The Railroads of the United States: Their History and Statistics Comprising the Progress and Present Condition of the Various Lines with Their Earnings and Expenses. To which are Added a Synopsis of the Railroad Laws of the United States, and an Article on the Comparative Merits of Iron and Steel RailsA. Williams, 1868 - 452 páginas |
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... Fort Wayne , and Chicago road ; and the Chicago and North Western road , all afford striking illustrations of the vast benefits of judicious consolidation . The effect of particular railroads in developing the resources of the country ...
... Fort Wayne , and Chicago road ; and the Chicago and North Western road , all afford striking illustrations of the vast benefits of judicious consolidation . The effect of particular railroads in developing the resources of the country ...
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... FORT WAYNE , AND CHICAGO RAILROAD 126 CHAPTER XII . NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILROAD . 141 CHAPTER XIII . NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD · CHAPTER XIV . NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD - continued CHAPTER XV . MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD AND GREAT WESTERN ...
... FORT WAYNE , AND CHICAGO RAILROAD 126 CHAPTER XII . NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILROAD . 141 CHAPTER XIII . NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD · CHAPTER XIV . NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD - continued CHAPTER XV . MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD AND GREAT WESTERN ...
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... Ft . Wayne and Chicago . Erie Cleveland and Pittsburg Pennsylvania 2,386,132 50 Do. 1865 797 15,434,774 72 10,368,264 02 67.20 11,154,930 46 72.27 The celebrated Scotch writer Mr. Wm . Chambers , after. 31 Miles Expenses exclu- NAME OF ...
... Ft . Wayne and Chicago . Erie Cleveland and Pittsburg Pennsylvania 2,386,132 50 Do. 1865 797 15,434,774 72 10,368,264 02 67.20 11,154,930 46 72.27 The celebrated Scotch writer Mr. Wm . Chambers , after. 31 Miles Expenses exclu- NAME OF ...
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... Fort Wayne road , four hundred and sixty - eight miles . 4. From New York to St. Louis by way of Miles . Dunkirk and Cleveland : 1147 Namely , from New York to Dunkirk , on the Erie Railroad , four hundred and sixty miles ; from Dunkirk ...
... Fort Wayne road , four hundred and sixty - eight miles . 4. From New York to St. Louis by way of Miles . Dunkirk and Cleveland : 1147 Namely , from New York to Dunkirk , on the Erie Railroad , four hundred and sixty miles ; from Dunkirk ...
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... Fort Wayne , and Chicago Railroad , four hundred and sixty - eight miles . 2. From Philadelphia to St. Louis : Namely , from Philadelphia to Pittsburg , three hundred and fifty - five miles ; from Pitts- burg to Columbus , Ohio , one ...
... Fort Wayne , and Chicago Railroad , four hundred and sixty - eight miles . 2. From Philadelphia to St. Louis : Namely , from Philadelphia to Pittsburg , three hundred and fifty - five miles ; from Pitts- burg to Columbus , Ohio , one ...
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acres Alleghany Alleghany Mountains amount Baltimore and Ohio bonds Boston branch bridge Buffalo built cago canal cent CHAPTER Chicago and Northwestern Cincinnati commenced completed connection consolidation construction corporation cost Council Bluffs depot distance dollars namely dred earnings engines Erie Railroad expenses extended feet long Fond du Lac Fort Wayne four hundred freight cars Galena hundred and fifty hundred feet Illinois Central Railroad inclined planes increased Indiana iron rails labor Lake land line of road locomotives Louis Michigan Central Railroad Michigan Southern Railroad millions of dollars Mississippi River Missouri Missouri River mountain Northwestern Railway Ohio Railroad opened operation pany passed passenger cars Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia Pittsburg portion President Price $1 rolling stock route steel rails stockholders thirty thousand dollars thousand five hundred three hundred tion Toledo track traffic trains tunnel Western Railroad whole Wisconsin York and Erie York Central Railroad
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Página 428 - ... has not been able to acquire title thereto, and the reason of such inability. The petition must also state the names and places of residence of the parties, so far as the same can by reasonable diligence be ascertained, who own or have, or claim to own or have, estates or interests...
Página 427 - Xo person holding stock in any such company, as executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, and no person holding such stock as collateral security, shall be personally subject to any liability as stockholder of such company...
Página 433 - To regulate the time and manner in which passengers and property shall be transported, and the tolls and compensation to be paid therefor...
Página 427 - ... but the person pledging such stock shall be considered as holding the same, and shall be liable as a stockholder accordingly, and the estates and funds in the hands of such executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee shall be liable, in like manner and to the same extent, as the testator or intestate, or the ward or person interested in such fund, would have been if he had been living and competent to act, and held the stock in his own name.
Página 425 - State, who shall indorse thereon the day they are filed, and record the same in a book to be provided by him for that purpose ; and thereupon the persons who have so subscribed such articles of association, and...
Página 431 - ... in cases where an embankment or cutting shall make a change in the line of such highway, turnpike or plankroad desirable, with a view to a more easy ascent or descent...
Página 424 - Any number of persons, not less than five, may form a company for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a railroad for public use in the conveyance of persons and property...
Página 430 - They shall view the premises described in the petition, and hear the proofs and allegations of the parties, and reduce the testimony...
Página 433 - From time to time to borrow such sums of money as may be necessary for completing and finishing or operating their railroad, and to issue and dispose of their bonds for any amount so borrowed, and to mortgage their corporate property and franchises to secure the payment of any debt contracted b}' the company for the purposes aforesaid...
Página 435 - ... and a duplicate thereof given to the passenger or person delivering the same on his behalf...