Northern Pacific Railroad Company: Pamphlet Vol.], Том 11866 |
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... pass over a continuous cultivable country to the Columbia , except for a few miles ; but to cross north of the mouth of the Snake river , which is desirable to avoid detour , it will pass over about fifty miles of country not adapted to ...
... pass over a continuous cultivable country to the Columbia , except for a few miles ; but to cross north of the mouth of the Snake river , which is desirable to avoid detour , it will pass over about fifty miles of country not adapted to ...
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... pass ( Mullan's or Little Blackfeet Pass ) a railroad can be laid across the Rocky mountains with only a cut one hundred feet deep through the Divide , which is but half a measured mile from base to base , and that no excessive grades ...
... pass ( Mullan's or Little Blackfeet Pass ) a railroad can be laid across the Rocky mountains with only a cut one hundred feet deep through the Divide , which is but half a measured mile from base to base , and that no excessive grades ...
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... Pass ; for the superiority of the route within our own borders over that in the British pos- sessions may be lost if Puget Sound be reached by the circuitous route of the Columbia and Cowlitz rivers . This plan will accommodate both ...
... Pass ; for the superiority of the route within our own borders over that in the British pos- sessions may be lost if Puget Sound be reached by the circuitous route of the Columbia and Cowlitz rivers . This plan will accommodate both ...
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... Pass were crossed by parties em- ployed in the exploration of the northern route in the months of December , January , February and March , in the years 1853-4 , and in no one of these passes did they find more than fifteen inches of ...
... Pass were crossed by parties em- ployed in the exploration of the northern route in the months of December , January , February and March , in the years 1853-4 , and in no one of these passes did they find more than fifteen inches of ...
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... Pass , has veri- fied the information previously gained and reported upon by me as to its entire practicability ... passes more open , the agricultural value of the country ( at least west of the Rocky mountains ) very much superior ...
... Pass , has veri- fied the information previously gained and reported upon by me as to its entire practicability ... passes more open , the agricultural value of the country ( at least west of the Rocky mountains ) very much superior ...
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Страница 11 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Страница 8 - ... and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections: ProOpinion of the Court.
Страница 8 - Pacific coast, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores, over the route of said line of railway and its branches, every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad...
Страница 6 - The sovereignty of a state extends to everything which exists by its own authority, or is introduced by its permission; but does it extend to those means which are employed by congress to carry into execution powers conferred on that body by the people of the United States?
Страница 6 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said Company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States...
Страница 11 - An Act to secure homesteads to • actual settlers on the public domain...
Страница 5 - Wisconsin, thence westerly, by the most eligible railroad route, as shall be determined by said company, within the territory of the United States...
Страница 6 - It is of the very essence of supremacy to remove all obstacles to its action within its own sphere, and so to modify every power vested in subordinate governments as to exempt its own operations from their influence.
Страница 10 - That the President of the United States shall cause the lands to be surveyed for forty miles in width on both sides of the entire line of said road, after the general route shall be fixed, and as fast as may be required by the construction of said railroad...
Страница 8 - Office ; and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections, or parts of sections, shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers, or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections...