Transportation & Communications
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Facts and Figures Concerning the Hoosac TunnelFacts and Figures Concerning the Hoosac TunnelIn his inaugural address to the Legislature, Governor Bullock says, "There can be no doubt that new facilities and new avenues for transportation between the West and the East are now absolutely needed. Our lines of prosperity and...
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Minority Report of the Committee on Railways in Relation to the Hoosac Tunnel and the Railroads Leading TheretoMinority Report of the Committee on Railways in Relation to the Hoosac Tunnel and the Railroads Leading Thereto - With a bill to incorporate the State Board of Trustees of the Hoosac Tunnel Railroad; also the speech delivered by Hon. E. P. Carpenter in...
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An Historical Summary of the Post Office in ScotlandAn Historical Summary of the Post Office in ScotlandThis Historical Summary, compiled by Mr. Lang, was originally contained in a Letter addressed to the Secretary to the General Post Office in Scotland, with a view to its being included in the Annual Report of...
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The Railroad ProblemThe Railroad ProblemI wish to express my indebtedness to the editors of Colliers, Every Week, and the Saturday Evening Post for their very gracious permission to use, as portions of this book, parts of my articles which have appeared recently in their publications. To...
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The Die Varieties of the Nesbitt Series of United States EnvelopesThe Die Varieties of the Nesbitt Series of United States Envelopes"Variety is the spice of Life". This aphorism, if applied to collectors of the dies of the early United States envelopes, changes with kaleidoscopic rapidity into: "Varieties are the bane of collectors". The truth...
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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and RomanceThe Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and RomanceOf all institutions of modern times, there is, perhaps, none so pre-eminently a people's institution as is the Post-office. Not only does it carry letters and newspapers everywhere, both within and without the kingdom, but it is the...
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Our Railroads TomorrowOur Railroads To-MorrowDo you chance to recall the story of Frankenstein, of the man-made monster, who, having been created, arose to slay the man who had created him? The railroad to-day is in much the position of the man who created the Frankenstein. Having...
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The Adhesive Postage StampThe Adhesive Postage StampWhen a man of note dies, the journalist of the day can only reproduce in an obituary notice the accepted position of his life and worksit is no part of that writer's duty to examine, so as fully to certify, all...
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The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailroadThe Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg Railroad A LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE ASSISTED MATERIALLY IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS BOOK [Pg 1] BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION In the late summer of 1836 the locomotive first reached Utica and a new era...
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Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and PreventionRailroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention Much has been said and written during recent years about the increasing number of railroad accidents in this countrytheir cause and what action should be taken by the government, the railroads and the employees to reduce them and...
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A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara RiverA Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara RiverAlthough the book is published about two months after the author's death, it will be gratifying to many readers to know that all the final proofs were passed by Mr. Cumberland himself. Therefore the volume...
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Peeps at Postage StampsPeeps at Postage StampsEvery boy and girland, we might add, man and womanshould collect stamps. Our reasons for making this statement are many. First, stamp-collecting is a highly fascinating pursuit, which helps to while away countless pleasant hours. On this score alone it is...
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The History of the Post Office, from Its Establishment Down to 1836The History of the Post Office, from Its Establishment Down to 1836The early history of the posts is involved in some obscurity. What little is known on the subject is touched upon in the first Annual Report of the Post Office, the Report for...
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Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal StationeryCanada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal StationeryThe Dominion of Canada, as we know it to-day, is a confederation of the former British Colonies and unorganized territories of North America which lie to the northward of the United States. The single exception is the Colony...
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The History of the Post Office in British North AmericaThe History of the Post Office in British North AmericaMy purpose, in the searches for material which led to the present volume, has been to give as complete an account as it lay in my power to do, of the beginnings and growth of...
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The Express Companies of the United States: A Study of a Public UtilityThe Express Companies of the United States: A Study of a Public UtilityThe express companies of the United States are unique organisms, and have no counterparts in any country outside of North America. In Europe, their services are performed by the parcel-posts or by...
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The Mail Pay on the Burlington RailroadThe Mail Pay on the Burlington Railroad - Statements of Car Space and All Facilities Furnished for the Government Mails and for Express and Passengers in All Passenger Trains on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadThe present system under which the Government employs railroads...
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History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of AmericaHistory of the Postage Stamps of the United States of AmericaIn 1676 John Heyward, by the authority of General Court of the Colony of Massachusetts, established his postal system with its office in Boston. In 1683 the government of Penn established a postal system...
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Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway CommissionThird Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission - Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918Dear Sir: In compliance with Section 5, Article II, Chapter 237, Laws of 1917, we have the honor to submit herewith the report of the...
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The Bristol Royal Mail: Post, Telegraph, and TelephoneThe Bristol Royal Mail: Post, Telegraph, and TelephoneIn these days when books on every conceivable subject are written in their thousands annually; when monthly journals are produced by scores, and daily newspapers in hundreds, to supply the public with a record of the world's...
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