Excerpt from The Railroad and Engineering Journal, 1889, Vol. 63 The field for future railroad investments will be in Asia and Africa, where there is plenty of room for railroads, but where their building must depend on colonization, the introduction of European ideas, the growth of commerce and many other considerations, both commercial and political. The opening for capital will be great enough. But will have too much of the element of risk to suit the many who prefer the safety of a home investment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.