Narrative of the Proceedings of the Board of Engineers, of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, From Its Organization to Its Dissolution

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Excerpt from Narrative of the Proceedings of the Board of Engineers, of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, From Its Organization to Its Dissolution: Together With an Exposition of Facts, Illustrative of the Conduct of Sundry IndividualsThe geographical position of Baltimore with respect to the natural channels of trade west of the Alleghany mountains, and especially its proximity to the Ohio river, compared with that of any other Atlantic city, could not fail to attract the attention of the projectors of the Rail-road. This circumstance proba bly had more in¿uence than any other consideration, m estab liebing the confidence of the public, 1n the feasibility of the pro jcet, and in eliciting their friendly, and even zealous support of the measures that were taken in furtherance of its adoption.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.