Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of ErieCollins, 1899 - 668 pages |
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... carried forward to meet the advancing Erie at some point along its route . Thus it may be said , truthfully , that the history of Erie is indirectly the history of the rail- roads of the country ; and as the prosecution of the work of ...
... carried forward to meet the advancing Erie at some point along its route . Thus it may be said , truthfully , that the history of Erie is indirectly the history of the rail- roads of the country ; and as the prosecution of the work of ...
Page 2
... carried on the proposed canal . In company with the greater part of the world , DeWitt Clinton ridi- culed the old engineer's ideas , and feared that age had unseated his great mind ; but Stevens was sim- ply a generation ahead of his ...
... carried on the proposed canal . In company with the greater part of the world , DeWitt Clinton ridi- culed the old engineer's ideas , and feared that age had unseated his great mind ; but Stevens was sim- ply a generation ahead of his ...
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... carried the work to the Ohio portage waters , and made a report to the Gov- ernment showing that the project was practicable so far as he had investigated , although the general features of that portion of the line within New York State ...
... carried the work to the Ohio portage waters , and made a report to the Gov- ernment showing that the project was practicable so far as he had investigated , although the general features of that portion of the line within New York State ...
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... carried to a success- ful issue by one corporation these people doubted . The State itself , with all the strength of its govern- ment and the resources of its treasury , they argued , had been ten years in constructing the Erie Canal ...
... carried to a success- ful issue by one corporation these people doubted . The State itself , with all the strength of its govern- ment and the resources of its treasury , they argued , had been ten years in constructing the Erie Canal ...
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... carried over it . The route of the road was not otherwise defined than that it is to begin at the city of New York ... carrying out his orders . On July 4 , before he had completed his arrangements for beginning the survey , an order was ...
... carried over it . The route of the road was not otherwise defined than that it is to begin at the city of New York ... carrying out his orders . On July 4 , before he had completed his arrangements for beginning the survey , an order was ...
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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...