. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . d just beenfinished, and their commerce was rapidly in-creasing ; but in fact, it is steadily at this discouraging contrast: Tolls for For Be-1861. 1871 Valley CanT $30,809 $18,895 $11,914 Chenongo Canal 23,395 8,981 14,414 Chemung Canal .... | 15,319 6,187 9,132Crooked Lake Caual 700 301 399 —The New Long Bridge over the Potomac,at Washington, is now completed with the ex-ception of the wooden partition between therailroad track and lhe carriage way. Thedraws are built of wood, res
. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . d just beenfinished, and their commerce was rapidly in-creasing ; but in fact, it is steadily at this discouraging contrast: Tolls for For Be-1861. 1871 Valley CanT $30,809 $18,895 $11,914 Chenongo Canal 23,395 8,981 14,414 Chemung Canal .... | 15,319 6,187 9,132Crooked Lake Caual 700 301 399 —The New Long Bridge over the Potomac,at Washington, is now completed with the ex-ception of the wooden partition between therailroad track and lhe carriage way. Thedraws are built of wood, resting upon an ironrevolving drum, which is based upon magnifi-cent arches of the finest circular stone founda-tion The end of the first draw has one enddouble the length of the other, which is bal-anced with seventy tons of iron, and is read-ily turned by four men The second draw onthe Washington side is of iron, and is easilyand rapidly revolved by one person. EXTINGUISHER. a o -*^» cj r- W (O T3 z erf < m o F < rrt CD ^=1 O. >-a a CD e-t-03 m zN o erf Z hrj m s= -i -i> 33 e-i- a Pi m a> H -io o ca CD a Insurance Companies Reduce Rates Where it is Introduced. e®~The Attention of Practical RailroadMen is earnestly invited to the record , and to tliefact that nine-tenthsof the lire* th»t kindle at stations, in woodplies, and on Trains are within the powerof this Machine when discovered F. W. FAR WELL, Secretary, 122 Washington Street,CHICAGO H. J. BOND, Genl Agent 22 West Fourth Street, CINCINNATI. 88 THE RAILROAD RECORD.
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