PROPOSED NATIONAL SYSTEM OF CHEAP FREIGHT RAILWAYS. FREIGHT CAPACITY TEN-FOLD OVER THE PRESENT DOUBLE-TRACK. COST OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE REDUCED TO ONE-THIRD OF PRESENT CHARGES. LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CHEAP FREIGHT RAILWAY LEAGUE, AND OTHERS TO CITIZENS OF TEXAS.
[Washington? 1867]. 8pp, folded folio leaf. Untrimmed, lightly worn. Caption title, Good+ to Very Good. Sherwood and his National Cheap Freight Railway League seek "to lessen the cost of transportation" by breaking up "the monopoly system" and pattern of "exclusive privilege" that have oppressed small business and farmers, and by..... More