BY M. N. FORNEY, _Author of "The Catechism of the Locomotive," Editor "Railroad and Engineering Journal," New York_. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1830--Evolution of the Car from the Conestoga Wagon--Horatio Allen's Trial Trip--The First Locomotive used in the United States--Peter Cooper's Race with a Gray Horse--The "De Witt Clinton," "Planet," and other Early Types of Locomotives--Equalizing Levers--How Steam is Made and Controlled--The Boiler, Cylinder, Injector, and Valve Gear--Regulation of the Capacity of a Locomotive to Draw--Increase in the Number of Driving Wheels--Modern Types of Locomotives--Variation in the Rate of Speed--The Appliances by which an Engine is Governed--Round-houses and Shops--Development of American Cars--An Illustration from Peter Parley--The Survival of Stage Coach Bodies--Adoption of the Rectangular Shape--The Origin of Eight-wheeled Cars--Improvement in Car Coupling--A Uniform Type Recommended--The Making of Wheels--Relative Merits of Cast and Wrought Iron, and Steel--The Allen Paper Wheel--Types of Cars, with Size, Weight, and Price--The Car-Builder's Dictionary--Statistical. RAILWAY MANAGEMENT 149 BY GEN. E. P. ALEXANDER, _President of the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia_. Relations of Railway Management to all Other Pursuits--Developed by the Necessities of a Complex Industrial Life--How a Continuous Life is Given to a Corporation--Its Artificial Memory--Main Divisions of Railway Management--The Executive and Legislative Powers--The Purchasing and Supply Departments--Importance of the Legal Department--How the Roadway is Kept in Repair--The Maintenance of Rolling Stock--Schedule-making--The Handling of Extra Trains--Duties of the Train-despatcher--Accidents in Spite of Precautions--Daily Distribution of Cars--How Business is Secured and Rates are Fixed--The Interstate Commerce Law--The Questions of "Long and Short Hauls" and "Differentials"--Classification of Freight--Regulation of Passenger-rates--Work of Soliciting Agents--The Collection of Revenue and Statistics--What is a Way-bill--How Disbursements are Made--The Social and Industrial Problem which Confronts Railway Corporations. SAFETY IN RAILROAD TRAVEL 187 BY H. G. PROUT, _Editor "Railroad Gazette," New York_.