“All that is required to render tho efforts of railroad companies in every respect equal to that of individuals, is a rigid system of personal accountability through every grade of service.”

— Daniel McCallum

Source: Report of the Superintendent of the New York and Erie Railroad to the Stockholders (1856), p. 59. Cited in: Vose (1857: p. 413)

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