Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 843
no bad hills toclimb. If you try to make him climb a steep hillhe may stop short and refuse to stir a wheel. The going up and down all the time. The horse-rail-roads are decidedly in the way of all other vehicles,and the cars often cause blockades that delay thebusiness people very much. Before the… … THE FIRST ELEVATED ROAD, WITH ITS LINE OF SINGLE POSTS. land to the west of Central Park is exceedinglyhilly, and the railroad must be made to pleasethese iron horses. So it happens that where theground is low the iron supports of the railroadare very high, as may be seen by the picture onpage 801.…
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