RM2AG3NB4–. Memorial, presented by the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to the Congress of the United States : deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis. re, however universaland sincere the common patriotism of our j^eople, an agency that makes for stillcloser ties is not to be ignored. The usefulness of such a channel as is proposedin providing an independent entrance to the Great Lakes for light draught warvessels of the government, is only a special case suited to the time of war of theusefulness which endures through the longer, and it is to be hoped never t
RM2AXEJNJ–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal documents . eSv-O O 248 f ReP- Na 414. J „ Z. In the reports to the House of Representatives of 1827 and 1828, whichaccompanied the bill authorizing the subscription of ten thousand sharesto the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, the committee expressly-stated that, it is on the supply of mineral coal that the committee chieflyrely, in indulging the confident expectation of very great profit on the stockof the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Sufficient space is notallowed, in a report already too far extended, to manifest all the groundsof this confidence. The
RM2AG3PR3–. Memorial, presented by the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to the Congress of the United States : deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis. s, and of fourteen feet depth for therest of the way, will not exceed $22,000,000 to the mouth of the Illinois or $27,000,-000 to St. Louis, the larger figure being little more than half of what the SanitaryDistrict of Chicago will alone have spent when its entire work is finished. 5. Besides serving the purposes of navigation, the proposed channel wouldl^rovide for the flood waters of the Desplaines and Illinoi
RM2AKPF9M–The Illinois and Michigan Canal : a study in economic history . 35, 37, 45- .Wheat prices, 23; received at St. Louis, 102; shipped, 84, 101 et seq., (1842-47) 99, (1866-67) 112, (1905) 85, 114.Whiteside, Gen., 47.Width of Canal. See Dimensions.Wild-cat currency, 64, 72.Wilson, Gen. James H., 137; plan for enlarging canal, 135 et seq.Winter navigation of I. & M., 22.Winter rates. See Freight rates, Winter.Wisconsin River, 154.Wisner, Geo. Y., Estimate of channel improvements, 140.Woodward, A. B., favors waterway from St. Lawrence to Gulf of Mexico, 6.Wool shipped, 1842-47, 99.Wright, Benjamin,
RM2AXEHAD–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal documents . [ Rep. No. 414. J 257. [ Rep. No. 414. J 259 Sundry canal reports suggest a commentary on the preceding tables,illustrating the distances of the Northern coal mines from their nearestmarkets. New York is known to rely, at present, for a supply of coal to hergreat emporium, on the Hudson, and the country on the margin of hercanals, upon the Lackawaxen mines in Pennsylvania; while the Schuyl-kill and Delaware rivers and canals are expected to supply the wants ofPhiladelphia from Mount Carbon and Mauch Chunk. The Legislature of New York has guarantied the cre
RM2AKPD9K–The Illinois and Michigan Canal : a study in economic history . anced by leaps and bounds.2In 1830, one hundred and twenty-six lots sold inChicago at prices varying from twenty-four toone hundred and thirty dollars each, but averagingabout thirty-five dollars. Eighty acres of land, As originally laid out in 1830, the town of Chicagocomprised the territory between the present streetsof State and Halsted, and Kinzie and Madison, thejunction of the north and south forks of the Chicagoriver falling within the limits of the town. JamesThompson of St. Louis was surveyor for the Commis-sioners. His p
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RM2AG3R9T–. Memorial, presented by the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to the Congress of the United States : deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis. s of sanitation, and not built with a viewto the creation in the future of a deep waterway. The additional cost in the onematter of bridges alone, to make them all movable, so that they would not hindernavigation, was close to $2,500,000. To make the immensity of the work done by the Sanitary District all theclearer the following table of the quantities involved in the construction work,completed and under contr
RM2AKPEJE–The Illinois and Michigan Canal : a study in economic history . 10, in anendeavor to secure the aid of the federal govern-ment for a system of waterways extending fromthe St. Lawrence and the Hudson to the Gulfof Mexico, he pointed out the commercial im-portance of such a system and the ease with whichthe artificial portions could be constructed, andparticularly that portion connecting Lake Michi-gan with the Illinois River.2 Porters scheme wasnot a novel one. The commercial importance ofthe proposed united systems of waterways must 1American State Papers, Miscellaneous, I, pp. 724-741. -Annal
RM2AG3NJW–. Memorial, presented by the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to the Congress of the United States : deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis. e of American craft. Dollars.17,681,55030,381,10035,338,60037,857,70031,947,30036,820,10039,017,40041,134,20040,858,80043,006,20042,375,70045,199,80065,000,52066,116,58357,344,300 Value of Canadian. Craft. Dollars.2,089,4001,514,3001,597,60111,777,8002,119,5002,108,7003,115,7001,959,8002,037,0002,135.3002,001.4002,491,9003,369,6003,618,5763,311,900 FREIGHT TO AND FROM EACH LAKE. IOETS ON - From Lalie SuperiorEas
RM2AXEN50–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal documents . io Canal Co. By pay of officers By construction of the canal By Engineer Department By western section By stationery By printing By postages By toll account By acquisition of lands By law expenses By Potomac Company By Potomac Company, unclaimeddividends By interest account By balances to the credit of theChesapeake and Ohio CanalCompany in Office Bank U. S. By Bank of Washington By Bank of the Metropolis By Bank of Alexandria By Bank of Potomac By Office Bank of theCharlestown By Office Bank of theLeesburg By Hagerstown Bank Valley,Valley, Deduct the foll
RM2AXEJD9–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal documents . e towork ,• a stratum of slate is always found above and below the coal. Afew veins are found near the head of navigation, but the larger and morevaluable lie at a distance of from one and a half to four miles. ** Philadelphia, January 28, 1826. P. S. The price of coal last season, was 87 S3 per ton, until themonth of December, when, owing to a short supply, it was sold as highas $10 50. The subjoined table (page 255,) * of the comparative heights anddistances of the principal districts of anthracite coal in Pennsylfaniafrom market, is from the last report
RM2AJFDTM–Communication from the state agents of Maryland, transmitting the records of proceedings of the stockholders of the Chesapeake . ged? . The doubts that are thrown upon the probable extension of thecoal trade of this country remind me forcibly of the times when afamous English writer feared that they might some day have to usecoal in England, if wood be not belter cherished than it is at thispresent, and that usea coles would be good merchandise, even inthe city of London, whereunto some of them had already gottenready passage. The like fortune awaits the coal of Pennsylvania and Maryland;but w
RM2AG3P23–. Memorial, presented by the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to the Congress of the United States : deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis. 6 3,347,647 9.910 3,364,169 19,756 6,711,816 340 1886 10,180 3,564,309 10.267 3,594,549 20,447 7,158,858 3.50 1887 10,828 3,868,465 10,920 3,989,615 21,748 7,858,080 361 1888 10,158 3,990,921 10,308 4,134,064 30,466 8,134,985 397 1889 9,5.52 4,417,415 9,462 4.403,634 19,014 8,881,049 464 1890 9,188 4,344,502 9,284 4,429,654 18.473 8,774,156 475 1891 8,956 4, .569, .526 9,144 4,698 320 18,100 9,367,846 507 1893 9
RM2AKPCXW–The Illinois and Michigan Canal : a study in economic history . uth of the SangamonRiver increased from 70,252 in 1840 to 171,887in 1850 and 299,474 in 1855. But the growth ofpopulation was not confined to the counties imme-diately touching the canal and the upper courseof the Illinois River. As the better tracts of landin these counties were taken up, settlements con-tinually spread further back into the unoccupiedsections. By 1855 more than half the population 1 Senate Executive Document, No. 16, 34th Cong.,3rd Sess., pp. 40-41. 2The population is not obtainable for 1848, thebeginning of can
RM2AG3TC6–. Memorial, presented by the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to the Congress of the United States : deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis. Though there is some rock cutting to be done, theproblem is not one of opening a new channel, but of improving a channel alreadyin existence. Through the Mississippi Eiver toward the Gulf the route of thewaterway is equally plain. Of the natural conditions of the route but one further point needs mention.It is the effect of the opening of such a channel upon the level of the waters ofLake Michigan. Objections on
RM2AJFEMA–Communication from the state agents of Maryland, transmitting the records of proceedings of the stockholders of the Chesapeake . nnd 18 ... 138 00 48NO. 1—Continued. Names of Officers, &c. 2d. Second superintend en cy—Continued:Horace Benton, keeper locks 17 & 18 138 00 David Collins, keeper locks 19 & 20 R. C. Fields, keeper lock 21 John Fields, keeper lock 22 J. Y. Young, keeper lock 23 and guard John Wells, keeper lock 24 ... Asa Aud, keeper Edwards ferry outlet - 3d. Second superintendency:W. S. Elgin, superintendentL. C. Belt, Point of Rocks, collectorW. S. Elgin, Harpers Ferry, collector
RM2AG3RKY–. Memorial, presented by the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to the Congress of the United States : deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis. g and docking have been going on simultaneouslyat many points. At the same time plans have been made to remove all of thecenter-pier bridges in the river, and substitute bascule bridges for them. Someof these bridges are already finished, others in process of construction, and theremainder will be contracted for as rapidly as is jiossible without interfering tooseriously with traffic on the streets. The estimate
RM2AG3TR8–. Memorial, presented by the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to the Congress of the United States : deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis. ctionthat they have behind them the unanimous approval of the 2,000,000 inhabitantsof the Sanitary District of Chicago, whom they represent. Though they may notspeak authoritatively for the residents of the valley of the Illinois, they know ofthe existence of a similar sentiment along the entire course of the proposeddeep waterway. Pending your final decision they suggest that all work upon thefederal improvemen
RM2AKPE4X–The Illinois and Michigan Canal : a study in economic history . city of Joliet. The in-creased rentals from water power have aboutcounterbalanced the decrease of those from theninety-foot strip, which have declined with thedecline of the traffic on the canal.2 To these rentals should be added the receipts fromthe ice leases and from water pipe and sprinkling xOf the 38,820 tons of freight carried on the canalin 1905, there were 335,334 bushels of wheat shippedfrom Chicago and 6,163,444 pounds of flour and2,340,927 pounds of millstuffs received. Practicallyall of this business was produced by t
RM2AG3P7E–. Memorial, presented by the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to the Congress of the United States : deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis. r, iron and merchandise of all kinds would be beyond the power of dic-tation by transportation monopolies, because countless salutary irresistible re-straints would spring into life. It would be a section of an inter-state commercelaw which could never be repealed, and the aiithority of which could never bequestioned. It is national in its character, and appeals for its support to everycitizen in the land. Its m
RM2AXEGMT–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal documents . n this age of internal improvement. The author and his nu-merous experiments corroborate so much, of what, the antecedent note onthat part of the report relating to this topic, had suggested to be a possibleimprovement, in adapting a canal, like that which now extends along thevalley of the Potomac, to the important uses above mentioned, that the chair-man obtained permission of the committee, to submit to the House of Re-presentatives, on the 14th of May, the following resolution, which beingconsidered on the same day by unanimous consent, was adopted: Co
RM2AKPF0K–The Illinois and Michigan Canal : a study in economic history . et seq.Winter navigation of I. & M., 22.Winter rates. See Freight rates, Winter.Wisconsin River, 154.Wisner, Geo. Y., Estimate of channel improvements, 140.Woodward, A. B., favors waterway from St. Lawrence to Gulf of Mexico, 6.Wool shipped, 1842-47, 99.Wright, Benjamin, engineer. Re-port, 40.Wright, John, & Co., and canal bonds, 47-49.Wright, Silas, 130.Young, Hon. R. M., 46, 47, 48.. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESSCHICAGO 1918 Copyright By Chicago Historical Society A. D. 1918 5Tft( S-afttsffte press . DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANYCH
RM2AKPA4F–The Illinois and Michigan Canal : a study in economic history . - o O . .4. ^Jv7*&?J ECONOMIC INFLUENCE 107 of the state was to be found north of the SangamonRiver,1 and the most densely populated countieslay in the region of the waterway.2 During the first period of canal operation, from1848 to 1854, the population of the city of Chicagoadvanced from 20,035 to 74>5°0-3 But the en-largement of commerce more than kept pace withthe growth in population. The grain exportsgrew from 3,001,740 bushels to 13,132,501 bushels,the shipments of corn alone increasing from 550,460bushels to 6,837,890 bu
RM2AG3R1D–. Memorial, presented by the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to the Congress of the United States : deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis. interests of navigation. Studies thus far made have proceeded fora depth of fourteen feet and a width of 300 feet. Three levels or pools will benecessary, and three dams or locks. A fourteen-foot channel, with locks designedfor an ultimate depth of twenty feet, can be.secured, it is estimated, for $10,000,000. THE LOWER ILLINOIS — UTICA TO THE MOUTH OF THE ILLINOIS. The problem of river improvement changes entir
RM2AXERHK–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal documents . ust pins at their intersec-tion with every tie. The point of the d;un, on the upstream side, mu-st be sheet piled withtwo inch plank, well scribed and fitted to the rock at the bottom of theriver. The whole upper surface of the dam must be covered with fourinch plank well and tightly jointed. These planks to be secured withnine inch wrought iron spikes ; on the top of these planks must be se-cured ice guards four inches thick at the buff, and tapering to an edge,each guard plank to be 12 feet long, and to be fastened with fifteen inchwrought iron spikes. T
RM2AKPDRN–The Illinois and Michigan Canal : a study in economic history . ctions incanal charges, the traffic has gone more and moreto the railroads till for the year ending November30, 1905, the total amount of freight transported Water pipe and sprinkling Year Ice leases ] privileges and miscellaneous Both 1898 $ 856.OO $1,236.21 $2,092.21 1899 1,257.00 3,211.48 4,468.48 I9OO 767.OO 1,670.50 2,437-50 I9OI 1,077.00 I93oO 1,270.50 1902 1,057.00 553-oo I,6lO.OO I903 1,772.00 1,022.15 2,794-15 I904 3OO.OO 4,372-90 4,672.90 I905 987.OO 2,102.34 3,089.34 1906 37I.OO 2,327-3* 2,698.31 I907 585.OO i,977-95 2,
RM2AG3RYW–. Memorial, presented by the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to the Congress of the United States : deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis. iver flowing through an inhabited country. The construction of the canal was authorized by state law May 29, 1889, andthe Sanitary District of Chicago was organized for the work, its territory includingall that part of Chicago lying north of Eighty-seventh street, with the exceptionof two small outlying suburbs, and forty-three square miles of Cook County outsideof the city limits. Its total area is 185 square m
RM2CGYKD6–. Message from the Governor, accompanied with a report of the Canal Commissioners, and accompanying documents : read in the House of Representatives, December 27, 1838 . $89 26j115 213 48 361201 16394 431 43 74 45 56i345 6:JJ 69 19J173 47J205 79j 51 05J. 44 4741 621 I 87 18} I iii7,nni 84. STATEMENT No. 3. Showinn- the amount of coal used at the Stationary Engikies in each month, the amount during the .season, and the co.st of the same. NUMBER OF BUSHELS IN H-nry Fo:Samuel ]j: Number of Planes furnished. No. 1, 2, and 3,No. 6, 7, and 8,No. 4, 5, 9, and 10,No. 6, 7, and 8,Lump coat for locoin A
RM2CGYM6W–. Message from the Governor, accompanied with a report of the Canal Commissioners, and accompanying documents : read in the House of Representatives, December 27, 1838 . miftiaioiflooioomioiommicomiftiau^m W C* N W IT? !>?■ W 0< VO (N N OJ N W C? lO W (T? OJ Ci ) >> !aD 5 c c o «i S <U (D <U O t^-i n-i i i lt—s (ii (Jh s.- l-s -5 S^ 1^ C3 ti D K-^ ..s -p O t-5 ^ H-, p- fil K* O 01 G o O m^2^^ r> o o o o o o o o o o o o o O O o o o o oo CB o o t^ CO o o C3 o oo o o o o o o o o O o o o o o o o o -r(< in CO 05 1^) OJ CO 1—1 OS on Ci C5 o o « 05 05 QD 1^ 05 o DO CO OJ r- ^
RM2CRHB5J–. Report of the Canal Commissioners, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied with documents : read in the House of Representatives, January 4, 1828 . s state and for oneyear only, and prohibiting under suitable penalties, hawking andpedling lottery tickets of every description.. A measure of this descripdon it is presumed, would greatly les-sen the number of lottery offices, and prevent gross impositionspractised by pedlars of tickets. The objection to this measure is that it gives the sanction of lawto lotteries, but it may be observed that the sanction of the law al-ready exists and
RM2CECWYG–. Artificial waterways of the world. short waterway. Without the Panama Canal the United States,in the proper defense of its coast line, as well asthe enforcement of its rights and protection of itscommerce, would be compelled to maintain twofirst-class navies—one in the Atlantic and onein the Pacific—since, in the event of war, monthsmust elapse ere war vessels on either coast couldbe made available on the other. The lessenedcost of naval expenditure, apart from the ad-vantage to commerce, will therefore fully justifythe expenditure in building the canal by theUnited States. The canal is now
RM2CRJ524–. Annual report of the Auditor General of the State of Pennsylvania and of the tabulations and deductions from the reports of the railroad, canal, & telegraph companies for the year .. . O O 0> tH -^ 5CC t^C^I O O CO 01 o : CI -f r- o CO o o o o -** *-C o o o-r h- oi cr^ o»n in o ci I— 0000 O cc O t^ o -f -. h- M C O r-l o o o oo oo o c3 c gs m a> a-giis 8•si i:^ =,2 o a C c i^ — 7 >•> rt rt s c3 ri ^ j o c - 2-33 ^^ •^ o ■ .S T3 a ^ 73 ■:: O^ s s rt rt rt rt- a I, ^ ■- -2 -5 •= H:iH^SSS»;2iZboPL<(iiP4aHC be bl =* S £ 5 O 35 P-( Ph Pm ?5 IB 00 01 aa X O — o o 2 3 S1 ca03 :« tfl
RM2CGYMKR–. Message from the Governor, accompanied with a report of the Canal Commissioners, and accompanying documents : read in the House of Representatives, December 27, 1838 .
RM2CGYK2K–. Message from the Governor, accompanied with a report of the Canal Commissioners, and accompanying documents : read in the House of Representatives, December 27, 1838 . nge of the fiscalyear, until too late to countermand the usual instructions.] OF APPROPRIATIONS. The Board recommend the foUowinjg^^Ppropriations for the ensu-ing year: For the Erie extension, 81,000,000 00 North Branch extension, 1^000,000 00 Wisconisco canal, 146,320 00 •* Reservoirs, 218,000 00 completion of the 2nd track of rail-way to avoid the Columbia inclined plane, 88,171 00 renewing north track to Whitehall, 52,130 0
RM2CGYKRA–. Message from the Governor, accompanied with a report of the Canal Commissioners, and accompanying documents : read in the House of Representatives, December 27, 1838 . , do do HoUidayaburg, 281 ai so 31 21 .10 1 oo aiz 60 t062 8 ^-l ^f .u,;i„l, lan,la» HoLLIDATSBCHG DePOI. Isaiah W. Bunker, blacksmith, 7 28 28J 25J 26 24J 34 264 217 1 50 335 60 William Casey, Slower and striker 6 28 28 i 25 36 25 35 26i 2174 1 13J 244 685 Thomas Duke, Finisher 39 26 65 1 60 83 50 Same, do 28 30 35 26 109 1 62J 177 124 SSSO 81J—Costof HoUidaysburg depot; Scpebintesdents, Clebkj, State Agents, &c. John Snodgra
RM2CRHA25–. Report of the Canal Commissioners, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied with documents : read in the House of Representatives, January 4, 1828 . CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH 3 1812 03461 3571 {.•m^ :uViVA^miSii fgip ■n;;;.-:::.^-iin:-.iiii;-nn|
RM2CRHCBB–. Report of the Canal Commissioners, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied with documents : read in the House of Representatives, January 4, 1828 . nging of the gates, on four ofthe locks; all of which will be very shortly accomplished. From the 15th section to the head of the division, at Clarksupper ferry the state of the work is as follows. Section 15 and 14■wall sections at Kittatinney mountain are far advanced, and willbe finished early in the spring, together with the turnpike road ad-joining. Between this point and the upper side of short mountainat the end of the 7th section
RM2CH3HFN–. Les origines des canaux du Canada . ne tranchee de quelques pieds delargeur et a demi comblee. Cest tout ce qui reste du travail,gigantesque pour Tepoque, fait par les Messieurs de Saint-Sul-pice au debut du XVIIIme siecle. A titre de curiosite et pour comparaison, nous publions unetroisieme carte (c) du canal dressee, selon toute apparence, verslepoqua de la cession du pays a FAngleterre. Le canal y estdenomme Canal de la Morandiere, Pauteur ayant suppose queM. de la Morandiere, officier du regiment des IngenieursRoy aux de Ville-Marie, avait termine Fouvrage commence en1700. Cette opinion
RM2CRHCDW–. Report of the Canal Commissioners, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied with documents : read in the House of Representatives, January 4, 1828 . Ea,t1u i Clay. Rock, Slate.^^ 1 Q9.S , 1 66 -TrnrOTn>iili»rth>aifiteiyMwiii^*«Ai rf >. (6.) total Total pay-d on the menfs made onrubb divi-; the eastern di-vision. ! i 11^ tl »1427 Sd44,.)2oi 4952,927 6750,26 3946,102 8112j,i52 0« 8320,798 75. jPRCHS.1 Ea,th. j Clay. Bock, slate. E^banIJ Pud- I I 15,76880 12,010 627 35 42^ 205 j ment. Idling ^^^433 ^ 786371 1100773 209^1161 62566 [Paob 98.] I>. 1- e0NCLT?DED. (6.)
RM2CRJ556–. Annual report of the Auditor General of the State of Pennsylvania and of the tabulations and deductions from the reports of the railroad, canal, & telegraph companies for the year .. . ^ = > 13 S 5 U 3 O a> ^ ^ . ^ i- e^ ^ -^ ^ ^ « ^ -Ti ■^ ^ -3 i^ :i3 t- : c a ^ -C « = « ffi ° C z rt S = 3 - o s - P* a ; M g J3 J3 j= K 5 S ^ ^ 5 3 S s; I « C3 — - 3-3-5 ? EAILEOAD BEPORT. K^r<cO—t^^C-1-it^0iC0C^:0^--i!0O0i<ZS-*(X)tr^ iO—b-Jl—ClO-ClGOC-l-iQO-^OlCOb-.OlO-^CO^COCOCIO—t^OOO—ICOO—COClO:—-f-Tl-»OC0 lOOtr-b-iOTfCC—t^Cl-C 5 -• ^cq — SOi rH ^ —. (N CO r- O O CO MOOOi—OUtHOOOCDlfti-ieO
RM2CRJ5NM–. Annual report of the Auditor General of the State of Pennsylvania and of the tabulations and deductions from the reports of the railroad, canal, & telegraph companies for the year .. . X--£- o oogojga, -H xcox-joc-com « tions No. of stone bridges.. .»« ^^5? loqn lO ■^ occ — — c C-l CO M CJ -i rtO« COtt) eq r^^ta No. of wooden bridges 1 No. of iron bridges.... - to lO »H t-» -^ .g No. of coal, ore and ^^ lO -^^^s a cc-o ■^ 1 No. of freight cars or s S 2S 5 o No. of baggage, mail lO <N •M •COJ ■n o to-in<» ana express cars ■^ § No. of first class pas- s (N .n -f M a; -i* -) s CI ^ j. -^
RM2CRHB80–. Report of the Canal Commissioners, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied with documents : read in the House of Representatives, January 4, 1828 . hether this difference of cost, would be an equivalent to that ofmaintaining and keeping in repair, the steam engines. Thiswill form a subject for consideration and calculation upon the loca-tion of the road. In tracing the lines as detailed in the different sections in thepreliminary report submitted to the board, the operation was soconducted as to render the expense of forming the road, a moder-ate one. In some instances, embankments
RM2CRHBTB–. Report of the Canal Commissioners, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied with documents : read in the House of Representatives, January 4, 1828 . ♦^ c OJ 00 f= rH o U O O lOlO »o C>1 O «£) CO « «0 O o ^5 Jq .2i tc bogs ^^s-j; a S 2S ij M cc . SS-c v-titi. a^-^s-s.. « 4^ ■• 4>lSSy * 136 ^1« a it G? f-i e i^ ^ Asst. engineerAxemanBaggage wagonAssistant engineerRodmanAxeman do do do do do do do doAssistant engineerBaggage wagon *AxemanRodmanAxeman do i ^ ■ oS 1 John K. Findlay,William North,Colder & RamseyvThomas F. Purcell^Edward Watts,Henry Miller,David Beidleman,Aquilla Burc
RM2CRHBRF–. Report of the Canal Commissioners, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied with documents : read in the House of Representatives, January 4, 1828 . 470 1,741 108,019119,455-8,31112,7442,60012,980 3 34,602J 33,724 ^ 67,5^4 (J7. 139 4J f Continued.J Points of com-parison. Quantities. Cost oJ-canuL JF/iite ■ Clinton j JVhite . Clinton 56,.QQ2 5:^ tyom Mexico fo Thompson-town. Excavation Embankment Puddling iiock Slate Uardpan Outside slopewall Ipside do. do. FromThomp-sontown toNorths Isl. Excavation Kinbankment Puddling Rock fc?Jate Outside slopewall ,g2£-9,0rO 81 8442,065 1J -Fr
RM2CRHB6K–. Report of the Canal Commissioners, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied with documents : read in the House of Representatives, January 4, 1828 . called forth to over-come them. The Union Canal is the hope of Philadel-phia, and so far as the commercial greatness and theample revenue Philadelphia aftbrds the state, is a matterof concern, it is the hope of Pennsylvania. Nature, bylimiting the number of springs and streams of water,has fixed limits to which Canals can be carried from theSusquehanna to the commercial capital of our state, andit is believed that no other direct water c
RM2CECX69–. Artificial waterways of the world. d 1912, as follows: THE worlds canals 13 Kilomelric tons 1913 191^ Total Canal Tonnage 3,235,918,464 3,164,916,147 Total River Tonnage 2,949,071,602 2,685,582,884 Total Waterway Tonnage 6,184,990,066 5,850,499,031 1 Ton transported i kilometre (.621 of a mile). Germany Germany had canals connecting some of hergreat rivers prior to 1700, but the developmentof the present system was postponed to moderntimes. Once undertaken, however, it progressedrapidly, energetically, and with great practicalresults. Nearly all of her noble streams areconnected at commercia
RM2CH3NKK–. Les origines des canaux du Canada . et de la Cour de France. Enfin en 1708, Louis XIV, ayant reconnu le Canal de laChine dutilite publique, ordonna quon lui en presentat lesplans et les devis. Mais les malheurs de la fin du regne nepermirent pas de donner suite aux bonnes intentions du roi.Dans les annees qui suivent, la correspondance ecliangee entreles Sulpiciens de Montreal et ceux de France revient a clia-que instant sur le Canal de la Chine. Au cours de Pannee 1717, M. Chaussegros de Lerv, inge-nieur militaire et civil de Montreal, fait un releve de rou-vrage quil trouve aux trois quart
RM2CH3F1T–. Les origines des canaux du Canada . s dangereuse. La direction des travaux fut confiee aucapitaine Twiss. II ne sagissait pas encore de voies deau de 10, de 14 ou d20 pieds de mouillage, les navires qui circulaient alors sur leSaint-Laurent et lOttawa netant que de simples embarcation3denommees York boats, type assez bien conserve dans lesgrands bateaux dont se servent aujourdhui les rudes ouvriersemployes au flottage des bois et qui, sons pleine charge, tirentenviron deux pieds deau. Hex quatre canaux en question, le plus rapproche* du lacSaint-Loui* trouvait h quelque distance en amont de
RM2CECX7X–. Artificial waterways of the world. ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYSOF THE WORLD BYA. BARTON HEPBURN AUTHOR OF HISTORY OB COINAGE AND CURRENCY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY1914 All rigUs reservedcu31924030108074
RM2CECX3C–. Artificial waterways of the world. of the opening of the GrandCanal, as it was called for many years, was sentfrom Buffalo to Sandy Hook, over 500 miles, in81 minutes, by means of booming cannon placedat proper distances along the Mne. Our forbears,rejoicing over this great achievement in trans-portation, sought to hasten the news of thecanals opening, as fast as sound travels, by boom-ing cannon. They httle dreamed that in less thana century BujBfalo and New York would conversewith the same ease and certainty as persons seatedface to face. The construction of the Erie Canal was op-posed by
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RM2CRHA39–. Report of the Canal Commissioners, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied with documents : read in the House of Representatives, January 4, 1828 .
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RM2CGYKX0–. Message from the Governor, accompanied with a report of the Canal Commissioners, and accompanying documents : read in the House of Representatives, December 27, 1838 . 8(^,000 ,€H> Balance, , ■; $7,055.J4 ,..,..,:,.,, ,....„ STATEMENT No. ^4, Showing the number of cords, price per eord,and the amonotpaid lor wood purchased lor locomotives, &c. Anioiuit. ( From whom purchased. ?o, ofcorJs Price per corJ. Michael Dunnigan, 03 §1 12d $7Qi;7A^ Daniel 6. S. Kelly, 100 . t, .12i 112 50 George Murray, 7v|. 1 12.1 7 87^, .lames Patterson, l^^^.;^fe^tj?.^???i«1- ,,,,„,.. 23 7^^ Michael Bracken
RM2CRHAJR–. Report of the Canal Commissioners, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied with documents : read in the House of Representatives, January 4, 1828 . I.
RM2CH35YN–. Les origines des canaux du Canada . s lorsquon a eonstruit leCanal de Soulanges. En aout 1890, leurs maconneries etaientencore debout, bien que menacant mine, et leurs portes en place. Cette rigole, comme nous serions tentes de Pappeler aujour-dhui, souvrait dans POttawa immediatement a Paval de ladeuxieme ecluse du canal de Soulanges. Un fait curieux a noter, cest la legende qui attribuait auxFrancais la construction des quatre canaux du Long-Saut.Comment avait-elle fini par saccrediter aupres de personneldont les peres avaient vu executer ces ouvrages? cest ce quinest pas facile a explique
RM2CECWNW–. Artificial waterways of the world. sing the Panamaroute, as compared with other routes. APPENDIX 147 5hJ S > <-3 <u U £ ? c d 9rt 1-5 ^ I pi^ tn fl :3 . o c o ^ S3d-g 0 2 a u oti SS 3 O) s .kfii -^ rt OX! QJ <u r gj 3 dE2 £ & 0:3 Oi rO O O N o CO N O O O , m o 10 ^f oTwo Ov ^^ I OO^-^O OOi<r)00000Q00 O 000 Mr^Qio 8 0 & 0^ O *4-CO rO O 0 CT O « 10 fOOO 0 t^ Oi Q *^O Tl-c5Ot^0O O GO ;t-0t^d-w*0 O CTt^OW§* O t^vo O ro^ W O cS ^ i-To dt£r c^ 0 ^ ^ 0 COO OiM O i-ivO OOO OiQ -^O »00 0 O O Q wOOOOOiOHvo-^. rO-<0<NOCOOOOiHOO io-^wpo lo-^io dlro^iN 1000-o tC lood H I 10 vo I O
RM2CGYK2P–. Message from the Governor, accompanied with a report of the Canal Commissioners, and accompanying documents : read in the House of Representatives, December 27, 1838 . uing year: ■ Repairs to Muncy dam, $10,710 00 Guard-lock at Bald Eagle, 210 00 Renewing wood work of locks, 2.750 00 waler-ways round locks, 2,700 t)0 Repairs to Loyalsock dam, 3,925 00 Raising embankment at Loyalsock creek, 2,625 00 Repairs to aqueducts, 900 00 to bridges, 7,800 00 i-JS 1,620 00 There will likewise be required for new work on old lines, the sum of $l,iJ00 00 The amount drawn fiom the Treasury for the year end
RM2CH30B4–. Les origines des canaux du Canada . et completait la route fluviale directe entre Montrealet Kingston, les canaux de Lachine, de Carillon, de la Chute-a-Blondeau, de Grenville et du Rideau, ayant ete ouverts a la cir-culation de 1826 a 1833. Lecluse de Vaudreuil fut des lorsabandon nee et ne t ar da pas a tomber en ruines. Vers lepoque ou le gouvernement imperial dAngleterre fai-sait construire les canaux militaires, cest-a^dire ceux qui se-chelonnent entre Montreal et Kingston, il entreprenait aussitout une serie de petits ouvrages analogues dans Pancienne pro-vince du Haut-Canada, pendant
RM2CH3AG9–. Les origines des canaux du Canada . ions) de 13 pieds 8 poucesplus elevees que celles de POttawa a Pautre extremite du trace.Je propose de donner au canal une profondeur de 3 piedsen contrebas du niveau de ces eaux au moment de mes obser-vations (elles etaient alors extremement basses). Cette profon-deur est plus que suffisante pour assurer le passage des plusgrands bateaux, meme si le niveau des deux cours deau sabais-sait davantage. La cunette devrait avoir 10 pierls de largenret les ecluses 20 pieds. En donnant a celles-ei une longueurde 120 pieds, on pourra ecluser six bateaux a la fois.
RM2CH3412–. Les origines des canaux du Canada . Company, etabliten cet endroit une ecluse en bois dont on discerne encore biennettement Pemplacement. Quand on traverse cette branche dePOttawa en chemin de fer, on apergoit a Faval des pouts deuxtranchees assez larges pratiquees dans une pointe de la rivedroite. Cest dans celle du large que se trouvait Fecluse, Tautreamenait les eaux a un moulin dont il ne reste plus trace. Unejetee, aussi en bois, montait de Fecluse jusqua Filot ou M. lesenateur Beique a aujourdhui sa maison de campagne; ellaconstituait Fapproche damont du canal et se voit encore tresbie
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