CHAPTER XVIII.

Railroads Established--Engineering Progress--Steel, Iron Steamships--Horse Railroad--Kerosene Oil in Use 1830--Sewing Machines--Agricultural Implements 1831-51--Sanitary Progress--Philanthropic and Christian Progress--Higher Education--Medical Progress--Humane Care of the Insane--Sailors’ and Seamen’s Home--World’s Fairs--Religious Reciprocity--Arbitration--Numerous Inventions and Discoveries--Henry B. Plant in War and in Peace--Testimonial Presented to Mr. and Mrs. Plant on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of their Wedding.....279-306

PLANT GENEALOGY.....307-337

INDEX.....339-344

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

The author takes pleasure in acknowledging his indebtedness to many of the Southern Express and “Plant System” officials for their prompt and valuable assistance in the preparation of a biography of their able and esteemed President. Chief among those to whom thanks are due may be mentioned Messrs. A. P. C. Ryan, M. J. O’ Brien, D. F. Jack, B. W. Wrenn, and G. H. Tilley. The last named furnished not only much material in manuscript and print, but many valuable suggestions as to their use. The letter of Ex-Governor Bullock of Georgia, published in the volume reveals the noble nature which penned it, far more eloquently than any words which can be written here, and is alike honorable to its distinguished subject and its eminent author.

Acknowledgment is due also to the papers from which extracts have been taken.

THE LIFE OF HENRY BRADLEY PLANT.