. Outing. BUILDING COUNTRY BY EDWARD PEN your atlas andstudy the maps of thecountry west of theMississippi, noticingcarefully the gridironof railroads that hasspread itself over theface of the land all the way to the Pa-cific. Hunt out any map of that coun-try ten years or more old. See the fewsparse transcontinental finding theirweary way across the plains and overthe mountains, to the Coast. Dig intostatistics. See how old towns havegrown and new towns have come intobeing. When you have done that you willbe prepared to give the railroads fullcredit for the great work that they havedone in th
. Outing. BUILDING COUNTRY BY EDWARD PEN your atlas andstudy the maps of thecountry west of theMississippi, noticingcarefully the gridironof railroads that hasspread itself over theface of the land all the way to the Pa-cific. Hunt out any map of that coun-try ten years or more old. See the fewsparse transcontinental finding theirweary way across the plains and overthe mountains, to the Coast. Dig intostatistics. See how old towns havegrown and new towns have come intobeing. When you have done that you willbe prepared to give the railroads fullcredit for the great work that they havedone in the creation of this new terri-tory. For it is these carriers, inspiredpossibly with no greater ambition thanthe making of new traffic for themselves,that have built up these new districtsand have created new communities invirgin territory. A single railroad—the Rock Island—reports that within three years it haslocated 2,054 industries, representing atotal estimated investment of $31,900,-OOO, and coveri
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