The Hudson River Tunnel project is part of the Gateway Program, a series of strategic infrastructure investments designed to improve rail service in New York and New Jersey.
The Interstate Commerce Commission was the first regulatory commission in U.S. history and was established due to mounting public indignation in the 1880s against railroad malpractices and abuses.
William Sutton and Emil Alexander established the Laclede Car Company, a short-lived manufacturer of electric streetcars, in 1883 in St. Louis, Missouri.
