The Age of Railroads

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• The Age of Railroads

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George Pullman

• Sleeping Car
• Dining Car
• Company Town

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Time

• No standard time in U.S.
• Problem when scheduling train arrival and
  departure times.
• 1870 Professor C. F. Dowd proposed time zones
• Would benefit railroad companies and train
  travelers.

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Time Zones U. S.

• 4 originally
• 6 now

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Scandal

• Credit Mobilier construction company set up to
  steal money from the railroad stockholders.
• Involved owners of the Union Pacific railroad.

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Interstate Commerce Act

• 1887
• Goal Lower excessive rail rates
• 5-member board Interstate Commerce Commission
• 1st true government regulatory agency
• Continues to exist and regulates all interstate
  commerce