. 534. Internal Commerce. This growing commerce abroadwas paralleled by growing commerce among the states them-selves. It was at this time that the short railroad lines beganto be consolidated into long through systems. In 1853ten short lines were combined to form the New York same year there was a continuous line of rails from NewYork to Chicago; in 1859, from New York to New i860 there were 30,000 miles of railroad. 535. Land Grants. Congress began aiding the railroadswith large grants of land, the first of which was made to theIllinois Central in 1850. There was general talk of a trans-continental railway, and the War Department in 1853, whenJefferson Davis was secretary, surveyed a route. However,railways were quite different from what they are cars were small and uncomfortable. As late as i860,
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