Show railway F freights and charges the railways of this country iu ISOO 1890 carried A tons of freight one mile and in 1900 they carried totis one mile they charged a fraction more than nine tenths of a cent for carrying each ton a mile in 1890 and only seven and a half cents in 1900 As the ingenuity of inventors and the wise management of financiers are both constantly at work trying to reduce the cost of dr transportation the roads will vill carry more freight still in 1910 and charged charge less for it |