ICES adjunct scientist Mike Conlon appointed ICES North site director. ICES North is in development in Sudbury at Health Sciences North Research Institute and will be launched in late 2017.
Although Illinois could not boast having the first steam-powered railroad in the United States or the Midwest (Maryland in 1828 and Ohio in 1836 claimed those honors), residents could brag of being the home state for some of the earliest American carriers.
Adamson Act. Established 8-hour workdays and overtime-pay guidelines for railway workers; passed in 1916 partially because of appeals by President Wilson; railway unions were threatening to strike, which he feared would hurt the economy and create domestic conflict as America was entering the war.