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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Pennsylvania. (search)
nflict. The companies which controlled the former had different schedules of rates, and in consequence of the interruption of travel over the great commercial highway they were crowded with the produce of the Western States, which had no other outlet. A paramount interest demanded that the independence of the companies, as well as the convenience of travellers and trade, should be made subservient to the necessities of the war. Congress understood this, and by a law enacted on the 31st of January, 1862, it authorized the President to seize upon railroads, and to use them for military purposes, whenever he deemed it necessary. But the patriotism of the railroad officials rendered this extreme measure useless. A few months later they entered into an agreement with the Secretary of War, establishing a uniform schedule of prices for the transportation of soldiers on the basis of two cents per mile for each man; afterward their resources were placed at the service of the government wit