From: csr684@NOTyahoo.com   
      
   pedro1492@lycos.com wrote:   
   > The 1889-90 flu pandemic was the first pandemic to spread around the   
   > world, thanks to railway and steamships. Were automobiles just for   
   > the rich elite way back then?   
      
   Yes, although there were many different automobile companies then very   
   few actually built more than a prototype or two. Most were owned by rich   
   families or were operated by the inventor themselves. Personal travel   
   was still the domain of horse and buggy with trolley, trains and buses   
   being the mass transit carriers.   
      
   --   
   Steve W.   
      
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