The Gallatin Plan (1808) to provide internal land and water transport

The Gallatin Plan (1808) to provide internal land and water transport in the eastern part of the country was a plan that

(a) called for the federal government to finance and build the transport system.
(b) called for the eastern states to join together to finance and build the system.
(c) called for private financing and building with some federal government assistance
in coordinating and planning the transport system.
(d) relied primarily on city and county governments to provide the bulk of the financing and
building of the transport system.

ANSWER

(a)