Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts and Documents, and Every Kind of Useful Information Respecting the State of Pennsylvania, Volume 10Samuel Hazard W. F. Geddes, 1828 - Pennsylvania |
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... CONESTOGO NAVIGA- TION COMPANY , MADE JULY 1 , 1822 . The committee appointed by the stockholders of the Conestogo Navigation Company , to examine and re- port the precise state of the navigation , and to ascer- tain the probable ...
... CONESTOGO NAVIGA- TION COMPANY , MADE JULY 1 , 1822 . The committee appointed by the stockholders of the Conestogo Navigation Company , to examine and re- port the precise state of the navigation , and to ascer- tain the probable ...
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... Conestogo for that season . The lower lock was repaired , and the navigation again opened in the spring of 1830 , under more favorable auspices . It continued open in 1830 , and '31 , winning its way into the favor and confidence of the ...
... Conestogo for that season . The lower lock was repaired , and the navigation again opened in the spring of 1830 , under more favorable auspices . It continued open in 1830 , and '31 , winning its way into the favor and confidence of the ...
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... Conestogo navigation may the president and managers , on their individual respon- now be pronounced a permanent work . Remember it sibility , borrowed , for the use of the company , from stands alone in the Union , for there is none ...
... Conestogo navigation may the president and managers , on their individual respon- now be pronounced a permanent work . Remember it sibility , borrowed , for the use of the company , from stands alone in the Union , for there is none ...
Page 57
... Conestogo , has not injured a single dam . The breaking of the ice of the Susque- To meet the demand of $ 5,413 72 , wanted for repairs hanna into the Conestogo , removed the walls of the and the payment of interest , there are but two ...
... Conestogo , has not injured a single dam . The breaking of the ice of the Susque- To meet the demand of $ 5,413 72 , wanted for repairs hanna into the Conestogo , removed the walls of the and the payment of interest , there are but two ...
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... Conestogo . The beautiful Juniata , the river of peace , runs on neglected while the vale of that river is enriched by the expenditure of $ 30,000 per mile for a scientific canal . But , after advancing $ 5 on our shares and making the ...
... Conestogo . The beautiful Juniata , the river of peace , runs on neglected while the vale of that river is enriched by the expenditure of $ 30,000 per mile for a scientific canal . But , after advancing $ 5 on our shares and making the ...
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