This growing sentiment finally persuaded the Legislature to charter in April, 1832, the New York and Erie Railroad Company, and to give it authority to construct a line and to regulate its own charges for transportation.
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It was a simple matter to find fault with the railroad it has always been its fate to arouse the opposition of the farmers.John Moody
Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.
John Moody
While no one railroad can completely duplicate another line, two or more may compete at particular points.
John Moody
In 1831, steam locomotives were tested, and one of them, the York, was found capable of conveying fifteen tons at the rate of fifteen miles an hour on level portions of the road.
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Times were not the best, however, and, although much traffic was developed, the immense cost of the extensions heavily burdened the Baltimore and Ohio Company, while the panic of 1857 seriously embarrassed its credit.
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The history of the Erie Railroad ever since 1901 has been a record of progress.
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