| A | B |
|---|
| rebate | discounts given to larger customers, to discourage them from patronizing the competition |
| network | system of connected lines |
| consolidate | combine. Take smaller ones to make a larger whole |
| pool | a group of like companies agree to divide up the businesses in an area, to keep prices high |
| gauge | widths of rail |
| Vanderbilts | Family that had railroad empire |
| George Westinghouse | air brake |
| George Pullman | built better passenger cars for the railroads |
| Populist Party | tried to get government to take over railroads |
