Railroad Employment and Support

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Aug 14, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 31.

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Railroad Employment and Support

Few people are aware of how important an interest the network of railways has become, and how much it takes to keep them in running order as the annexed figures will show. Four hundred thousand persons are employed on the railroads in this country, 2,000,000 depend upon them for immediate support, and $400,000,000 are annually paid to employers and persons furnishing supplies.