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... question is far from final solution . But in the course of political affairs the position of the English has undergone a complete change , and now they naturally favor the Montreal - St . Lawrence route in preference to the New York ...
... question is far from final solution . But in the course of political affairs the position of the English has undergone a complete change , and now they naturally favor the Montreal - St . Lawrence route in preference to the New York ...
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... question , whether it is to be carried along an inclined plane , or by a line as- cending and descending , must be decided by a comparison of the expense and of the utility of each way . ' " With the exception of the plan of the canal ...
... question , whether it is to be carried along an inclined plane , or by a line as- cending and descending , must be decided by a comparison of the expense and of the utility of each way . ' " With the exception of the plan of the canal ...
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... question as to the person or persons en- titled to the credit of first suggesting a continuous waterway from the Great Lakes on the West to the tidewater on the East . It is more in conformity to modern historical research to present ...
... question as to the person or persons en- titled to the credit of first suggesting a continuous waterway from the Great Lakes on the West to the tidewater on the East . It is more in conformity to modern historical research to present ...
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... question which the Legislature should be particularly anxious to have resolved . The expense , be it what it may , is no object when compared with the incalculable benefits arising there- from , though doubtless , it will deserve ...
... question which the Legislature should be particularly anxious to have resolved . The expense , be it what it may , is no object when compared with the incalculable benefits arising there- from , though doubtless , it will deserve ...
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... question for one year ; and this , it was thought , would not involve any public injury , because the harbor at either place , might , notwithstanding the postponement , be completed within the two seasons yet required to complete the ...
... question for one year ; and this , it was thought , would not involve any public injury , because the harbor at either place , might , notwithstanding the postponement , be completed within the two seasons yet required to complete the ...
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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...