An American history . ocess of iron smelting in 1836 foreshadowed this mighty age of steel which has superseded our fathers age of wood. The appliance of the screw propeller to ocean steamers in 1838 opened the way for the Mauretania. And, chief of all, the appearance in 1830 of a steam locomotive 290 National versics Sectional Interests on the new twenty-three-mile track of the Baltimore and Ohiorailway gave promise of the network of nearly 250,000 miles ofrailroad track which covers our country to-day, bringing thePacific coast within four days of New York City. It is an inter-esting coincid
An American history . ocess of iron smelting in 1836 foreshadowed this mighty age of steel which has superseded our fathers age of wood. The appliance of the screw propeller to ocean steamers in 1838 opened the way for the Mauretania. And, chief of all, the appearance in 1830 of a steam locomotive 290 National versics Sectional Interests on the new twenty-three-mile track of the Baltimore and Ohiorailway gave promise of the network of nearly 250,000 miles ofrailroad track which covers our country to-day, bringing thePacific coast within four days of New York City. It is an inter-esting coincidence that while the steam locomotive was beingtested and its advocates were laboring to overcome the foolishprejudices against its adoption,^ statesmen in Congress wereridiculing the idea of our taking any interest in the Oregonregion beyond the Rockies, on the ground that it would take arepresentative from that country a year to make the journey toWashington and back. 415. Effect ofthe railroadson economicdevelopment. A Railroad Train of 1830 compared with a Modern Locomotive By the end of the decade the twenty-three miles of railroadhad increased almost a hundredfold, and steam trains wererunning in all the Atlantic States from New York to improvement in transportation over wagon and canalstimulated business in every direction. The demand for theproducts of American farms and factories increased with theextension of the means of transportation. As the volume offreight traffic grew, cities began to develop rapidly at certaindistributing or terminal points. Large sums of money wereconcentrated in these cities in business schemes, or invested inthe stocks and bonds of the new railroads. With the gathering 1 The locomotive, it was said, would spoil the farms by its soot, and ignitebarns and dwellings by its sparks. Its noise would frighten the animals so thathens would not lay and cows would refuse to give their milk. The Reign of Andrew Jackson 291 of population and
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