Owners. Wagons. Men. Oxen. Horses. Mules. Lbs. Mdse. Radford, Cabot & Co. 32 40 480 8 12 181,587 John M. Hockady & Co. 10 20 80 23,000 Dyer, Mason & Co. 60 70 720 5 21 315,000 S. G. Mason & Co. 27 35 350 3 6 149,000 Radford, Cabot & Co. 38 43 460 13 198,500 John M. Hockady & Co. 10 18 85 21,000 C. C. Branham 28 36 380 12 6 145,500 C. A. Perry & Co. 91 123 1,080 7 18 500,501 R. H. Dyer & Co. 38 70 456 4 7 212,800 F. J. Marshall 20 25 280 1 3 120,000 Irvin & Young 32 40 384 1 7 160,000 Livingston, Kinkead & Co. 52 59 624 2 12 234,017 J. M. Guthrie & Co. 50 60 700 3 8 252,000 Curtas Clayton 12 25 380 1 12 66,000 Reynald & McDonald 9 15 163 2 6 49,000 C. Martin 7 12 84 6 1 35,000 Livingston, Kinkead & Co. 40 50 5 325 159,400 Hord & Smith 10 15 2 85 37,400 Bisonette & Lazinette 13 20 156 6 67,600 Ballord & Moralle 9 13 108 3 45,000 R. H. Dyer & Co. 13 20 158 2 68,100 John M. Hockady & Co. 57 60 6 312 204,000 Geo. Chorpoening 12 20 80 21,000 Hockady, Burr & Co. 105 225 1,000 50 200 465,500 ——— ————— ————— ——— ————— ————————— 776 1,114 7,963 142 1,286 3,730,905 CHAPTER XI. RAILROADS. EARLY RAILROAD AGITATION—THE FIRST RAILROAD—CELEBRATING THE ADVENT OF THE RAILROAD—OTHER ROADS CONSTRUCTED—THE SANTA FE—THE ATCHISON & NEBRASKA CITY—THE KANSAS CITY, LEAVENWORTH & ATCHISON—THE ROCK ISLAND—THE HANNIBAL & ST. JOSEPH—THE FIRST TELEGRAPH—MODERN TRANSPORTATION.