 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1814 - 634 halaman
...miles ; that road, if I am rightly informed, cost on an average, 6000 dollars a mile, or 444,000 for the whole. On it, from Columbia to Philadelphia, a barrel of flour say 200 * The Royal canal from Canton to Pekin. is 825 miles long, its breadth 50 feet, its depth 9 feet. •... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1814 - 602 halaman
...200 * The Royal canal from Canton to PekUi, ia 835 miles long, its breidtk 50 feet, its depth 9 tcct. weight, pays one dollar carriage. A broad wheeled waggon carries 30 barrels or 3 tons, and pays for turnpike 3 dollars ; thus for each ton carried the turnpike company receives only... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1815 - 648 halaman
...him merchandise at reduced prices? or shall we first make roads to accommodate travellers and let * The royal canal from Canton to Pekin is 825 miles long, its breadth 50 feet, its depth 0 feet. the prochice of our farms, mines and forests, labour under such heavy expenses that they cannot... | |
 | 1824 - 520 halaman
...verbatim : " By the Lancaster turnpike, from Philadelphia to the Susquehannah, at Columbia, is 74 miles. On it, from Columbia to Philadelphia, a barrel of...carriage. A broad wheeled waggon carries 30 barrels, or 3 tons, and pays for turnpike, 3 dollars : thus, for each ton carried, the turnpike company receives... | |
 | John Franklin Reigart - 1856 - 422 halaman
...that road, if I am rightly informed, cost, on an average, 6000 dollars a mile, or 444,000 dollars for the whole. On it, from Columbia to Philadelphia, a barrel of flour, say 200cwt, pays one dollar carriage. A broad-wheel wagon carries 30 barrels, or 3 tons, and pays for turnpike... | |
 | John Franklin Reigart - 1856 - 408 halaman
...view to the greatest good, we should now consider which object is entitled to our first attention. * The Royal Canal from Canton to Pekin is 825 miles long; its .breadth, 59 feet ; its depth, nine feet Shall we begin with canals, which will carry the farmer's produce cheap... | |
 | John Luther Ringwalt - 1888 - 532 halaman
...that road, if I am rightly informed, cost, on an average, C,000 dollars a mile, or 444,000 dollars for the whole. On it, from Columbia to Philadelphia, a barrel of flour, say 200 cwt., pays one dollar carriage. A broad-wheel wagon carries thirty barrels, or three tons, and pays... | |
 | United States. Inland Waterways Commission - 1908 - 742 halaman
...miles; that road, if I am rightly informed, cost, on an average, 6.000 dollars a mile, or 444,000 for the whole. On it, from Columbia to Philadelphia, a...say 200 weight, pays one dollar carriage. A broad wheel wagon carries 30 barrels, or three tons, and pays for turnpike three dollars; thus for, each... | |
 | 1908 - 742 halaman
...miles; that road, if I am rightly informed, cost, on an average. 6,000 dollars a mile, or 444,000 for the whole. On it, from Columbia to Philadelphia, a...say 200 weight, pays one dollar carriage. A broad wheel wagon carries 30 barrels, or three tons, and pays for turnpike three dollars; thus for, each... | |
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Pékin, is 825 miles long, its breadth 50 feet, its depth nine feet. 36 pays for turnpike three dollars; thus for each ton carried the turnpike company receives only one dollar. I will now suppose a canal to have been cut from Philadelphia to Columbia,... 