Show First Roads Roads' I I There probably will bo be nil all sorts or ot ori i rivalries and ond disputes In the near fui future fu- fu i t ture hire over the question of ot precedence t among American railroads just as asi i there were n few years ago over the date and Identity of ot the first steam stam steamboat boat It seems scents not unlikely that the honor rumor will have to be ld distributed dis according to the Interpretation tree tion of the terra tense The first road roRd on vehicles ran on rails was per per- haps hap that en on Beacon bill hill In Dost Boston n. n 1807 1801 The first road to employ steam power power- St seems to have been heen the 7 mile 27 stretch built by hy the Delaware R Hudson Canal company In 18 1827 1 from front le t t. t Pa ra TIle The first road to carry passengers was the Baltimore Ss Ohio which in May O. O bt began gan running from Baltimore Bal Dol- to Ellicott's mill 15 miles by horse hor bor e power er New New ew York YOlk Herald herald- Tribune |