They became large purchasers of steel rails and their influence in this direction extended far beyond the Pennsylvania Railroad.

他们成为钢轨的大买家， 他们在这方面的影响远远超出了宾夕法尼亚铁路。

In the minds of these men politics was necessarily as much a part of their business as trolley poles and steel rails.

在这些人的心目中，政治就像电杆和钢轨一样，必然是他们业务的一部分。

American railroads purchased their first steel rails in England, and the early American steel makers went to Sheffield for their expert workmen.

美国铁路公司在英格兰购买了他们的第一条钢轨， 早期的美国钢铁制造商前往谢菲尔德聘请他们的专业工人。

Ore which had been lying in the wilds of Minnesota on Monday morning was thus brought to Pittsburgh and made into steel rails or bridges or structural shapes by Saturday night.

星期一早上一直躺在明尼苏达州荒野中的矿石就这样被运到匹兹堡，并在星期六晚上被制成钢轨或桥梁或结构形状。

Here is a riddle. See if you can guess it. When the Pennsylvania Railroad needed steel rails, where do you suppose J. Edgar Thomson bought them? ... From Sears, Roebuck? No. No. You're wrong. Guess again.

当费城铁路公司需要钢材的时候，J。埃德加·汤姆森会上哪儿购买呢？ 西尔斯公司？罗比克公司？ 不， 不， 猜错了。 你再猜猜看。

American steel makers also had scrap heaps whose size astounded the foreign observers; they never hesitated to discard the most expensive plants if by so doing they could reduce the cost of steel rails by a dollar a ton.

美国钢铁制造商也有废料堆，其规模令外国观察家大吃一惊。他们毫不犹豫地丢弃最昂贵的设备，如果这样做可以将每吨钢轨的成本降低一美元。