The Western Journal, Volume 7M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1851 |
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Page 16
... road at $ 32,543 , a degree of curvature as four feet , and sixty feet of ascent , as a mile in length . Engineers generally equate a mile of road at $ 50,000 . In this I have considered it two much as its grades are light . three pass ...
... road at $ 32,543 , a degree of curvature as four feet , and sixty feet of ascent , as a mile in length . Engineers generally equate a mile of road at $ 50,000 . In this I have considered it two much as its grades are light . three pass ...
Page 17
... road , with banks eighteen feet wide , cuts twenty - four feet , the rails to be iron sixty - one pounds per yard , laid on cross - ties two feet apart , imbedded in gravel or clean sand twenty inches in depth , the bridges are to be of ...
... road , with banks eighteen feet wide , cuts twenty - four feet , the rails to be iron sixty - one pounds per yard , laid on cross - ties two feet apart , imbedded in gravel or clean sand twenty inches in depth , the bridges are to be of ...
Page 18
... road 3,500 00 passenger station at Vincennes ...... 3,500 00 Freight depot at St. Louis .... Freight depot at Vincennes ... 60,000 00 10,000 00 14 small freight depots at 800 Total cost of stations and de- pots ............ Engine house ...
... road 3,500 00 passenger station at Vincennes ...... 3,500 00 Freight depot at St. Louis .... Freight depot at Vincennes ... 60,000 00 10,000 00 14 small freight depots at 800 Total cost of stations and de- pots ............ Engine house ...
Page 19
... road is put in operation . The expenditures for extra rolling stock for permanent depots , ballasts , ect . , may be delayed , and , if thought advisable , made out of the earnings of the road ; of this , however , you are the judges ...
... road is put in operation . The expenditures for extra rolling stock for permanent depots , ballasts , ect . , may be delayed , and , if thought advisable , made out of the earnings of the road ; of this , however , you are the judges ...
Page 20
... road bed between the end of the Pier and the Bluff , as they will certainly be washed out during extreme floods . Owing to the embankment having to be made mostly from earth taken from the side , a ditch sufficiently wide and deep can ...
... road bed between the end of the Pier and the Bluff , as they will certainly be washed out during extreme floods . Owing to the embankment having to be made mostly from earth taken from the side , a ditch sufficiently wide and deep can ...
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Page 414 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same : Unerring NATURE, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art.
Page 136 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 339 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
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Page 198 - For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. 15 And all that sat in' the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
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