. A history and description of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad . ding on his army of sappersand miners to conquer and overcome the immense barriers ofnature that stood frowning in his path, with their peaks pene-trating the clouds. After having cut a narrow horse path through the mountaindeclivities on which he proposed to locate a part of the roadWest of Cumberland, Mr. Latrobe invited the President, witha few friends, to accompany him in a trip through the line ofoperations thus marked out. President Swann, in describingthe impression that this visit had made on the mind of himselfand compan
. A history and description of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad . ding on his army of sappersand miners to conquer and overcome the immense barriers ofnature that stood frowning in his path, with their peaks pene-trating the clouds. After having cut a narrow horse path through the mountaindeclivities on which he proposed to locate a part of the roadWest of Cumberland, Mr. Latrobe invited the President, witha few friends, to accompany him in a trip through the line ofoperations thus marked out. President Swann, in describingthe impression that this visit had made on the mind of himselfand companions, says: It would be impossible forme to describe to you now, the effect which thisfirst impression left upon me. We had been charged in the City of Baltimorewith attempting impossibilities, and I was almost brought to the convictionthat our assailants were not without some ground of complaint. Such was myanxiety in consequence of this visit, that I deemed it important to the credit ofthe Company that the impressions made upon us, should not be permitted to.
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