 | John Luther Ringwalt - 1888 - 532 halaman
...1.04 mills per ton per mile. Andrews' Report on Colonial and Lake Trade, published in ia54, says:— "Previous to the construction of the canal the cost...transportation from Lake Erie to tidewater was such as to nearly prevent all movement of merchandise. A report of the committee of the legislature, to whom... | |
 | United States. Inland Waterways Commission - 1908 - 742 halaman
...western country. As. is said in Executive Document 136, Thirty-second Congress, first session, page 279: Previous to the construction of the canal the cost of transportation from Lake Erie to tide water was almost 'prohibitory. The report of the committee of the legislature to whom was referred... | |
 | Guy Stevens Callender - 1909 - 852 halaman
...STATEMENT OF TRADE AND TONNAGE OF THE NEW YORK STATE CANALS IV. COMMERCIAL RIVALRY OF SEABOARD CITIES 1 Previous to the construction of the canal the cost...of the legislature, to whom was referred the whole suhject of the proposed work, consisting of the most intelligent members of that body, dated March... | |
 | Ernest Ludlow Bogart - 1912 - 636 halaman
...vessels on Lake Champlain before the canal was opened was only 20, but a year later there were 218. Previous to the construction of the canal the cost of transportation from Buffalo to New York City was $100 a ton and the ordinary length of passage twenty days; most of the... | |
 | Percy Wells Bidwell, John Ironside Falconer - 1925 - 544 halaman
...York wheat became the chief crop and the Genesee Country became our chief wheat-growing section. " Previous to the construction of the canal the cost...such as nearly to prevent all movement of merchandise The expense of transportation from Buffalo to New York was stated at $100 per ton, and the ordinary... | |
 | 1925 - 546 halaman
...York wheat became the chief crop and the Genesee Country became our chief wheat-growing section. " Previous to the construction of the canal the cost...such as nearly to prevent all movement of merchandise The expense of transportation from Buffalo to New York was stated at $100 per ton, and the ordinary... | |
 | 1908 - 742 halaman
...western country. As is said in Executive Document 136, Thirty-second Congress, first session, page 279: Previous to the construction of the canal the cost of transportation from Lake Erie to tide water was almost prohibitory. The report of the committee of the legislature to whom was referred... | |
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Previous to the construction of the canal, the cost of transportation from Lake Erie to tide-water was such as nearly to prevent all movement of merchandise. A report of the committee of the legislature, to whom was referred the whole subject of the proposed... 