As The Contest Proceeded, Public Interest Increased

The Financial History Of The Baltimore And Ohio Since The Close Of The Nineteenth Century Is Interesting Chiefly In Connection With Changes In The Control Of The Property

Many Of The Railroad Evils Were Inherent In The Situation; They Were Explained By The Fact That Both Managers And Public Were Dealing With A New Agency Whose Laws They Did Not Completely Understand

As The Contest Proceeded, Public Interest Increased And The Entire Country Watched To See Which Company Would Win The Big Government Subsidies Through The Mountains.

The Construction Of Extensive Railways, However, And Particularly The Consolidation Of Small, Experimental Lines Into Large Systems, Dates From The Days Of The Discovery Of Gold In California

With The Reorganization Of 1898 Finished, The Baltimore And Ohio Railroad Entered A New Period In Its History.