Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of ErieCollins, 1899 - 668 pages |
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... pany , nor could there be one until $ 10,000,000 had been subscribed as its capital and $ 500,000 of it paid in . That event was , under the circumstances , a great distance in the future . But the friends of the railroad did not lose ...
... pany , nor could there be one until $ 10,000,000 had been subscribed as its capital and $ 500,000 of it paid in . That event was , under the circumstances , a great distance in the future . But the friends of the railroad did not lose ...
Page 37
... pany's treasury was destroyed . Following that ca- tastrophe came the historic panic of 1836-37 , with its widespread financial stagnation and ruin . This drove into bankruptcy many more of the large sub- scribers to the Erie stock ...
... pany's treasury was destroyed . Following that ca- tastrophe came the historic panic of 1836-37 , with its widespread financial stagnation and ruin . This drove into bankruptcy many more of the large sub- scribers to the Erie stock ...
Page 42
... pany found itself in , but claimed that " the same causes which now embarrass the progress of the work , and , in fact , agitate the whole commercial world , have so greatly discouraged the financial affairs of the country as to render ...
... pany found itself in , but claimed that " the same causes which now embarrass the progress of the work , and , in fact , agitate the whole commercial world , have so greatly discouraged the financial affairs of the country as to render ...
Page 79
... pany should provide the balance necessary to finish the work . " This agreement was prepared at the in- stigation of Thomas Powell , Homer Ramsdell , and others of Newburgh , and was signed March 19 , 1845 . An act authorizing the Erie ...
... pany should provide the balance necessary to finish the work . " This agreement was prepared at the in- stigation of Thomas Powell , Homer Ramsdell , and others of Newburgh , and was signed March 19 , 1845 . An act authorizing the Erie ...
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... pany ceased . Mr. Lord at last said he would resign as soon as $ 3,000,000 were subscribed to the Erie fund as required by the act of 1845. A syndicate of his opponents pledged themselves to raise that amount at once if he would retire ...
... pany ceased . Mr. Lord at last said he would resign as soon as $ 3,000,000 were subscribed to the Erie fund as required by the act of 1845. A syndicate of his opponents pledged themselves to raise that amount at once if he would retire ...
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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...