Author: Mass. Board Of Railroad Commissioners

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-25

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 9781330380499

Excerpt from Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners: January, 1878 The Railroad Commissioners respectfully submit their Ninth Annual Report. Railroad Construction. In the last (eight) report of this Board attention was called to the fact, that for the first time since the work of building railroads in Massachusetts began, in 1835, it had during the year for which that report was made (1875-6) practically ceased. No new enterprise had been completed during the year, and the average annual construction of 50 miles during the forty previous years had fallen during that year to only 20 miles. The same condition of affairs as respects new construction which prevailed in 1875-6 continued in an even more marked degree throughout 1876-7. But 17.250 miles of new road in all were built, of which only 6.620 miles were of the standard (4 feet 81⁄2 inches) gauge, while 10.630 miles were of the narrow gauges. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.