Railroads 
137% 
C. Railroad mileage by states. 
Rank 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
1 
b 
J 
10 
11 
12 
Hice RaiLroaD MILEAGE 
State 
Texas 
[llinois 
Pennsylvania 
Towa 
Kansas 
Minnesota 
Ohio 
Michigan 
New York 
(Cgliforme 
*Tissour? 
Nisconsr 
Mileage 
16,085 
12,126 
{1,637 
9,807 
9,386 
3,143 
0.012 
3,888 
389 
1,268 
1703 
7.509 
Rank 
37 
38 
9 
0) 
i 
9 
‘q 
1 
0 
6 
7 
A 
3 
Low RAILROAD MILEAGE 
State 
Arizona 
New Jersey 
“Taine 
Mtah 
Massachusetts 
Wyoming 
Maryland 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
Connecticut 
Delaware 
Rhode Island 
Mileage 
2,479 
2,352 
2,269 
2,161 
2,126 
1,931 
1,440 
1,253 
1,081 
599 
335 
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1. Let each pupil choose one state from each column and explain why the 
state holds a high or a low rank in railroad mileage. The following points. 
as well as others, should be considered : 
(a) Size of state ¢.™ Number of large cities (g) Presence of trans- 
(b) Population Relief continental railways 
(c) Supply of freigh. Waterways (h) Climate 
D. Regional railroads of the United States. 
How is the relief of the land indicated by the route taken by the Southern 
Pacific Railroad from the Puget Sound cities and Portland to San Fran- 
cisco? Trace the course of the railroads in California and explain the 
routes they take from San Francisco. 
Name three commodities which the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico 
supply to the Southern Railway Company. 
3. Name five cities served by the Seaboard and Atlantic Coast lines. 
1. What line carries New England’s manufactured goods to the New York 
market ? 
Suppose all the railroad lines entering New York City were cut off. How 
soon would people be in distress for food? For what foods would they 
suffer first? 
E. 
l. 
Study of a local railroad. 
Visit a freight yard and observe a freight train. What railroads own the 
various cars? Where is each road located? From the location of the 
road and the kind of car, can you decide what commodity the car may 
have brought when it originally came to your vicinity ?