Poor's Manual of Railroads 1893

26th edition

Showing Their Route and Mileage; Stocks, Bonds, Debts, Cost, Traffic, Earnings, Expenses & Dividends; Their Organizations, Directors, Officers, etc. With an Appendix Containing a Full Analysis of the Debts of the United States, the Several States and the Chief Counties, Muncipalities, etc., of the Country. Also Statements of Street railway and traction companies, miscellaneous corporations, etc.

Illustrated with color & black & white maps, Lithographs, many stunning advertisements of the time.

Author: Poor, Henry

Printed: 1893 First Edition

Condition: Good + Extensively MAPPED INCLUDING 20 IN COLOR.TOTAL OF OVER 1500 PAGES REVIEWING ALL RAILROADS OPERATING IN THE U.S.BINDING TIGHT , ATTRACTIVE Edition.

Engraved title page with vignette [inserted between pp. 56-57]. Adverts illustrated with cuts. Three lithographic trade cards (Homer Lee Bank Note Company, Schellinger's Communication Ticket & Hamilton Bank Note) bound in to front matter. 20 double-page [facing] color maps of divers sections of N. America. At least a dozen b&w route maps interspersed within the main text body. Poor a noted railroad journalist & economist, who wrote much on the economic & social phenomena of the railroad [as well as the displaced canals]. The first edition of this popular 'Manual' appeared in 1868; it continued in publication until 1924. The 'Cost, Earnings' data, which was presented in the Manual through the 1900 edition, "remain among the most valuable source materials on railroad expansion and development." ever published. For today's scholar, this valuable material is supplemented by the volume's many pages of adverts, which also offer a wealth of information on the US railroad trade of the late 1800s. Adverts as eps. Thick 8vo. 9" x 6" 26th edition.

Fine reference work. Very detailed work and perfect for the researcher of the railroad industry.

This will be a fine addition to any library of serious thought.

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