Distinguished men of Baltimore and of Maryland . HI-; iiKiiiiiiticcnt coni-aiic l)i-(i;i<l xisiitii and sdiuid jiuljiuiuul withwhich the ]iiiMic s|iiriic(l citizens of JlalTiiiiorf iindeitook the con-stiucliim of a railroad from tlie Iatapsco to the Ohio Kiver arciictiected ill ilie i;ieat lialliinore and (»lno System of railroad Hueswliicli HOW sii]i]iuris the City ami Ioit of Baltimore that gave its ooOO miles of lines, l.^OI) modiMii iiowciful locomotives and 100,-000 freight cars, there is indeed a contrast w liicli ihc Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road Company of today presents
Distinguished men of Baltimore and of Maryland . HI-; iiKiiiiiiticcnt coni-aiic l)i-(i;i<l xisiitii and sdiuid jiuljiuiuul withwhich the ]iiiMic s|iiriic(l citizens of JlalTiiiiorf iindeitook the con-stiucliim of a railroad from tlie Iatapsco to the Ohio Kiver arciictiected ill ilie i;ieat lialliinore and (»lno System of railroad Hueswliicli HOW sii]i]iuris the City ami Ioit of Baltimore that gave its ooOO miles of lines, l.^OI) modiMii iiowciful locomotives and 100,-000 freight cars, there is indeed a contrast w liicli ihc Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road Company of today presents with the little railroad which in IsiT wasbegnu to connect lialtimore with the teri-itory west of the Allc^lifny ^I( (;ENt:i:Ai. urrnjE ;. i;, Jrom the inception of this railroad, which at the end of the tirst year hadbeen extended, a distance of 1.! miles to l^Uicotts Mills, Maryland, has grownone of the leading trunk line systems of transportation iu the world, reachingpractically every industrial center iu the Middle Atlantic States between theAtlantic Seaboard at Ualtimore, Philadelphia and Xew York and the GreatLakes and Mississi](]ii IJixcr at Chicago and St. Louis, respectively. The local railroad comjiauy also established the commercial supremacyof Baltimore as a trade center, with its vast facilities for handling home com-merce as well as and impoit trade. One of the most striking examplesof this is the fact that last year Baltimore attained the distinction of beingthe second largest grain ]iort of tiie nation, there having been 42,o:jO,3K>bushels of grain haudled at the ]>ort of Baltimore during 1012. A volume devoted to the development of the State of Maryl
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