The Western Journal, of Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, and General Literature, Volume 3M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1849 - Missouri Agriculture and the mechanic arts are the basis of civilization. |
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... miles wide , on the North side of the Road , and the Land for the bed of the Road , and for Depots , and the right to take , from the Public Lands , Wood , Gravel , Stone , Iron , and other materials , necessary to construct the Road ...
... miles wide , on the North side of the Road , and the Land for the bed of the Road , and for Depots , and the right to take , from the Public Lands , Wood , Gravel , Stone , Iron , and other materials , necessary to construct the Road ...
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distance of 20 miles , through two summits and great physical obstacles : — and in the unprecedentedly short space of 2 years and 2 months , from the day the first spade struck the ground , to begin the work , the City and its Citizens ...
distance of 20 miles , through two summits and great physical obstacles : — and in the unprecedentedly short space of 2 years and 2 months , from the day the first spade struck the ground , to begin the work , the City and its Citizens ...
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... miles wide , on the north side of the road , extending through- out the line , from the State of Missouri to San Francisco , a distance of at least 2,000 miles , though Mr. Degrand estimates the whole dis- tance from St. Louis , at but ...
... miles wide , on the north side of the road , extending through- out the line , from the State of Missouri to San Francisco , a distance of at least 2,000 miles , though Mr. Degrand estimates the whole dis- tance from St. Louis , at but ...
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... mile contains six hundred and forty acres ; which gives two thousand five hundred and sixty acres for ev- ery mile of the road , taking a strip two miles wide on each side of it . The rise of $ 50 per acre on 2560 acres , gives an ...
... mile contains six hundred and forty acres ; which gives two thousand five hundred and sixty acres for ev- ery mile of the road , taking a strip two miles wide on each side of it . The rise of $ 50 per acre on 2560 acres , gives an ...
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... miles . At $ 66,666 per mile , fully equipped , the railroad will cost $ 100,000,000 . Let a charter with this capital be granted by congress , to a company , in which individuals take the stock and furnish $ 2,000 , - 000 of the ...
... miles . At $ 66,666 per mile , fully equipped , the railroad will cost $ 100,000,000 . Let a charter with this capital be granted by congress , to a company , in which individuals take the stock and furnish $ 2,000 , - 000 of the ...
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