Annual Report of the Directors of the Western Railroad Corporation to the Stockholders ...First annual report includes Act of incorporation, the act in aid of the Western Railroad, and by-laws, June 13, 1836. |
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... contract , -the depot lands were secured , and the damages for land and fencing were liqui- dated and principally paid . The Directors at that time ex- pressed an opinion , that the road - bed would be ready for the rails by May ...
... contract , -the depot lands were secured , and the damages for land and fencing were liqui- dated and principally paid . The Directors at that time ex- pressed an opinion , that the road - bed would be ready for the rails by May ...
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... contract for grading from March , 1838 ; and , excepting 10 miles immediately east of Pitts- field , the work had been commenced in June and July suc- ceeding , and was then in successful progress . " In March , 1839 , the Board , after ...
... contract for grading from March , 1838 ; and , excepting 10 miles immediately east of Pitts- field , the work had been commenced in June and July suc- ceeding , and was then in successful progress . " In March , 1839 , the Board , after ...
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... contract for grading in April last , and as soon as was practicable after the passage of the act of the last Legislature ; the contractors engaging to complete the grading and masonry by the 1st of July , 1840 . " Upon the greater ...
... contract for grading in April last , and as soon as was practicable after the passage of the act of the last Legislature ; the contractors engaging to complete the grading and masonry by the 1st of July , 1840 . " Upon the greater ...
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... contracts for these require them to be completed by the first of October , and they are already in a good state of forwardness . " The remaining Summit Division , of about 13 miles , extends from Henry's in Chester , through the gorge ...
... contracts for these require them to be completed by the first of October , and they are already in a good state of forwardness . " The remaining Summit Division , of about 13 miles , extends from Henry's in Chester , through the gorge ...
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... contract , and when the principal items of cost were well understood , with the exception , perhaps of the grading and masonry through the mountain division . The total estimate for putting this part of the road in order for use , was ...
... contract , and when the principal items of cost were well understood , with the exception , perhaps of the grading and masonry through the mountain division . The total estimate for putting this part of the road in order for use , was ...
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11 months 1st Class 2d Class Albany and West Albany road Amount paid annexed ANNUAL REPORT April assessments Baggage Baggage Cars balance Boston and Worcester bridge Capital Stock cent charged city of Albany Committee Commonwealth Connecticut River Contingent Fund cost December depot buildings depot lands Directors dividends dollars Engines and Cars estimate expenditures feet Freight Cars George Bliss grading Greenbush Hudson Hudson River income increase interest January JOHN HENSHAW JOSIAH QUINCY Land Damages Legislature Locks and Canals Lowell masonry Massachusetts merchandize miles run months in 1846 North Adams Rail-road November Number of Barrels number of miles party payable payment Pittsfield and North scrip second track shares Springfield station Stockbridge Rail-road Company Stockholders superstructure thereof tion Treasurer West Brookfield West Stockbridge Rail West Stockbridge Rail-road Western and Albany Western Company Western Rail Western Rail-road Corporation Western road whole Worcester Company Worcester Rail-road Worcester road
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Page 29 - ... railroad for use, purchase of the corporation the said railroad, and all the franchise, property, rights, and privileges of the corporation, by paying them therefor such a sum as will reimburse them the amount of capital paid in, with a net profit thereon of ten per cent. per annum from the time of the payment thereof by the stockholders to the time of such purchase...
Page 28 - Contractor to discontinue all work, or any part thereof, as may be designated by the said party of the first part, and the said party of the first part...
Page 29 - Therefore this indenture witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, in consideration of the premises, and...
Page 28 - ... the said party of the first part will make, execute, and deliver to the said party of the second part a good and sufficient bill of sale for said...
Page 7 - Said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of not more than six per cent per annum, payable semiannually on the first days of January and July of each year.
Page 26 - ... property, rights, privileges, and franchises, whether now acquired, or hereafter to be procured unto the said party of the first part...
Page 20 - ... shall be binding upon the respective corporations interested therein until the same shall have been revised or alterations shall be made within one year after the award.
Page 12 - This Corporation shall possess the general powers and be subject to the provisions contained in title third of chapter eighteen of the first part of the Revised Statutes so far as the same are applicable and have not been repealed. '} 4. This Act shall take effect immediately.
Page 15 - Loan, shall be countersigned by the governor, and shall be deemed a pledge of the faith and credit of the Commonwealth...
Page 7 - The said shares shall be deemed personal property, and be transferable on the books of the corporation in such manner as the Directors may provide.