Reports of the Engineers of the Western Rail Road Corporation, Made to the Directors, in 1836-7Merriam, Wood and Company, 1838 - 120 pages |
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... contract , so that proposals may be in- vited for the graduation of the Rail - Road , and its actual construction begun , on or before the 15th October . The location may also simultaneously progress beyond Gallup's mills . So that , at ...
... contract , so that proposals may be in- vited for the graduation of the Rail - Road , and its actual construction begun , on or before the 15th October . The location may also simultaneously progress beyond Gallup's mills . So that , at ...
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... contracts are made - both for double and single track . Width track . Cutting . SECTION 10 . Filling . Cost . Difference . 20 and 16. 33684.7 yds . 42729.7 yds . 9827.67 2798.18 26 and 26. 39209. 66 54895. 64 | 12625.85 or 23 per cent ...
... contracts are made - both for double and single track . Width track . Cutting . SECTION 10 . Filling . Cost . Difference . 20 and 16. 33684.7 yds . 42729.7 yds . 9827.67 2798.18 26 and 26. 39209. 66 54895. 64 | 12625.85 or 23 per cent ...
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... contract . Proposals were invited until the 20th Novem- ber , and propositions from a large number of efficient and experienced contractors were received . Upon such of the sections as the proposals appeared to be suitable , and ad ...
... contract . Proposals were invited until the 20th Novem- ber , and propositions from a large number of efficient and experienced contractors were received . Upon such of the sections as the proposals appeared to be suitable , and ad ...
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... contract ; and about the same time the grading was com- menced on the tenth and eleventh sections . Since that period , the work has been commenced on six other sections , and the balance will be in progress in a short time . The ...
... contract ; and about the same time the grading was com- menced on the tenth and eleventh sections . Since that period , the work has been commenced on six other sections , and the balance will be in progress in a short time . The ...
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... contract , and the extremity of the plain , or flat land , which lies on the east side of the Connecticut river . To this it may be well to add a more detailed statement of particular portions of the route . From the Sturbridge road ...
... contract , and the extremity of the plain , or flat land , which lies on the east side of the Connecticut river . To this it may be well to add a more detailed statement of particular portions of the route . From the Sturbridge road ...
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