American Railroad Journal, Volume 10Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1840 |
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... railroad in the world . It appears that the impression made upon these gentlemen , by an inspection of our railroads , is most favorable , and far more satisfactory than had been anticipated . We have great faith in the confidence in ...
... railroad in the world . It appears that the impression made upon these gentlemen , by an inspection of our railroads , is most favorable , and far more satisfactory than had been anticipated . We have great faith in the confidence in ...
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... railroad will be much greater as a State than as a private work , will be admitted by every disinterested man , and as already remarked , the interest on the ad- ditional sum due to government extravagance will aid in increasing the ...
... railroad will be much greater as a State than as a private work , will be admitted by every disinterested man , and as already remarked , the interest on the ad- ditional sum due to government extravagance will aid in increasing the ...
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... railroad for a variety of those " reasons " which are never wanting in such cases . The State of Michigan opened 30 miles of the " Central Railroad " in January , 1838 , and carries on the forwarding business in all its branches , as ...
... railroad for a variety of those " reasons " which are never wanting in such cases . The State of Michigan opened 30 miles of the " Central Railroad " in January , 1838 , and carries on the forwarding business in all its branches , as ...
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... railroad shall form part of the " system " of State works . A very strong inducement to the canal counties to aid this work , would be to continue the present exclusive right of the Erie canal to carry freight , which it would then ...
... railroad shall form part of the " system " of State works . A very strong inducement to the canal counties to aid this work , would be to continue the present exclusive right of the Erie canal to carry freight , which it would then ...
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... railroad at their own cost and to manage it well , than to have the work given to them and managed in the style of the State railroads of Pennsylvania and Michigan . And why should the people of this State suppose that their Government ...
... railroad at their own cost and to manage it well , than to have the work given to them and managed in the style of the State railroads of Pennsylvania and Michigan . And why should the people of this State suppose that their Government ...
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Page 304 - An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam...
Page 331 - Jiave been exerted in vain, had they not been seconded by the skill, the enterprise, the science, the powers of combination, and the inexhaustible resources of the ship-builder, Henry Eckford." At the conclusion of the war, his accounts, involving an amount of several millions of dollars, were promptly and honorably settled with the government. Shortly after this, he constructed a steam-ship, the " Robert Fulton," of a thousand tons, to navigate between New York and New Orleans.
Page 248 - Two years since, at the request of some market people, in New Jersey, a line called' the pea line, with two cars, was occasionally started from Camden to New York, with no other view or expectation than the accommodation of a very useful »nd respectable class of men.
Page 42 - ... Auburn, 170 miles; a similar line from Lockport to Lewiston and Buffalo, 47 miles; a railroad from Rochester to Batavia, 35 miles ; a railroad from Schenectady to Saratoga Springs, 21 miles; a railroad from Troy to Ballston Spa 25 miles ; a railroad from New York to Harlem, 8 miles ; a railroad from Brooklyn to Hicksville, on Long Island, 27 miles; a railroad from the termination of the west branch of the Chemung canal to the Tioga railroad in Pennsylvania, 14 miles; a railroad crossing the ridge...
Page 45 - ... to 2 yards in thickness, sufficient time being allowed for subsidence before the next layer is added — the cost of stations, which in some of the great lines forms a considerable proportion of the whole cost. The author then proceeds to suggest means for effecting a considerable saving in the original cost of railways, a certain method of preventing accidents by collision, a saving in the annual expenditure, and a better adaptation of the locomotive engine to its work. With these views, he...
Page 338 - ... observed, that a year or two since it had been suggested to him whether some chemical process could not be adopted to bore hard rocks. After some consideration, and trying several experiments, he at last found that a stream of hydrogen-oxygen gas applied to a piece of granite soon produced heat, and on the application of cold water the stone became soft, and yielded to the tool. He repeated the experiment with the same result in every case. Mr. P. then explained how the gases should be mixed,...
Page 53 - ... steam requisite for producing a given effect or duty, was the subject of continual research by Smeaton, and the basis of Watt's discoveries. The author being led to make observations on evaporation twenty years ago, soon perceived that the completeness and rate of combustion, the proportion of the grates to the combustion effected upon them, and to the whole heat-absorbing surface, were important elements in evaporative economy. These elements, in the author's own experiments at Warwick — where...
Page 294 - MEMORIAL OF SUNDRY PROPRIETORS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICAN STEAM VESSELS, ON THE IMPOLICY AND INJUSTICE OF CERTAIN ENACTMENTS CONTAINED IN THE LAW RELATING TO STEAMBOATS ASKING TO BE RESTORED TO THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES WHICH BELONG TO OTHER CITIZENS ENGAGED IN NAVIGATION.
Page 43 - I at once saw that I had it in my power to guide the metallic deposition in any shape or form I chose, by a corresponding application of varnish or other non-metallic substance. " I had been aware of what every one who uses a sustaining galvanic battery with sulphate of copper in solution must know, — that the copper plates acquire a coating of copper from the action of the battery ; but I had never thought of applying it to a useful purpose...
Page 113 - Kentucky said in discussing the rights of abutting owners to the use of a street, that "if it should appear that such use encroaches on any private right, or obstructs the reasonable use and enjoyment of the street, by any person who has an equal right to the use of it, we shall be ready to enjoin all such wrongful appropriation of the highway.