Creator
Michigan Southern Railroad
Title
Circular Statement of the Condition and Prospects of the Michigan Southern Rail-road
Coverage
New York
Publisher
Van Norden & Amerman
Date
1849
Description
This is a study of a moribund railroad. The Michigan Southern was chartered in 1830 and never was able to properly get started. After being dormant for years, outside investors saw the line and its valuable charter as a way to help build a continuous railroad between New York and Chicago. Buying up paper railroads like the Michigan Southern would become a common tactic of railroad tycoons as they built longer railroads across the country.