Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of ErieCollins, 1899 - 668 pages |
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... valleys of the Susque- hanna and the Chemung , and into that of the Gene- against the protest of the Southern Tier and the other. THE - see . Although those regions were then virtually an unbroken wilderness , the far - seeing Clinton ...
... valleys of the Susque- hanna and the Chemung , and into that of the Gene- against the protest of the Southern Tier and the other. THE - see . Although those regions were then virtually an unbroken wilderness , the far - seeing Clinton ...
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... valleys , turn elsewhere the profitable trade of a wide region then tributary to them , and forever be a bar to a public thoroughfare for them between the East and the West , and to the securing of markets other than the hazardous ones ...
... valleys , turn elsewhere the profitable trade of a wide region then tributary to them , and forever be a bar to a public thoroughfare for them between the East and the West , and to the securing of markets other than the hazardous ones ...
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... Valley to Deposit , N. Y. , to ascertain the practicability of a branch canal westward to Lake Erie ; had ex- amined the Susquehanna and Chemung valleys , and made exhaustive inquiries relative to the topography of the country west from ...
... Valley to Deposit , N. Y. , to ascertain the practicability of a branch canal westward to Lake Erie ; had ex- amined the Susquehanna and Chemung valleys , and made exhaustive inquiries relative to the topography of the country west from ...
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... valley of the Dela- ware River , near the northwest corner of the County of Sulli- From thence the route ascends along the Delaware to a point that affords the nearest and most favorable crossing to the valley of the Susquehanna , which ...
... valley of the Dela- ware River , near the northwest corner of the County of Sulli- From thence the route ascends along the Delaware to a point that affords the nearest and most favorable crossing to the valley of the Susquehanna , which ...
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... Valley , and the question of a railroad was in nowise . disturbing it . Susquehanna was not in existence , and it never would have been in existence if the original survey had prevailed . Binghamton , owing to the prospect of the ...
... Valley , and the question of a railroad was in nowise . disturbing it . Susquehanna was not in existence , and it never would have been in existence if the original survey had prevailed . Binghamton , owing to the prospect of the ...
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affairs Albany amount appointed April Atlantic Barlow Benjamin Loder bill Binghamton 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 Division Dunkirk Eleazar Lord election Elmira engineer Erie management Erie Railroad Company Erie Railway Company Erie stock 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 rails Receiver resigned road route Samuel Samuel Marsh Senate station stockholders Street Superintendent Susquehanna terminus tion track Valley Vanderbilt Vice-President vote Watson West Western Railroad William York and Erie
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Page 292 - ... shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy.
Page 293 - 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 292 - ... 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 books...
Page 461 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 293 - ... 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 293 - ... 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 192 - 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 292 - ... 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 292 - 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...
Page 293 - ... as shall be made to the said corporation, to aid in the construction, maintenance and accommodation of the said...