Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, Volume 12 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 59
... freight offered , was equivalent to one man's wages for 18 days ; the canal and locks can pass boats of 32 tons burthen and upwards , but impediments in the river , still to be re- moved , between Schenectady and the falls , and between ...
... freight offered , was equivalent to one man's wages for 18 days ; the canal and locks can pass boats of 32 tons burthen and upwards , but impediments in the river , still to be re- moved , between Schenectady and the falls , and between ...
Page 83
... freight in sloops on Hudson's river , between New York and Albany , and show that it could be done much cheaper by a canal ; the proof of them will be conclusive , that if a canal can give advantages su- perior to sloop navigation on ...
... freight in sloops on Hudson's river , between New York and Albany , and show that it could be done much cheaper by a canal ; the proof of them will be conclusive , that if a canal can give advantages su- perior to sloop navigation on ...
Page 91
... freight to Buffalo , the most distant point , was one hundred dollars per ton- that the price of freight from Montreal to the same point , was about + sixty dollars . Suppose sixty dollars to be the IN NEW YORK STATE . 91.
... freight to Buffalo , the most distant point , was one hundred dollars per ton- that the price of freight from Montreal to the same point , was about + sixty dollars . Suppose sixty dollars to be the IN NEW YORK STATE . 91.
Page 115
... freight carried in that time increased from 10,900 to 36,900 million kilometric tons . " Of the total tonnage of freight carried in Germany , which amounted to 13,800 millions ton kilometers in 1875 and in 1900 to 48,400 millions ton ...
... freight carried in that time increased from 10,900 to 36,900 million kilometric tons . " Of the total tonnage of freight carried in Germany , which amounted to 13,800 millions ton kilometers in 1875 and in 1900 to 48,400 millions ton ...
Page 118
... freight 366,825,663 passengers over such waterways . The importance and magnitude of transportation by water so impressed the President and Congress of the United States , that the President was authorized and did appoint , on March 14 ...
... freight 366,825,663 passengers over such waterways . The importance and magnitude of transportation by water so impressed the President and Congress of the United States , that the President was authorized and did appoint , on March 14 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aggregate Albany amendment anti-canal artificial waterways Assembly authorized barge canal bill Board boats Buffalo bushels canal advocates Canal Commissioners Canal Committee canal construction canal improvement canal referendum canal system carrying Cayuga cent Champlain canal commerce commission completed Constitution convention cost Erie canal estimates expense favor Federal feet wide freight rates Genesee river George Clinton Governor harbor Henry Hudson river important increase industries Inland Lock Navigation interest John Lake Champlain Lake Erie Lake Ontario legislative Legislature Lock Navigation Company manufacturing ment miles million dollars millions of dollars Mohawk river Niagara Oneida lake operation Oswego canal passed Philip Schuyler port present prism proposed proposition railroad railway referendum measure resolution revenues Rochester route Schenectady Schuyler Senate Seneca lake Seneca river ship canal survey Thomas tion tolls tonnage tons trade traffic Utica valley vessels vote water communication West William Wood creek York
Popular passages
Page 202 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 23 - British power supported them during the struggles of the latter part of the eighteenth and the early part of the nineteenth century.
Page 426 - The servitude of rivers is the noblest and most important victory which man has obtained over the licentiousness of Nature...
Page 137 - For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the- nations...
Page 396 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. Tlioy shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Page 423 - The mountain nymphs and Themis they adore, And from her oracles relief implore. The most upright of mortal men was he; The most sincere and holy woman, she. When Jupiter, surveying Earth from high, Beheld it in a lake of water lie...
Page 325 - ... shall be wholly paid, and the principal and income of such sinking fund shall be applied to the purpose for which said sinking fund is created and to no other purpose whatever; and, in the event such moneys so set apart in any fiscal year be sufficient to provide such sinking fund, a direct annual tax for such year need not be imposed and collected, as required by the provisions of said section four of article seven, or of any law enacted in pursuance thereof.
Page 445 - The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged, by all enlightened statesmen, to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth, and has accordingly become a primary object of their political cares.
Page 219 - The canals may be improved in such manner as the Legislature shall provide by law. A debt may be authorized for that purpose in the mode prescribed by section four of this article, or the cost of such improvement may be defrayed by the appropriation of funds from the state treasury, or by equitable annual tax.
Page 41 - I have lately," said he in a letter to the Marquis of Chastellux, a nobleman in pursuit of literary as well as of military fame, "made a tour through the lakes George and Champlain as far as Crown Point ; — then returning to Schenectady, I proceeded up the Mohawk river to fort Schuyler, crossed over to Wood creek which empties into the Oneida lake, and affords the water communication with Ontario. I then traversed the country to the head of the eastern branch of the...