Word: railroader
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...project of constructing a canal through the Isthmus, which should connect the Atlantic with the Pacific ocean, is an old one. The discovery of gold in California gave a new impetus to this idea; for the Union Pacific railroad had not then been built, and the journey overland was long and dangerous, while the voyage around Cape Horn was fraught with hardships. But on the breaking out of the civil war all thought of an Isthmian canal, so far as the United States were concerned had to be abandoned...
Members of Engineering 4 are at present engaged upon surveys for a railroad between Cambridge and Watertown...
Sanders Theatre, April 29, at 8 p. m. Judge Thomas M. Cooley. Subject, The Requirements of Impartiality and Uniformity in Railroad Service...
...John C. Soley will speak at the same place and hour, on "The Isthmian Canal." The last lecture will be given in Sanders Theatre on Monday, April 28, at eight o'clock, by Judge Thomas M. Cooley. Judge Cooley will speak on "The Requirement of Impartiality and Uniformity in Railroad Service...
Sanders Theatre, April 29, at 8 p. m. Judge Thomas M. Cooley. Subject, The Requirements of Impartiality and Uniformity in Railroad Service...