History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States ...

POTOMAC NAVIGATION.

The Potomac Company was chartered by the States of Virginia and Mary-
land in 1784. The object of the company was to render the river navigable,
and connect its head by an overland road with the western rivers. By the
subsequent efforts made to this end an essential amelioration in the naviga-
tion was effected, particularly at Little Falls and Great Falls; but these im-
provements being found inadequate to the exigencies of the growing com-
merce of the country, were superseded by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
for the construction of which a company was chartered in 1824, and
which all the rights, interests and privileges of the Potomac Company
were provisionally ceded by a deed of surrender dated 16th May,
1825; and by a vote of the stockholders taken on the 10th July, 1828,
the transfer was consummated. From this date to the 31st December,
1830, the works were operated by the new company, and then abandoned,
the first section of the canal having already been brought inte use. The
only dividend made by the company during its existence was declared on the
2d August, 1802, and amounted to $3,890.

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OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY FROM 1ST AUGUST, 1799, to 31ST DEC., 1830.

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Black River Improvement, N. Y..
Black River and Utica, N. Y.
Blossburg and Corning, N. Y
Boston City Passenger, Mass..
Boston and Chelsea (City), Mass. ·

96 Canals of New York

368 Canals of Pennsylvania

368 Canandaigua and Elmira, N. Y.-
236 Cape Cod, Mass

237 Catasauqua and Foglesville, Pa..
167 Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie, Pa.
167 Cayuga Inlet, N. Y........

353

536

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252

110

428

GENERAL INDEX TO FIRST VOLUME.

Page.

Green and Coates street (Phila.) Pa.

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. 478

Littlestown, Pa.

457

Long Island, N. Y...

264

Hampshire and Hampden, Mass.

126

Lorberry Creek, Pa...

457

Hanover Branch, Pa..

444

Lowell and Lawrence, Mass

129

Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and

Lykens Valley, Pa. ·

457

Lancaster, Pa..

445

Hartford and New Haven, Ct..

196 McCauley Mountain, Pa.

458

Hartford and New Haven, Mass.

458

Hartford, Providence and Fishkill, Ct......
Hartford, Providence and Fishkill, R. I.
Harvard Branch, Mass...

23

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188

Main Line of Canals, Pa.

559

34

Hempfield, Pa..

447

MAINE, Railroads of

9

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount, Pa... 478

Malden and Melrose (City), Mass.

169

Hicksville and Cold Spring, N. Y.

256

Manchester and Lawrence, N. H.

57

Horn Pond Branch, Mass.

130

Housatonic, Ct..

200 MARYLAND, Canals of

602

Hudson and Berkshire, N. Y.

257 MARYLAND, Laws of

599

Hudson and Boston, N. Y.

257 MARYLAND, Railroads of

572

Hudson River, N. Y. ·

259 Maryland and Delaware, Del

566

Huntington and Broad Top, Pa.

Maryland and Delaware, Md.

591

MASSACHUSETTS, Laws of

174

Junction and Breakwater, Del.·

565

MASSACHUSETTS, Railroads of

85

Juniata Division of Canal, Pa..

558

Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill, Pa.

459

Meadville, Pa....

459

Kennebec and Portland, Me...

25 Medway Branch, Mass.

131

Merrimac and Connecticut Rivers, N. H.

55

Lackawanna, Pa. ·

451 Metropolitan (Boston City), Mass...

170

Lackawanna and Bloomsburg, Pa..

450

Metropolitan, Md.....

1.

587

Lackawanna and Lanesboro', Pa. ........
Lake Ontario, Auburn and New York, N. Y. 261

451

Middleboro' and Taunton, Mass.-
Middlesex (Boston City), Mass.-

132

170

Lake Ontario and Hudson River, N. Y.

262

Midland, Mass..

133

Lateral Canals, Pa.

Laws of Connecticut

560 Mill Creek and Mine Hill, Pa.

459

215 Millstone and New Brunswick, N. J.

393

Laws of Delaware

Laws of Maine

568 Millville and Glassboro', N. J.

396

34

Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven, Pa. ...............

460

Laws of Maryland-
Laws of Massachusetts

599 Mohawk Valley, N. Y.

266

174 Monongahela Navigation, Pa..

553

Laws of New Hampshire

66 Morris Canal, N. J.

411

Laws of New Jersey
Laws of New York

Laws of Pennsylvania.
Laws of Rhode Island.

Laws of Vermont..

406 Morris and Essex, N. J.

393

338 Mount Carbon, Pa.....

462

519 Mount Carbon and Port Carbon, Pa.

463

Lebanon Valley, Pa..

453 Nashua and Lowell, N. H.

60

Lebanon Springs, N. Y.

202

Lehigh Coal and Navigation, Pa..

536

Newark and Bloomfield, N. J.

398

Lehigh Luzerne, Pa.

453

138

Lehigh and Susquehanna, Pa.

454 New Bedford and Taunton, Mass..

138

Lehigh Valley, Pa.

453 Newburyport, Mass..

136

264 Newcastle and Darlington, Pa.
127 Newcastle and Frenchtown, Del.

464

566

Lewy's Island, Me.

Liggett's Gap, Pa..

Little Schuykill, Pa.

23 Newcastle and Frenchtown, Md..
435 Newcastle and Wilmington, Del.
454 NEW HAMPSHIRE, Laws of....

591

567

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