Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 224
in 1817, and made the first trip over thecompleted canal in 1825. There was great opposition tobuilding this canal at the expense of the State, and the nick-name of Clintons Big Ditch was frequently applied to it.Governor Clinton was wiser, however, than his opponents.Every cent spent on this… … -T=^ THE ERIE CANAL. 222 AMERICAN INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS. East and the West was carried over the Erie canal, becauseit furnished the cheapest route. Freight charges betweenBuffalo and Albany fell at once to less than one-quarter theirformer rates, and continued to decrease until they becameless…
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