. New England; a human interest geographical reader. p into what were calledsnake heads. These sometimes pierced the bottomsof the cars and did great damage. When the T rail was adopted the railroad managers The Development of Travel 35 thought their troubles were at an end, and that httlefurther care of the road-bed would be necessary. Grasswas allowed to grow between the tracks, but the wheelscrushed it on the rails and made them slippery, and theroots held water and rotted the ties. So steps hadto be taken to keep the grass away from the neighbor-hood of both ties and rails. Southern New En
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. p into what were calledsnake heads. These sometimes pierced the bottomsof the cars and did great damage. When the T rail was adopted the railroad managers The Development of Travel 35 thought their troubles were at an end, and that httlefurther care of the road-bed would be necessary. Grasswas allowed to grow between the tracks, but the wheelscrushed it on the rails and made them slippery, and theroots held water and rotted the ties. So steps hadto be taken to keep the grass away from the neighbor-hood of both ties and rails. Southern New England now has more railroads thanany other section of the Union of similar size. In 1835 ^ resident of Brandon, Vermont, built anelectric motor, and with it operated a small model rail-way. Other experiments of the same sort were madelater in Europe, but not until many years had passedwas an electric railroad built for use. The first one inthe United States was constructed in 1883. Since thenthe development of electric car lines has been very 1 # t. A horse-car still used on Block Island in 1916rapid, and latterly many powerful electric engines havebeen made to take the place of steam engines on someof the great railroad systems.
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