ILLINOIS HISTORIBAI SURVEY i s p r e s e n t e d b y — Fe R ailwa S stem M obile O hio T he T he Atchison , Topeka and Santa y y Gulf, and Railroad Alton Route I l l l T he Balt imore and Ohio Railroad Company l inois Centra Rai road Lake min ilr T he Boston and M aine Railroad Superior Ishpe g Ra oad Company l lr B urlington Lines M aine Centra Rai oad Company a ea o hs S l 140 1 1 5 i w T he Chesapeake and Ohio Rail way Company p 5 Ra l ay ll h o n n ahela I i ail way mpa Chicago Eastern I llinois Railroad e é Co ny Eew éorfi é l s stem o uv entra y r a Wes z d — N T he N ew ickel Plate Road York , Chicago And St . Louis 212 222 2 g filino is dfiiglafid Rsi vay Co m panv Ra i lroad Company o i ll a lw m — Chicago , Indianapolis L u svi e R i ay Co pany M onon Norfolk Southern R ailw av Company i i l PaC i fi c il ‘ lw . Ch cago , M aukee, St Pau and Ra road Company Northern Pact fi C Rail way Co m pany Chicago And North Western Rail way System Pennsylvania Railroad T he m i ai w Colorado W yo ng R l ay Company T he Pittsburgh West V irginia Rail way Company R i i Denver and o Grande Western Ra lroad T he P ul lman Company I i w m Duluth . M issabe and ron Range Ra l ay Co pany Rock Island Lines E E w S lgin , Joliet and astern Rail ay Company oo Line E w rie Railroad Spokane , Portland And Seattle Rail ay Company Grand Trunk Railway System T he Texas M exican Rail way Company Great Northern Ra il w ay Company Union Paci fi c Railroad Green Bay 8: Western Lines Wabash Railroad Company O F F I C E R S Pres id en t LO LENO X R . H R President M useum of Science and I ndustry Vice - Presid ent T reasu rer Secretar y L A M WA E A . H T O . M . A MPB ELL L . W L O R . I I S YN J NS N G C - P . E A nd P . R President, Chicago resident I ll ino is Central Vice res and xec . epresentat ive North Western R ailw ay System R ailroad T he B altimore and O hio R ailr o ad Company D I R E C T O R S W “ i n . n M C R T H n . i 2 CA Y sid G F ASHBY , Pres de t J DA V IN . Pres de t , Pre e t U fi ai —T he New R io nion Paci c R lroad Nickel Plate Road York , Denver and Grande Western S t . A i n Chicago And Louis Railroad U . RTH R K ATKINSON . Pres de t Railroad Company E M cG EE id n Wabash Railroad Company H . , Pres e t V - . i sid n S A DOBBS . ce Pre e t r a 8: st r Li s E i n G een B y We e n ne JO HN W . BARRIG R , Pres de t ulf . bil a d hi ailr ad G M o e n O o R o V ~ . C EE . ic Presid ent o s J L . M K e Chicago , Indianapolis L ui ville — T he Alton Ro ute w — N e w rk tral S st m Rail ay Company M onon . Yo Cen y e I . i . D FA RRINGTON Pres dent E i n F . L . S H . r s d t E E i n ‘ C RAD R P e e T . D . B V N , Pres de t Rock Island Line w E Chicago 8. Illinois M idland Rail ay lgin , Joliet and ' - E. EEL H T i i . C . V c r s d t East r ail w a mpa y P e P e en Company e n R y Co n s lva ia ailr ad Penn y n R o i - M r. G en. i n C . A . SKOG , V ce Pres and g R . J . BOW M AN . Pres de t E . E id n S FR NCH . Pres e t w T he w Grand Trunk Rail a y System Chesapeake and Ohio Rail ay T h e Boston and M aine Railroad VE Company A . SY RSON , E i n - CHAR L S J . GRA HA M . Pres de t V ic r sid nt a d n ral M ana r i n e P e e n Ge e g e HN . U . r s d t ' JO M B DD P e e T he Pittsburgh 8 West V irginia Lak Sup ri r Ishp mi g hicag East r I lli is ailr ad e e o e n C o e n no R o Rail w ay Company Railroad Company U i n R LEY i n E. G L RALPH B DD , Pres de t G . Pres de t E id n P . H . V A N HO V N . Pres e t u T he F rli gt Li s . e B n on ne Atchison Topeka and Santa M is abe Duluth , and Iron Range i w m i nt Ra l ay Syste w m . U C H B FORD , Pres de Rail ay Co pany d w l . i . H IN r s t Chicago M il aukee . St Pau and C R A RD G P e en i n R . L . WILLIA M S . Pres de t fi il a T he ullma mpa Paci c Ra road Comp ny P n Co ny Chicago And North Western Rail w ay E . i n B U R T N ES S id n N HNS N . r s d t S st m . WAY A JO TO P e e y e H W , Pres e t w Ill i is Ce nt ral ailr ad hicag r at st r ail ay no R o E i - id n C o G e We e n R WARD WIR . V ce Pres e t . E E , i n T he w E i - D L K IS R Pres de t Colorado Wyoming Rail ay G . M . CA M PB LL . V ce Pres . T he w n R n a i Texas M exican Rail ay Company mpa a d Exec . eprese t t v e Co ny T he l E W ‘ i E X . d O DR I T n i . O U d Baltimore and Ohio Rai road L NO R LOHR , Pres ent R , Pres e t Co mpany M useum o f Science and Industry Erie Railroad S T A F F ’ E . M acMA S T ER E O fi cer E o f . E DANI L M , xecutive CLYD W D M ONDSON , Sup t Operations ' M L . i o f E PA L M ASS M ANN , D rector xhibits M Eno ineer . BLACK . Field E i P . a f M ILTON K RR , Fin ncial Of cer ’ E E o f . U DO X l JA M S A DO GH RTY , Ass t Coordinator Publicity T E . l S M ORRIS , Lega Counse ’ E E K E t o o f D R E BR WST R STIC N Y , Ass t Coordinator Publicity FR E E I CK . o f J ASHL Y, Coordinator Publicity ’ E i o f a E R U E to l fi JOHN A . R ILLY , D rector Speci l vents CA L D D , Ass t Financia Of cer w i . EW ep cs of America are as stirring as the story for years to come Just a century ago this year , hen I n was but of its railroads . the unfold ing at Chicago this little Chicago a muddy frontier outpost , a y ear of the centenn ial Railroad Fai r the history handful of its citiz ens dared risk their reputations of the nation itself is to great degree reenacted in all and fortunes on a faith in the promising i ron horse of its colorful glamor . the rails . The settling and development of the world ’ s most A t that time Ch icago h ad little reason for opti w in w z . prosperous continent , the gro th of agriculture , mism . Surroun ding s amps limited its hori on Plank ’ d ustry and the sciences beyond man s widest imagina roads built out to the plains offered little hope of w new a . M tion , the con q uest of one peak after nother in greatly expanding commerce any of the to nsfolk , O w h uman pportunity , practically all the basic factors as a conseq uence, ere genuinely pessimistic over the ’ ’ B ut w new . in the country s meteoric economy , are brought to chances for the railroad s success hen on ’ - . O 2 5 1 848 fi gether in one convincing presentation No industry ctober , , Chicago s rst steam railroad loco — has ever gone to such extremes in demonstration of motive the tiny Pioneer of the ne w Galena an d Chi — their vital part in the daily life of America as the cago Un ion R ailroad successfully puff ed its way five - w new was en railroads in this mile long exposition on the shores of miles est and b ack , a ray of hope Lake M ichigan .