Northern Pacific Railroad Company: Pamphlet Vol.], Τόμος 11866 |
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Σελίδα 14
... canals and rivers two and a half mills ; while on railroads it varies from five to twenty mills , according to the grade of the road . Hence , for all merchandise , and especially of the heavier class , destined for the country ...
... canals and rivers two and a half mills ; while on railroads it varies from five to twenty mills , according to the grade of the road . Hence , for all merchandise , and especially of the heavier class , destined for the country ...
Σελίδα 3
... canals , build- ing mills , and rearing their log cabins . The merchant , the farmer , and the me- chanic follow them . The long solitude of the centuries is broken by mill- wheels , the buzzing of saws , the stroke of the axe , the ...
... canals , build- ing mills , and rearing their log cabins . The merchant , the farmer , and the me- chanic follow them . The long solitude of the centuries is broken by mill- wheels , the buzzing of saws , the stroke of the axe , the ...
Σελίδα 5
... canal one mile nearly in length , having twelve feet depth of water , with two locks of eight to ten feet lift each , three hundred and fifty feet length of chamber , and seventy feet wide . Between Lake Huron and Lake Erie , at what ...
... canal one mile nearly in length , having twelve feet depth of water , with two locks of eight to ten feet lift each , three hundred and fifty feet length of chamber , and seventy feet wide . Between Lake Huron and Lake Erie , at what ...
Σελίδα 6
... Canal , which is forty - two miles extreme length , has ten feet depth of water , and locks 150 feet by 26 feet , with lifts averaging ten to twelve feet . This canal was origi- nally of much smaller dimensions . It has two termini on ...
... Canal , which is forty - two miles extreme length , has ten feet depth of water , and locks 150 feet by 26 feet , with lifts averaging ten to twelve feet . This canal was origi- nally of much smaller dimensions . It has two termini on ...
Σελίδα 7
... Canal , 11 miles long , with locks 120 by 24 feet , and six feet depth of water , overcoming the fall ( about 65 ... Canal with that river . This improvement extends to Lake Ontario at Kingston , 127 miles , of which 57 miles only is ...
... Canal , 11 miles long , with locks 120 by 24 feet , and six feet depth of water , overcoming the fall ( about 65 ... Canal with that river . This improvement extends to Lake Ontario at Kingston , 127 miles , of which 57 miles only is ...
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Σελίδα 11 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Σελίδα 8 - ... and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections: ProOpinion of the Court.
Σελίδα 8 - Pacific coast, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores, over the route of said line of railway and its branches, every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad...
Σελίδα 6 - The sovereignty of a state extends to everything which exists by its own authority, or is introduced by its permission; but does it extend to those means which are employed by congress to carry into execution powers conferred on that body by the people of the United States?
Σελίδα 6 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said Company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States...
Σελίδα 11 - An Act to secure homesteads to • actual settlers on the public domain...
Σελίδα 5 - Wisconsin, thence westerly, by the most eligible railroad route, as shall be determined by said company, within the territory of the United States...
Σελίδα 6 - It is of the very essence of supremacy to remove all obstacles to its action within its own sphere, and so to modify every power vested in subordinate governments as to exempt its own operations from their influence.
Σελίδα 10 - That the President of the United States shall cause the lands to be surveyed for forty miles in width on both sides of the entire line of said road, after the general route shall be fixed, and as fast as may be required by the construction of said railroad...
Σελίδα 8 - Office ; and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections, or parts of sections, shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers, or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections...