Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217337

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Author:: Huntington, Ellsworth http://d-nb.info/gnd/117070092; Cushing, Sumner W.

Title:: Modern business geography

Place of publication:: New York [usw.]

Publisher:: World Book Company

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: VIII, 352 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part two. The field of transportation

Collection:: Economics Books

186 Modern Business Geography Fig. 134. Showing how the main railwav lines of North America are related to the relief of the rontinent a. Name four transcontinental lines that connect the eastern half of the country with the cities on the western coast. In what cities does each line terminate? With what main eastern railroads does it connect? Choose any one of the four lines and tell what states you would cross on your way to the Pacific coast. Describe the changes in scenery as you would view them from your car window. What differences would you notice in the occupations of the people from state to state? Compare the routes of the two main lines that compete for the trade be- tween our two largest cities. Which of these lines departs farther from a straight course? Why? What sort of relief is found along the shorter road? The shorter road has a local advantage that reduces its cost of operation and thus helps to make the expenses between New York and Chicago about the same as on the longer but more level route. What is ity A 0 From time tables of the New York Central and Pennsylvania lines, list the large cities on each line between New York and Chicago. and find out how they compare in number and size.

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