contacts would help almost anyone to recognize and analyze the broad issues of the day. Ten years of correspondence between James Buchanan and Harriet Lane, from 1847 to 1857, clearly indicate a mutual respect and admiration of each for the other. In such an atmosphere advice �is sought, given, and

" l James Buchanan, Big Wheel of the Railroads BY OLIVER S. SPROUT While much has been written concerning the early development of our railroads; two local men appear as having been slighted in the roles they filled as railroad builders. Their advancement of land transport techniques would have

Foltz, at the birth place of her uncle, Presi- dent Buchanan, and erecting a suitable monument to the memory of her distinguished relative." The Journalcontinued, "Owing to some difficulty as to acquiring title to the ground her laudable intention was, very unfortunately, never carried out." A letter

characteristic which appears to have stuck with him throughout his life. He jumped into things with both feet. He was only twenty years old and writing his first letter to the then U. S. Senator James Buchanan. But that did not stop Forney from recommending another young man for a position. The letter also would