History of early steamboat navigation on the Missouri River : life and adventures of Joseph La Barge (1903)
Chittenden, Hiram Martin, 1858-1917 · New York : F.P. Harper · leaf 103
ds ofhigh water, when it is important to move the floodsrapidly down the valley, the river straightens out,shortens its length, increases its slope, and acceleratesits velocity of flow. Of the immense carrying power and potential energyof this stream it is difficult to form an adequate con-ception.… … ;^ — — rzr; 1894 COUNTY SURVEY !>,*.„/., H....1 Ruryol.ll BEDS OF THE OLD RIVER. 79 tons, or tons carried one mile. The railroads of theUnited States carried in the year 1901 141,000,000,000mile-tons of freight. That such an exercise of power should leave its im-press deep upon the country…
