Railways and Other Ways (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Railways and Other Ways<br><br>In Canada and the United States the railroad is of greater value even than in England; it is there regarded as the pioneer of colonization and instrumental in Opening up new and fertile territories of vast extent - the food-grounds of future nations. - Dr. Samuel Smiles'' Life of George Stephenson.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.