Because the waste and improper construction also require constant repair and unnecessary maintenance costs. The low quality road, which had been perfectly demonstrated by the experience of Thomas Harris MacDonald, as chief of the Bureau of public roads. When he visited construction site, he found that there were lots of wasteful works and the bridges were more than likely wooden and not well built at all. Sometimes, company just take the highway funding for other purposes, like Boss Tweed who misappropriated public funds for his own benefits. Other companies raise the price of materials those sold to government without permission for its own
In the Saturday Evening Post in October 1956, the Interstate System is described as connecting “209 if the 237 cities having a population of 50,000 or more”, which was considered a huge success in the nation (Document D). People now would be able to escape from their cities if ever needed. Because of this, the threat of nuclear warfare didn’t seem as personal anymore, as people would have been able to get out of their homes in the case of an atomic bomb going
without having to pay out of their budgets. However,more importantly,the efficacy of the highways ultimately helped people travel to their primary activities such as going to work,medical/dental appointments,etc. The ease of traveling and mobility that the highways had to offer still affects America today. In fact,America is now more productive than it used to be for the reason being that the highways have saved many citizens so much time which allows them to do more with less costs. Another factor that had contributed to the social impact is the increase in the use of automobiles.
The Pan-American Highway Project recently unearthed a bunch of old bones, which were initially found by construction workers. The bones were turned over to scientists, who discovered that the large bones were part of the skeletons of over 40 marine animals. The bones belonged to animals like seals, aquatic sloths, and even an extinct species of sperm whales. These creatures are thought to have been killed off nearly 10,000 years ago.
The groups of people that were most changed by these new innovations were factory workers, middle-class urban residents, and midwestern farmers. There were many effects that these creations had on these groups of people. These innovations allowed travelling and the transporting of goods to be easily accomplished, made communication between others simpler and more efficient, and allowed for better and safer ways of lighting to be established. Automobiles allowed for travelling and the transporting of goods to be easily accomplished. The creation of the automobile was extremely beneficial for midwestern farmers, middle-class urban residents, and factory workers.
We would not be as advanced as we are now if this had not come about. Not everyone agreed, and some had to be unwillingly removed from areas, which could cause some controversy when it comes to how successful the railroad really was. The construction of the Transcontinental Railroad brought out the selfishness and power hungriness of the white settlers, the endurance and dedication of the Chinese and African American people, and the defense the Indians had for what they thought was
The roads of a country can be related to the veins and arteries as they allow the connection of the major organs which would be major cities and ports. Without road infrastructure, a country is considered undeveloped and poorly built. The national road, also called the Cumberland road, was a road that stretched from Vandalia, Illinois to Cumberland, Maryland. Vandalia was the capital of Illinois at the time. This road stretching from east to west not only promoted immigration but also connected the markets of the east and west.
“The government can borrow at very low rates and build highways and bridges, improve ports, clean up waterways, repair dams, extend commuter railways—in short, undertake a whole raft of public projects that enhance productivity, create jobs, and stimulate spending” (Morris 105). Charles R. Morris uses punctuation in order to create meaning to infrastructure. Informing the reader what it does in order to build America and extend the job market. This emphasis placed on the different forms of infrastructure brings the third portion of the four key parts of America's growth to the audience; “an infrastructure build” (Morris 145-146). The writer presents these topics in a chronological order that makes it easy for the reader to comprehend that oil did the exact opposite of what everyone else was expecting.
It would be harder to get from place to place if there was never the Transcontinental Railroad, which surely would have influenced the ideas of other methods of transportation, like cars and planes. One of the most important points from Document F quotes: “Had it not been for these captains of industry, the free world might have lost the First World War and most certainly have lost the second.” They changed and protected the U.S. and the right of freedom with their work, and that’s
Affected all aspects of Big business, Economy and politics significantly in size. The Aspects of Big business made it very hard in every day life. Altogether food prices, Fuel and lighting prices and the cost of living index all drastically changed over time. It made every day living a challenge. The Rail roads really started to play a gigantic role on our economy.
Not much money went into the national Treasury. Therefore, the money spent on federal projects was limited and not considerable. There was no improvement in the public goods. About the public goods, even the modern nations still have a problem with those, and that is the free-rider crisis. Similarly, the states did not want to spend their money on national treasury but still wanted to have national government funds.
The country not only experienced rapid economic and political growth, which resulted in numerous significant improvements but also drastically expanded its horizons by developing the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. This project transformed Americans lives on many levels forever. Although the final results of the completed project were fulfilling, the decision-making process was quite challenging. In 1953 Congress tried to find the best potential transcontinental railroad route among five that have been previously authorized, however, each single engineering company and the political group had their own idea which one is the best. “ The top choice
It was also important for factory owners to deliver goods to customers far away from where these goods were manufactured. One improvement they made to help transportation was making a system of roads. This made it a lot easier for travelling from state to state, and even allowed people to pass through the Appalachian Mountains to more Western states with ease. Though the system of roads helped a lot, river travel was still a lot faster. The Northern states made canals to get across the North like the canal from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
This controversy’s source was the very same railroad that impacted the West in many beneficial ways. There are always negatives and positives when a transformation occurs. The westward expansion of the transcontinental railroad is a prime example. It has impacted the land in multiple ways, and helped to form the thriving economy that makes up the area
Additionally, Moses helped connect people throughout a large area by bluing various highways in both cities and suburban areas. “the projects Robert Moses built set the pattern from imposing the automobiles on cities all over America, and fir destroying the countryside of surrounded cities… Moses’s only ideology was to get highways, bridges, and tunnels built” (Kunstler 97-98). Due to Moses’s work, different area throughout the world were connected, which benefited society. With more roads existing, people living in both rural and urban areas can be connected to one another.
