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Page 114
... tunnel can be made across there very easily . The condition of the bottom strikes my mind very favorably in this particular . The greatest depth of water , which is at high water , about 45 feet , and at low water some 34 or 35 feet ...
... tunnel can be made across there very easily . The condition of the bottom strikes my mind very favorably in this particular . The greatest depth of water , which is at high water , about 45 feet , and at low water some 34 or 35 feet ...
Page 115
... tunnel . I found that tun- nel was 1,600 feet long , 700 in the approaches , and 900 in the tunnel proper . about 3,100 or 3,200 feet Allowing the approaches to Chicago turnel down to 1,250 I found that the length of the Boston tunnel ...
... tunnel . I found that tun- nel was 1,600 feet long , 700 in the approaches , and 900 in the tunnel proper . about 3,100 or 3,200 feet Allowing the approaches to Chicago turnel down to 1,250 I found that the length of the Boston tunnel ...
Page 116
... tunnel which is proposed by General Fos- ter is just the thing that the Eastern Railroad requires . It is made upon the principle of lessening the depth . Instead of going under the crust and making a tunnel , as I had proposed to have ...
... tunnel which is proposed by General Fos- ter is just the thing that the Eastern Railroad requires . It is made upon the principle of lessening the depth . Instead of going under the crust and making a tunnel , as I had proposed to have ...
Page 117
... tunnels I have described , and having had something to do with the construction of tunnels on the Western road . I was in the direction of the Western road four years , while we struggled through the mountains of Berkshire . We built a ...
... tunnels I have described , and having had something to do with the construction of tunnels on the Western road . I was in the direction of the Western road four years , while we struggled through the mountains of Berkshire . We built a ...
Page 118
... tunnel at that point were from $ 700,000 to $ 1,100,000 , making an average of $ 900,000 . Those estimates were put into the case by Col. Swift of the Western road ; and they corroborate the idea I have about the cost of a tunnel to ...
... tunnel at that point were from $ 700,000 to $ 1,100,000 , making an average of $ 900,000 . Those estimates were put into the case by Col. Swift of the Western road ; and they corroborate the idea I have about the cost of a tunnel to ...
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