Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

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

Document type:: Monograph

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

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 TT _- 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 ?

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