 | William Henry Seward - 1853 - 658 Seiten
...carnage, with a calash top, to pass. That was the commencement of the internal-improvement system in the state of New York ; which, after the lapse of...hundred and twenty years, has proceeded no further yet than to complete the Erie canal, and to open two railroads — one of which is completed, and the... | |
 | Holland Thompson - 1921 - 576 Seiten
...cut away the limbs of trees over the track in order to allow the carriages to pass. In this way began the internal improvement system of the State of New York, which after the lapse of more than a century resulted in opening the Erie Canal and in projecting a railroad system connecting New York... | |
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Works, a distance of about twenty miles ; and should have cut away the limbs of the trees, so high up as to allow a carriage, with a calash top, to pass. That was the commencement of the internal-improvement system in the state of New York ; which, after... 