Excerpt from History of the Express Companies: And the Origin of American Railroads, Together With Some Reminiscences of the Latter Days of the Mail Coach and Baggage Wagon Business in the United StatesMere executive men could never have brought the business to the prominent and in¿uential posi tion which it now holds in every considerable com munity. Fortunately for its early success, it was not retarded by falling into the hands of persons competent only to run of errands and deliver par cels. Mind, as well as muscle - mental sagacity, as Well as physical energy, were demanded for its development.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.