Poor's Manual of Railroads, Band 3H.V. & H.W. Poor, 1870 |
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... tons burden . But the works were so imperfectly constructed as to be of little value , and the Company was glad to ... ton of merchandize from Buffalo to Albany , as stated in the report of the Board of Commissioners already referred to ...
... tons burden . But the works were so imperfectly constructed as to be of little value , and the Company was glad to ... ton of merchandize from Buffalo to Albany , as stated in the report of the Board of Commissioners already referred to ...
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... tons and 5 cwt . With 12 tons and 15 cwt . attached , the engine attained , on a level , a speed of 29 1-2 miles to the hour . The success was complete . This trial forms the epoch from which may be dated the greatest physical triumph ...
... tons and 5 cwt . With 12 tons and 15 cwt . attached , the engine attained , on a level , a speed of 29 1-2 miles to the hour . The success was complete . This trial forms the epoch from which may be dated the greatest physical triumph ...
Seite xxxiv
... ton- nage traffic . The tonnage traffic of the railroads of Pennsylvania the past year equaled 47,819,722 tons , or 8,000 tons per mile . That of the railroads of Massachusetts for the same year equaled 8,045,398 tons , or 5,438 tons to ...
... ton- nage traffic . The tonnage traffic of the railroads of Pennsylvania the past year equaled 47,819,722 tons , or 8,000 tons per mile . That of the railroads of Massachusetts for the same year equaled 8,045,398 tons , or 5,438 tons to ...
Seite xxxv
... tons , or 6,338 tons to the mile of line . A similar tonnage , per mile , for all the railroads of the United States , embracing say 47- 000 miles of line , would give an aggregate of more than 200,000,000 tons . The tonnage of the ...
... tons , or 6,338 tons to the mile of line . A similar tonnage , per mile , for all the railroads of the United States , embracing say 47- 000 miles of line , would give an aggregate of more than 200,000,000 tons . The tonnage of the ...
Seite xxxvi
... ton- nage in a period of eighteen years , therefore , equaled 67,000,000 tons . The yearly increase in quantity averaged 3,723,333 tons . * The value of the railroad tonnage transported in 1851 at $ 150 per ton equaled $ 810,725,200 ...
... ton- nage in a period of eighteen years , therefore , equaled 67,000,000 tons . The yearly increase in quantity averaged 3,723,333 tons . * The value of the railroad tonnage transported in 1851 at $ 150 per ton equaled $ 810,725,200 ...
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1st mortgage 2d mortgage 66 PRINCIPAL OFFICE amount baggage Balances Balances.-Capital stock Baltimore Boston Capital stock carried one mile cars Cars-passenger cash cent Chicago Cincinnati coal Consolidation construction Cost of road December 31 Directors elected dividends ending December 31 Erie feet 8 inches feet 84 floating debt freight box Freight moved funded debt George Gross earnings Gross earnings-passenger including taxes Iowa Iron issued James January John Joseph Junction June Leased and operated lessees loan Louis mail and express Mass Mast Nett earnings November 30 October October 31 OFFICE AND ADDRESS Ohio Operating expenses p. c. bonds paid Passengers carried Philadelphia Pittsburg platform PRINCIPAL OFFICE Rail Railroad Company RAILROAD in Progress Railway rents River road and equipment Rolling Stock Rolling Stock.-Locomotive engines September 30 Sidings sinking fund Supt Tenn tons Total length Treas turnouts U. S. tax William yard York City
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Seite xxv - States (I speak now from my own observation) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way.
Seite 478 - An act to provide a National currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," approved June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Seite xxiv - How entirely unconnected with them shall we be, and what troubles may we not apprehend, if the Spaniards on their right, and Great Britain on their left, instead of throwing stumbling-blocks in their way, as they now do, should hold out lures for their trade and alliance?
Seite 475 - ... interest not exceeding six per cent, per annum, and to be reimbursed within a period not beyond twenty years and not less than ten years.
Seite xxiv - I need not remark to you, sir, that the flanks and rear of the United States are possessed by other powers, and formidable ones, too; nor how necessary it is to apply the cement of interest to bind all parts of the Union together by indissoluble bonds, especially that part of it which lies immediately west of us, with the United States.
Seite 478 - ... that the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all the obligations of the United States...
Seite xxv - ... and unimproved roads. These causes have hitherto checked the industry of the present settlers ; for, except the demand for provisions, occasioned by the increase of population, and a little flour, which the necessities of the Spaniards compel them to buy, they have no incitements to labor.
Seite 478 - An Act to authorize the issue of United States notes and for the redemption of funding thereof and for funding the floating debt of the United States...
Seite 475 - Company bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum...
Seite 478 - ... the United States or elsewhere, to such an amount, in such manner, and at such rates as he may think advisable, for lawful money of the United States, or for any treasury notes, certificates of indebtedness, or certificates of deposit, or other representatives of value, which have been or which may be issued under any act of Congress...