Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 690
Atlantic to the Pacific, and Dr. Samuel E. Barlow proposed onefrom New York to the Columbia River, 2000 miles, to cost $10,000 per mile,and to carry traffic at about seven miles per hour. From 1844 to 1849 Mr.Asa Whitney urged Congress to grant land to aid him in building a line fromLake Michigan… … A RAILWAY TRAIN IN BELGIUM. when the federal government soon recognized the importance of havingdirect communication with the Pacific States, which were at that time iso-lated. Companies were organized in 1862, and work commenced in 1864,under government subsidies and military aid and protection.…
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