The Traveller's Steamboat and Railroad Guide to the Hudson River: Describing the Cities, Towns, and Places of Interest Along the RouteGaylord Watson, 1867 - 50 頁 |
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第 3 頁
... important , is not inflammable and dangerous as are the miserable mixtures of Naphtha and other nefarious ingredients with which the country is flooded by dishonest speculators , who live by adulteration and fraud . By a thorough and ...
... important , is not inflammable and dangerous as are the miserable mixtures of Naphtha and other nefarious ingredients with which the country is flooded by dishonest speculators , who live by adulteration and fraud . By a thorough and ...
第 7 頁
... important streams in the world . It cannot vie with the Mississippi , or the Ohio , and other rivers , either in size or extent ; but , in all other respects , it is altogether their superior . For steamboat and sloop navigation ...
... important streams in the world . It cannot vie with the Mississippi , or the Ohio , and other rivers , either in size or extent ; but , in all other respects , it is altogether their superior . For steamboat and sloop navigation ...
第 10 頁
... important considerations , above all others , have tended to convince the public that a railroad along the Hudson was necessary , and ought to be built . One , and by far the greatest , is found in the fact that during the winter months ...
... important considerations , above all others , have tended to convince the public that a railroad along the Hudson was necessary , and ought to be built . One , and by far the greatest , is found in the fact that during the winter months ...
第 15 頁
... important , occurred at five different points between Peekskill and West Point . The elevated ground opposite West Point , at Phillips ' Hill , is passed by a tunnel nine hundred feet long , being the fifth upon the road . Emerging from ...
... important , occurred at five different points between Peekskill and West Point . The elevated ground opposite West Point , at Phillips ' Hill , is passed by a tunnel nine hundred feet long , being the fifth upon the road . Emerging from ...
第 16 頁
... importance to deserve especial notice . At Greenbush the track is united to that of the " Troy and Greenbush " road , six miles in length , which has been leased to the Hudson River Company for a term of years . The Hudson River ...
... importance to deserve especial notice . At Greenbush the track is united to that of the " Troy and Greenbush " road , six miles in length , which has been leased to the Hudson River Company for a term of years . The Hudson River ...
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A. M. Express Passenger acres affording Albany and Troy American Anthony's Nose aqueduct Arnold Arriving in Albany ascend Auburn prison bank beautiful boats Broadway building built cadets Carmansville cars Catskill Clinton Cold Spring convicts Creek crossing Croton Croton River directly opposite east elevated Express Passenger Train extending falls Fishkill Freight Garrisons Greenbush ground Hackensack River half a mile Hamburg Harlem River Haverstraw High Bridge Highlands Hudson River Railroad hundred feet iron Island Jersey City LAMPS land manufacturing marble Melodeons miles in length Milton Ferry mountain mouth nearly Newburg passed Passenger Train PATENT Paulding Peekskill Pianos pile bridge Poughkeepsie Price rails reservoir Rhinebeck rising road Saratoga Schodack shore short distance side Sing Sing situated Square stations North steamboats Stony Point stopping stream street Tappan Tarrytown thence Tivoli town Train for Albany trees tunnel Verplanck's Point vessels village wall Washington West Point yard Yonkers York
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第 7 頁 - As I had occasion to pass daily to and from the buildingyard, while my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule.
第 8 頁 - I elevated myself upon a platform and addressed the assembly. I stated that I knew not what was the matter, but if they would be quiet and indulge me for half an hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for that time.
第 38 頁 - With a mixture of great surprise and astonishment, I have read with attention the sentiments you have submitted to my perusal. Be assured, sir, no occurrence in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army as you have expressed, and I must view with abhorrence and reprehend with severity.
第 7 頁 - Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path.
第 7 頁 - The moment arrived in which the word was to be given for the vessel to move. My friends were in groups on the deck. There was anxiety mixed with fear among them. They were silent, and sad, and weary.
第 8 頁 - I went below, and ascertained that a slight maladjustment was the cause. It was obviated. The boat went on ; we left New York ; we passed through the Highlands ; we reached Albany ! — Yet even then, imagination superseded the force of fact. It was doubted if it could be done again; or if it could be made, in any case, of any great value.
第 7 頁 - When, said he, I was building my first steam-boat at New York, the project was viewed by the public either with indifference or with contempt, as a visionary scheme. My friends, indeed, were civil, but they were shy. They listened with patience to my explanations, but with a settled cast of incredulity on their countenances. I felt the full force of the lamentation of the poet, " Truths would you teach, to save a sinking land, All shun, none aid you, and few understand.
第 38 頁 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address which to me seems big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country.
第 29 頁 - That Major Andre ought to be considered as a spy, and that agreeably to the laws and usages of nations he ought to suffer death.
第 7 頁 - ... partners of my mortification, and not of my triumph. I was well aware, that in my case there were many reasons to doubt of my own success. The machinery was new and...