Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of ErieTicker, 1908 - 524 pages |
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... Bridge and Starucca Via- duct Bloody and Fatal Riots- Driving the Last Spike The Newburgh Branch - The Long Dock and Bergen Tunnel - Getting to Buffalo and Rochester - Jefferson Branch War of the Gauges - Nypano - Bradford Branch ...
... Bridge and Starucca Via- duct Bloody and Fatal Riots- Driving the Last Spike The Newburgh Branch - The Long Dock and Bergen Tunnel - Getting to Buffalo and Rochester - Jefferson Branch War of the Gauges - Nypano - Bradford Branch ...
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... bridge the Main or Mohawk Branch of the Delaware , and thence follows up the Oquago Creek to its source , on the route towards Bettsburgh ; from whence it de- scends to the Susquehanna and , passing that river near Nine- vah , follows ...
... bridge the Main or Mohawk Branch of the Delaware , and thence follows up the Oquago Creek to its source , on the route towards Bettsburgh ; from whence it de- scends to the Susquehanna and , passing that river near Nine- vah , follows ...
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... bridges . I did not think so much weight as two trains of loaded cars passing different ways ought to be permitted to pass on a bridge at the same time . It would perhaps bring fifty tons or more on it at the same moment , which is ...
... bridges . I did not think so much weight as two trains of loaded cars passing different ways ought to be permitted to pass on a bridge at the same time . It would perhaps bring fifty tons or more on it at the same moment , which is ...
Page 48
... bridges with timber in place of stone ; to construct the road with piles wherever that method shall be found most economical , and to lay strong and well secured superstructures and a flat iron rail of more than ordinary thickness ...
... bridges with timber in place of stone ; to construct the road with piles wherever that method shall be found most economical , and to lay strong and well secured superstructures and a flat iron rail of more than ordinary thickness ...
Page 55
... bridge communication that , in all probability , can ever be made ; with roads extending to every section of the East and North , presents strong claims upon the New York and Erie Railroad Company to unite them to the immense continuity ...
... bridge communication that , in all probability , can ever be made ; with roads extending to every section of the East and North , presents strong claims upon the New York and Erie Railroad Company to unite them to the immense continuity ...
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affairs Albany amount appointed April Atlantic Barlow Benjamin Loder bill Binghamton Board of Directors bridge Buffalo Canal capital stock cars cent charge Charles charter coal committee Company's conductor connection construction contract County Daniel Drew debt Delaware Diven dividend dollars Dunkirk Eleazar Lord election Elmira engineer Erie management Erie Railroad Company Erie Railway Company Erie's expenses feet Fisk freight Goshen Henry Homer Ramsdell Hornellsville Hudson River interest issued James James Fisk James McHenry January Jay Gould Jersey City Jewett John Judge July Lake Erie land lease Legislature loan locomotive Loder March Marsh McHenry ment Middletown miles Nathaniel Marsh Newburgh operation Owego paid pany passed passenger train Pennsylvania Piermont Port Jervis President purchase rail Receiver resigned road route Samuel Marsh Senate station steamboat stockholders Street Superintendent Susquehanna tion track Valley Vanderbilt Vice-President vote Watson West Western Division Western Railroad William York and Erie
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Page 294 - ... shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy.
Page 295 - The said corporation shall possess the general powers, and be subject to the general restrictions and liabilities prescribed in the third title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes.
Page 294 - ... to one vote: and the said commissioners shall be inspectors of the first election of directors of the said corporation, and shall certify, under their hands, the names of those duly elected, and deliver over the subscription...
Page 467 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 295 - ... in such manner as to afford security for life and property: but the corporation shall restore the stream or water- course, road or highway, thus intersected, to its former state, or in a sufficient manner not to unnecessarily impair its usefulness or injure its franchises.
Page 295 - ... forfeit and pay to the said corporation double the amount of damages sustained by means of such offence or injury, to be recovered in the name of the said corporation, with costs of suit by action of debt.
Page 198 - Ward and each of them, their and each of their heirs, executors and administrators of and from all and all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts...
Page 68 - ... written or printed thereon, and those who are opposed, shall each deposit a ballot containing the word " no," written or printed thereon. And a canvass and return of the votes shall be made by the inspectors of the election in...
Page 294 - ... any director, such vacancy or vacancies may be filled for the remainder of the year wherein they may happen, by the board of directors...
Page 294 - Statutes, have power, 1. To cause such examination and surveys for its proposed railroad to be made, as may be necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route...