. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . ck excavated,730,000 yards of earth removed, and 14,000 yards of stonewall built. While Otisville is 875 feet above the level ofthe sea, Delaware is but 500, and the descent betweenthem is one of 45 feet to the mile. The road as far asDelaware was opened in January, 1848 ; leaving whichplace we follow the fine section of the road that stretchesfrom the Neversink bridge due west to the extent of three G8 GLIDE-HOOK OF THE miles, and pass through a spaciousarea that affords plenty of levelground for the wants of the com-pany at any time Goin
. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . ck excavated,730,000 yards of earth removed, and 14,000 yards of stonewall built. While Otisville is 875 feet above the level ofthe sea, Delaware is but 500, and the descent betweenthem is one of 45 feet to the mile. The road as far asDelaware was opened in January, 1848 ; leaving whichplace we follow the fine section of the road that stretchesfrom the Neversink bridge due west to the extent of three G8 GLIDE-HOOK OF THE miles, and pass through a spaciousarea that affords plenty of levelground for the wants of the com-pany at any time Going west fromDelaware to Deposit, a distance of88 miles, the road is nearly level,the highest grade being 15 feet tothe mile. The canal keeps alongon our right, occasionally separa-ted from our path, but again clos-ing up, as if to enter its sluggishboats in a race with our iron steedAt the end of two miles we enter arude and uninteresting region, dot-ted with an occasional hamlet, andthough the mountains on the leftbank of the Delaware hug the stream,.
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