. History of the Old Colony Railroad : a complete history of the Old Colony Railroad from 1844 to the present time in two parts . mrm. INTRODUCTION. In preparing this History of the Old Colony Railroad thepublishers are not unmindful of the fact that some of the details willappear dry and uninteresting to the general reader; but to thosewho will carefully peruse its pages and minutely analyze the reportsas presented from year to year, much will be found that will prove ofinterest as well as be instructive on the subject of railway develop-ment in New England. The growth of the Old Colony syste
. History of the Old Colony Railroad : a complete history of the Old Colony Railroad from 1844 to the present time in two parts . mrm. INTRODUCTION. In preparing this History of the Old Colony Railroad thepublishers are not unmindful of the fact that some of the details willappear dry and uninteresting to the general reader; but to thosewho will carefully peruse its pages and minutely analyze the reportsas presented from year to year, much will be found that will prove ofinterest as well as be instructive on the subject of railway develop-ment in New England. The growth of the Old Colony system presents one phase whichis just now of peculiar interest, and which many suppose is a modernfeature of railroad management—that of Consolidation. The OldColony has gained nearly the whole of its present mileage throughthis process, as will be seen elsewhere in this work, and neverin its long and honorable history has this been in a single instancethe result of selfish interests or a desire to crush out sparsely settled districts many lines were early established which,left to themselves, would have died the na
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