Warwicks Keystone Commonwealth a Review of the History of the Great State of P
Warwicks Keystone Commonwealth a Review of the History of the Great State of P
Charles F Charles Franklin Warwick
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Subscriptions to the stock came in slowly, because the jirojectors were not able to show that the enterprise would make sufficient re- turns to pay a dividend upon the capital invested. The building of a railroad, so long as it was at gratle. Was compar;itivel\ an easy proiKjsition. Hut when it came to the crossing of rivers, the construction of bridges, or the tunneling of mountains, that was a different (|nestion ;uid required the skill of trained and experienced engineers, but these ditficnl...ties were soon overcome 1)\ time, 'Idle Lancaster, I'hiladelphia ami ( olumbia Railroad (Company was char- tered in iS-'fi. But its building proceeded ver\ slowly, every step being nu't with opposition and it wa> not until . \pril. IS, i4- t'''it "ue track was I'eady for use, 'Idle compaiu owned but one locomotive called the "lU. Ack Hawk, " nanieil after the well known Imlian chief, . \fter leaving Lancaster, 1 'bil. Adelphia was reached in ei. Ght ami one half hours, ddiis included all the stops to take on water for the engine, and, a> the rejiort states, to refresh the passengers.
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