Download or read book Waterways Versus Railways Classic Reprint written by Harold G. Moulton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Waterways Versus Railways In Class B, which included any who were at the time undergraduates of an American college, a first prize of $300, and a second prize of $900. Any essay submitted in Class B, if deemed of sufficient merit, could receive a prize in Class A. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Inland Waterways Their Relation to Transportation Classic Reprint written by Emory Richard Johnson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Inland Waterways, Their Relation to Transportation The carriers of freight hold the keys of trade. During the year 1890 - 91, over thirty iron smelting furnaces of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania were shut down several months, because the railroads could not give them a reduction of twenty-five cents a ton in the freight rates for coke fuel.* As slight a reduction as a mill a ton mile by the railroads in their charges would save to trade nearly a hundred million dollars a year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Waterways Versus Railways written by Harold Glenn Moulton and published by Boston : Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1912 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transit Over Roadways Waterways and Railways in Its Relation to the Commercial Development of the Country written by W. E. Williams and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transit Over Roadways, Waterways and Railways, in Its Relation to the Commercial Development of the Country: With a Special Reference to the County of Glamorgan During the last few years, considerable time has been spent in discussing the Fiscal Policy of our Country, but it will, no doubt, be accepted by both Free Traders and Tariff Reformers, that what we shall have chiefly to rely upon in the future in order to maintain our position in the markets of the world, will be the adoption of the most improved methods for the production of the various articles of commerce, together with an efficient transit service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Report to the Mayor and Adlermen of the City of Chicago written by Chicago (Ill.). Harbor Commission and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book hawrah written by L.S.S. O'Malley and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Howrah The deep channel alternates from left to right and vice cersa according to the windings of the river, except where deflected by the large tributaries which debouch into it at the southern limit of this district. Proceeding from Howrah Bridge, the deep channel runs on the Calcutta side in the Calcutta Reach past the Fort and Kidderpore to Garden Reach. At Rajganj, Opposite Hangman Point, it crosses over to the Howrah Side, and follows the Sankrail Reach as far as Melancholy (menikhali) Point. It then zigzags from left to right at each bend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Consolidated Statutes of Newfoundland Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 1919 with total page 1034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Consolidated Statutes of Newfoundland Of storing gunpowder In the towns of St. Johns, Harbor Grace Carbonear, Of the St. John' s fire brigade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book WATERWAYS VERSUS RAILWAYS written by Harold Glenn 1883-1965 Moulton and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Discussion of the Question of Railways Or Waterways for India Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Discussion of the Question of Railways or Waterways for India The great obj ect of his opponent is to put in a strong light the comparative effects of the two kinds of works in India. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Waterways Versus Railroads written by Harold Glenn Moulton and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Historical Review of the New York and Erie Railroad Classic Reprint written by Eleazar Lord and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Historical Review of the New York and Erie Railroad Their military object made it necessary for them-to traverse and reconnoiter the valleys of the rivers which intersect or border those counties; the feas ibility of which, for a national avenue to the West, then felt to be necessary for military purposes, and foreseen to be necessary for civil and social objects, seems to have suggested and induced them to propose, what they termed, an Appz'an Way, to be constructed under the direction of the General Government. They accordingly, by correspondence with individ uals, and by means of the public prints, called the8 the new york and erie railroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Relations of the Railways and the Public Classic Reprint written by L. E. Johnson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Relations of the Railways and the Public The explanation of the wasteful construction of the National Transcontinental is the same as the ex planation' oi' the wasteful operation of the Inter colonial. The work was done on political rather than business lines. The principle of the pork barrel had dominated the management and con struction of government railways in Canada as it has the development of waterways, the erection of public buildings and a good many other matters in this country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Ways of Our Railways Classic Reprint written by Charles H. Grinling and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ways of Our Railways Both in the design and execution of the book I have received constant advice and assistance from Mr. C. E. Grasemann, to whom I tender my warmest acknowledgments. A portion of Chapter III was written, at my request, by Mr. Edward Davy Pain, and a portion of Chapter IV bv Mr. C. J. Bowen Cooke, to both of whom my Sincere thanks are offered for giving me the benefit of their literary Skill as well as of their expert knowledge. In writing each one of the other chapters I have had the assistance of one or more friends closely in touch with the department of railway working under treatment. My gratitude to these for help, in every case most kindly and willingly given, is none the less Sincere because I do not mention them by name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
