Bristol
—Continued reasons for use of trains:
—Farmers – sold 3 times more vegetables. Bristol sold 1 million bushels of wheat.
—Lands along the railroad lines across in value.
—12 months carried 50,000 passengers 1860-70.
—Faster and safer way to travel
—17 mineral springs – health treatment (people visited)
—From Bristol – train carried manufactured goods: barrels,
furniture, carriages, coal, lumber, shoes.