Of the many books from which information was drawn for the preparation of this volume the author wishes to make particular acknowledgment to The Modern Railroad, by Mr. Edward Hungerford, to the article "Railway Passenger Travel," by Mr. Horace Porter, published in Scribner's Magazine, September, 1888; and to Contemporary American Biography, as well as to the many newspapers and magazines from whose files information and extracts have been freely drawn.

J. H.

Chicago, April, 1917