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Page 115
... increased in twenty - five years from 2,900,000,000 to 11,500,000,000 kilometric tons without any increase in the length of navigable waterways ; while the unit length of railroads has been extended from 26,500 km . in the year 1875 to ...
... increased in twenty - five years from 2,900,000,000 to 11,500,000,000 kilometric tons without any increase in the length of navigable waterways ; while the unit length of railroads has been extended from 26,500 km . in the year 1875 to ...
Page 116
... increase would have permitted the navigation of the Rhine - Herne canal by boats 80 meters long and 9 meters wide , with a draft of 134 meters , carrying 900 tons , or by those with a draft of 2 meters , carrying 1,000 tons ; whereas ...
... increase would have permitted the navigation of the Rhine - Herne canal by boats 80 meters long and 9 meters wide , with a draft of 134 meters , carrying 900 tons , or by those with a draft of 2 meters , carrying 1,000 tons ; whereas ...
Page 121
... increase over the enlarged and lateral canals until the year 1872 , when the aggregate tonnage on all the canals of the State was 6,673,370 tons , which paid in tolls to the State that year $ 3,720,411 and in freights $ 7 , - 576,300 ...
... increase over the enlarged and lateral canals until the year 1872 , when the aggregate tonnage on all the canals of the State was 6,673,370 tons , which paid in tolls to the State that year $ 3,720,411 and in freights $ 7 , - 576,300 ...
Page 132
... those of the Erie and the addi- tional cost was estimated to be an increase of one - third . However , the data upon which the estimates were made were insufficient , and as the work progressed it was evident 132 WATERWAYS AND CANALS.
... those of the Erie and the addi- tional cost was estimated to be an increase of one - third . However , the data upon which the estimates were made were insufficient , and as the work progressed it was evident 132 WATERWAYS AND CANALS.
Page 144
... increase the rate of tolls and to appoint collectors . The Canal Com- missioners had the management and control of the canals , subject to legislative approval , with ample powers to do whatever was necessary to promote their usefulness ...
... increase the rate of tolls and to appoint collectors . The Canal Com- missioners had the management and control of the canals , subject to legislative approval , with ample powers to do whatever was necessary to promote their usefulness ...
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Page 210 - 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 41 - Prompted by these actual observations, I could not help taking a more contemplative and extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States, and could not but be struck with the immense...
Page 432 - 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 402 - 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 329 - ... 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 429 - 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 461 - 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 66 - Shall it lie unproductive in the public vaults? Shall the revenue be reduced? or shall it not rather be appropriated to the improvements of roads, canals, rivers, education and other great foundations of prosperity and union under the powers which congress may already possess, or such amendment of the constitution as may be approved by the states?