. Book of the Royal blue . i 3WMT 41* , * _7Ll_ FAC-SIMILE OF BADGE WOEN IN THE GREAT CELEBRATIONON .lll V 1 182S AT BALTIMORE. the only surviving signer of the Declara-tion of Independence at that time, castthe first spadeful of dirt for the begin-ning of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroadon July 4, 1828, he said, I consider thisamong the important acts of my life,second only to that of signing theDeclaration of Independence, if secondto that. The history of this great AmericanPioneer which has just passed its threescore years and ten, reads like a story ofJules Vernes as to matters of wonderfulpr
. Book of the Royal blue . i 3WMT 41* , * _7Ll_ FAC-SIMILE OF BADGE WOEN IN THE GREAT CELEBRATIONON .lll V 1 182S AT BALTIMORE. the only surviving signer of the Declara-tion of Independence at that time, castthe first spadeful of dirt for the begin-ning of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroadon July 4, 1828, he said, I consider thisamong the important acts of my life,second only to that of signing theDeclaration of Independence, if secondto that. The history of this great AmericanPioneer which has just passed its threescore years and ten, reads like a story ofJules Vernes as to matters of wonderfulproductions and inventions, continuingin advance with new ideas, inventionsand progressive ability. Opening the books of history from1827 until 1897, we find THE PIONEER ROYAL BLUE TRAIN IX Ml ROYAL STATION BALTIMORI HAtlLED BY ONE FAMOl N rO ELECTRH ENGINES l HI Mi (SI PI IV, I 1:1 Hi ITIV1 1 \ 1 in IVOR] // was the first :— To obtain a charter, February 27,1827, an instrument that lias been amodel for succeeding railroad corpora-tions. To select a Board of Directors,April 2;, 1827, of which Charles Carrollof Carrollton was a member. To lav the first railroad track, onJuly 4, 18 To utilize locomotive power : PeterCooper having placed the first locomo-tive ever built in America upon the road. To attempt the penetration of theAlleghany Mountains and span thechasms of its rivers. To issue a time table notifying thepeople when to be at the stations. To successfully employ electricityas a motive power, thus demonstratingto the world the entire feasibility of this subtle and powerful agency in trans-portation, either for tonnage or speed. It is .— ■The only existing railway corpora-tion which bears without change itsoriginal charter name. • The Bal
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