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RAILROADS

147. Dunn, Samuel Orace. CURRENT RAILWAY PROBLEMS.
[New York]: Railway Age Gazette, 1911. 85 pp.

First edition. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy of this charming work with tipped in 'publishers compliments' slip. "The articles collected in this book by the Railway Age Gazette were written by its western editorial manager." Contents include: Valuation of Railways, with Especial Reference to the Physical Valuation in Minnesota. This essay and "Shall Railway Profits be Limited" are reprinted from the Journal of Political Economy.
$ 35.00

R 148. Harrison, Fairfax. THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.
[Washington, D.C.? : Southern Railway Co.?, 1914.] 7 pp.

An Address Before the Chamber of Commerce, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, January 20, 1914. First edition. Original printed wrappers, slightly chipped along bachstrip. A very good copy. Fairfax Harrison was President, Southern Railway Company. HAYNES 7887.
$ 85.00

149. Hayward, J. T. K. REPORT OF A SURVEY AND ESTIMATE OF THE HANNIBAL & SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
Hannibal, Mo.: Hannibal Printing Co., 1882. 14 pp.

First edition. Original printed wrappers. Library of Congress duplicate. The scarce first report. On the title page in manuscript, possibly in the author's hand: "Made before the re-survey which will materially improve the report." The proposed line would have run from Hannibal to Kansas City, crossing the Missouri River at Arrow Rock.
$ 85.00

150. Memphis and St. Louis Railroad Company. REPORT OF SURVEYS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE LINE OF THE PROPOSED MEMPHIS AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD.
THE OBJECT BEING TO SECURE THE JOINT ADVANTAGES OF A PROTECTION LEVEE AND RAILROAD. Memphis, 1872. 23 pp.

First edition. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy. Contains the report of the Chief Enginer, J. B. Bausman, who surveyed the line. It was to extend from Hoefield, Arkansas to the south boundary of the State of Missouri. Allen: TENNESSEE IMPRINTS, 7806
$ 75.00

151. Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell. AN AMERICAN STATE-OWNED RAILROAD: THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC.
np, 1906. [259]-282 pp.

First separate edition. Reprinted from the Yale Review Vol. XV, No. 3, November, 1906. Original printed wrappers. A very scarce author's offprint. The Western and Atlantic Railroad was founded on December 21, 1836 as the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia. The line still runs from Atlanta to Chattanooga, and is leased by CSX Transportation. The line was made famous because of the Andrews Raid (commonly referred to as the Great Locomotive Chase), which took place on the W&A during the Civil War on the morning of April 12, 1862.
$ 85.00

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