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Rh of the preceding Congress that had passed the Act that the railroad should have $2.50 an acre for the land and $2.50 an acre only.

We have now followed the history of the company for more than a half century. We have watched it grow from the amoebaic state of the preliminary survey through all its stages, until its union with the more complete systems, becoming an indispensable part of their lines. But what next? Now has come the motor bus and the motor truck to compete for the carrying trade of this region. Pavement now extends over an extensive portion of the territory traversed by the railroad. So effective has been the competition of the busses that the railroads have been forced to curtail the number of trains run. Does it mean that the railroad is soon to become a thing of the past, now that it has extended its arms in all directions? This, time alone will tell. It may be that to the trucks will be given the short haul trade and to the railroads will go the long distance freight. But as to future developments, we can only guess; for occurrences as they actually happen, we must wait.

This bibliography does not pretend to be a complete one. To give a complete descriptive bibliography, no less than fifty pages would be required. It is merely the purpose of this bibliography to point out the main secondary works and the main source materials. Where the source material has an author the name is given. But much of this material consists of legislative acts and documents. The acts and documents run into the hundreds. For the legislative acts we merely give a blanket reference. For convenience, these acts may be most conveniently found in the transcript of evidence in the case O. and C. R. R. vs. U. S. The documentary material such