ISBN: 1230101330

[SR: 11510434], Paperback, [EAN: 9781230101330], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and mis… Mehr…

[SR: 11510434], Paperback, [EAN: 9781230101330], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ...Trunk road was extended as the first step towards a Pacific railroad, and because its failure is an example of what may be apprehended by a like incomprehensive treatment of our own Pacific project. Extract from a speech of Hon. James A. McDougal, delivered in t/ie House of Rcprm-nttitivef on the 29tt of May, 18.H. "The line from Halifax, through the British possessions, to the Pacific, is a project contemplated by our northern neighbors, and in it they have the support of heavy English capital." DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION. IS and decayed. The amount of the cost of this renewal would absolutely construct and equip a road of medium class, with ordinary management reaching the Pacific in ten years, and, if necessary, even in five years. This preliminary road would not make a passage of the same obstacles by reduction of surface, nor adopt so direct a line as a Grand Trunk road; but select a route giving the most rapid results to first outlay, by at once answering the present needs of the nation. It would also accomplish that first step towards the construction of a grand road, which would eventually insure its completion without great loss to its projectors, or, more properly, to the government finding means for extending it. A doubt exists in the minds of practical individuals whether the traffic of a Grand Trunk overland railroad will ever support its running expenses. Hence, there is an experiment to be tried. Government is not particularly interested in the question as to whether the commerce of the Pacific seas will pass over this line, when built, or continue to be borne by clipper-ships around the southern extremity of South America. Government is interested in the solution of the problem only so far as the..., 5035, World, 15812171, Civilization & Culture, 3825131, Expeditions & Discoveries, 4992, Jewish, 11764653011, Maritime History & Piracy, 6343224011, Religious, 16244141, Slavery & Emancipation, 15812211, Women in History, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 1230101330

[SR: 8559370], Paperback, [EAN: 9781230101330], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and miss… Mehr…

[SR: 8559370], Paperback, [EAN: 9781230101330], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ...Trunk road was extended as the first step towards a Pacific railroad, and because its failure is an example of what may be apprehended by a like incomprehensive treatment of our own Pacific project. Extract from a speech of Hon. James A. McDougal, delivered in t/ie House of Rcprm-nttitivef on the 29tt of May, 18.H. "The line from Halifax, through the British possessions, to the Pacific, is a project contemplated by our northern neighbors, and in it they have the support of heavy English capital." DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION. IS and decayed. The amount of the cost of this renewal would absolutely construct and equip a road of medium class, with ordinary management reaching the Pacific in ten years, and, if necessary, even in five years. This preliminary road would not make a passage of the same obstacles by reduction of surface, nor adopt so direct a line as a Grand Trunk road; but select a route giving the most rapid results to first outlay, by at once answering the present needs of the nation. It would also accomplish that first step towards the construction of a grand road, which would eventually insure its completion without great loss to its projectors, or, more properly, to the government finding means for extending it. A doubt exists in the minds of practical individuals whether the traffic of a Grand Trunk overland railroad will ever support its running expenses. Hence, there is an experiment to be tried. Government is not particularly interested in the question as to whether the commerce of the Pacific seas will pass over this line, when built, or continue to be borne by clipper-ships around the southern extremity of South America. Government is interested in the solution of the problem only so far as the..., 5035, World, 15812171, Civilization & Culture, 3825131, Expeditions & Discoveries, 4992, Jewish, 6343224011, Religious, 16244141, Slavery & Emancipation, 15812211, Women in History, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

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[EAN: 9781230101330], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: .Trunk road was extended as the first step towards a Pacific railroad, and because its failure is an example of what may be apprehended by a like incomprehensive treatment of our own Pacific project. Extract from a speech of Hon. James A. McDougal, delivered in t/ie House of Rcprm-nttitivef on the 29tt of May, 18.H. The line from Halifax, through the British possessions, to the Pacific, is a project contemplated by our northern neighbors, and in it they have the support of heavy English capital. DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION. IS and decayed. The amount of the cost of this renewal would absolutely construct and equip a road of medium class, with ordinary management reaching the Pacific in ten years, and, if necessary, even in five years. This preliminary road would not make a passage of the same obstacles by reduction of surface, nor adopt so direct a line as a Grand Trunk road; but select a route giving the most rapid results to first outlay, by at once answering the present needs of the nation. It would also accomplish that first step towards the construction of a grand road, which would eventually insure its completion without great loss to its projectors, or, more properly, to the government finding means for extending it. A doubt exists in the minds of practical individuals whether the traffic of a Grand Trunk overland railroad will ever support its running expenses. Hence, there is an experiment to be tried. Government is not particularly interested in the question as to whether the commerce of the Pacific seas will pass over this line, when built, or continue to be borne by clipper-ships around the southern extremity of South America. Government is interested in the solution of the problem only so far as the.<

ISBN: 1230101330

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