An edition of A history of early railroad legislation in Wisconsin
(1898)
A history of early railroad legislation in Wisconsin
by Balthasar Henry Meyer
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This paper was originally the first two chapters of a doctoral dissertation at the University of Wisconsin.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Wisconsin railroad history from 1836 to 1851.
1. The beginning of the railroad agitation.
2. Roads, canals, or railroads?
3. The school fund, and the Milwaukee & Rock River Canal lands.
4. Internal improvements in the constitutional conventions. State or private enterprise?
5. A proposed system of internal improvements. The Chicago convention.
6. Asa Whitney’s Oregon railroad.
7. The element of rivalry. Summary.
Chapter 2: Early railroad charters, 1836 to 1853.
1. What the charters contain. General provisions.
2. Wherein the charters differ.
3. What the charters do not contain.
4. Sources of the charters.
Appendix.
Analytical digest of early Wisconsin railroad charters.
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