Excerpt from History of the Express Business: Including the Origin of the Railway System in America, and the Relation of Both to the Increase of New Settlements and the Prosperity of Cities in the United StatesN 0 one, not entirely familiar with the constant growth and daily extending operations of the Express service, can have any adequate conception of their magnitude and importance. Nor is it extravagant to assert, that of the employees daily manipulating express freight, or recording its transit and foot ings, not one in a hundred comprehends its vastness and the marvelous perfection of its system. Its life, as an institution, is identified with the growth and prosperity of every State and territory in our land.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.