Contents: Mechanical and Business Problems --- Early Pressure of Production Upon Transportation --- The Railroad Track --- Need of the Locomotive --- First American Locomotive --- Early Railroads and Locomotive Building --- Early Freight Rates --- Rails and Roadbed --- Improvements in the Engine --- Steel Rails --- Consolidation and Extension of Railroads --- Economics of the Gauge --- Rates in Recent Years --- Expansion and Progress --- Roads and Canals --- Immigration --- Increase of Population, Agriculture, and Railroad Mileage --- Long-Distance Transportation --- Development West and Southwest --- Freight and Passenger Rates