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Confessions of a Railroad SignalmanConfessions of a Railroad SignalmanConsidering the nature and intent of the following essays on the safety problem on American railroads, some kind of a foreword will not be out of place. As much as possible I wish to make this foreword a personal presentation...
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Trains of RecollectionTrains of Recollection - Drawn from Fifty Years of Railway Service in Scotland and Canada, and told to Arthur HawkesThis book is published because readers have said they obtained from the chapters that were written for The Toronto Star Weekly sufficient knowledge about railway...
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Three Little LinesThree Little Lines - Silverton Railroad; Silverton, Gladstone and Northerly; Silverton NorthernThe Southwest has had a most romantic history. It is the oldest portion, both in the way of interior exploration and in the way of settlement, in the United States. The Coronado Expedition...
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The History and Romance of Air Mail StampsThe History and Romance of Air Mail StampsThe history of the flying machine reaches back as far as the earliest of mans written records of his thoughts and ambitions. And one can only surmise how long ago it must have been, in the dim...
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The proposed union of the telegraph and postal systemsThe proposed union of the telegraph and postal systems - Statement of the Western Union Telegraph CompanyIn the second session of the Fortieth Congress, 1868, a bill was introduced and a paper submitted by Hon. E. B. Washburne, of Illinois, relating to the Union...
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International Bridge Authority, Sault Ste. MarieInternational Bridge Authority, Sault Ste. MarieThe ease of traveling through the Locks or over the St. Marys Rapids is now taken for granted but the dreams of building these structures began over a hundred years ago, just after Michigan became a state in 1837....
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The Chester and Holyhead Railway and Its ProspectsThe Chester and Holyhead Railway and Its ProspectsAmongst the Railway enterprises in England, the above line must be considered as possessing peculiar claims to our attention. The stupendous character of the workthe difficulties which had to be overcome, and the vast sum invested in...
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Baum's Complete Stamp Dealers DirectoryBaum's Complete Stamp Dealers Directory - Containing a Complete List of All Dealers in the United States, Together with the Principal Ones of Europe, and a List of Philatelic PublicationsIn presenting this little book to our friends, we wish to offer a few words...
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The Postal Service (Fifth Edition)The Postal Service (Fifth Edition)No other branch of the Federal Government furnishes employment to so many men as the postal service, particularly that branch of it in which letter carriers and clerks are used. In every city vacancies occur frequently, by reason of death,...
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List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1874List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1874Transcribers Note: A large number of obvious printers errors have been corrected, mostly around punctuation and accents, but more or less no attempt has been made to standardise the varying spelling...
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The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)Sir Rowland Hill, after his retirement from the public service, as soon as prolonged rest had given him back some portion of his former strength, satisfied a mind which...
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History of the Post-Office Packet Service between the years 1793-1815History of the Post-Office Packet Service between the years 1793-1815 - Compiled from Records, Chiefly OfficialMy acknowledgments are due to Mrs. Ball, of Roscarrach, Falmouth, for permission to make use, in illustrating this work, of four pictures in her possession, namely, two of the...
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The Isthmus of Suez QuestionThe Isthmus of Suez QuestionIn the month of October, 1854, I left Europe for Egypt, in consequence of an invitation I had received from the new Viceroy, Mohammed Sad, who for twenty years has honoured me with his friendship. I had no mission from...
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The Early History of the Post in Grant and FarmThe Early History of the Post in Grant and FarmThere has not hitherto been published any detailed account of the first establishment, in this country, of the Post Office as a public institution; nor does it appear that anything has been made known of...
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Stage-coach and Mail in Days of Yore, Volume 2 (of 2)Stage-coach and Mail in Days of Yore, Volume 2 (of 2) - A picturesque history of the coaching ageThe Bristol Mail opened the mail-coach era by going at eight miles an hour, but that was an altogether exceptional speed, and the average mail-coach journeys...
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Stage-coach and Mail in Days of Yore, Volume 1 (of 2)Stage-coach and Mail in Days of Yore, Volume 1 (of 2) - A picturesque history of the coaching ageThe lines quoted above are not remarkably good as poetry. Nay, it is possible to go farther, and to say that they are exceptionally badthe product...
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Stanley Gibbons Philatelic HandbooksSaint Vincent, with notes and publishers' pricesThe large number of collectors, not only in this country, but also on the other side of the Atlantic, who now make the postal issues of the various West Indian Colonies of Great Britain the object of their...
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A history of postal agitation from 50 years ago till the present dayA history of postal agitation from fifty years ago till the present dayThe long continuance of agitation and disaffection in the postal service would seem almost to entitle the public to the belief that the Post-Office is a place where the Englishmans privilege, which...
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Waterways and Water Transport in Different CountriesWaterways and Water Transport in Different Countries - With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals.It would probably be difficult to name any subject that is of more importance to the material interests of a country than adequate means of...
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List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1866List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1866Transcribers Note: A large number of obvious printers errors have been corrected, mostly around punctuation and accents, but more or less no attempt has been made to standardise the varying spelling...
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