 | 1847 - 726 pages
...canal ! and a schooner clearing from Chicago for Liverpool ! The river navigation of the Great West is the most wonderful on the globe ; and since the...propulsion of vessels, possesses the essential qualities of ocean navigation. Speed, distance, cheapness, magnitude of cargoes, are all there, and without the... | |
 | 1847 - 724 pages
...canal ! and a schooner clearing from Chicago for Liverpool ! The river navigation of the Great West U the most wonderful on the globe ; and since the application...propulsion of vessels, possesses the essential qualities of ocean navigation. Speed, distance, cheapness, magnitude of cargoes, are all there, and without the... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1854 - 668 pages
...needs the axe of the pioneer to make the whole country a garden. The river navigation of the great west is the most wonderful on the globe, and, since the application of steam-power to the propulsion of vessels, possesses the essential qualities of open navigation. Speed,... | |
 | Chicago (Ill.). Committee on Statistics - 1863 - 124 pages
...harbor at its mouth are by no means new conceptions with me. " The river navigation of the Great West is the most wonderful on the globe, and since the...in the Mississippi and its tributaries the amplest theatre for the diffusion and the display of its power. Wonderful river ! Connected with seas by the... | |
 | 1863 - 260 pages
...harbor at its mouth are by no means new conceptions with me. " The river navigation of the Great West is the most wonderful on the globe, and since the...in the Mississippi and its tributaries the amplest theatre for the diffusion and the display of its power. Wonderful river ! Connected with seas by the... | |
 | 1863 - 274 pages
...harbor at its mouth are by no means new conceptions with me. " The river navigation of the Great West is the most wonderful on the globe, and since the...without the perils of the sea from storms and enemies. Tbe steamboat is the ship of tbe river, and finds in the Mississippi and its tributaries the amplest... | |
 | United States. Post Office Dept - 1864 - 234 pages
...harbor at its mouth are by no means new conceptions with me. "The river navigation of the great west is the most wonderful on the globe, and, since the...in the Mississippi and its tributaries the amplest theatre for the diffusion and the display of its power. Wonderful river ! Connected with seas by the... | |
 | Greville John Chester - 1869 - 432 pages
...are thus described by a Missourian, Thomas H. Benton : — " The river navigation of the Great West is the most wonderful on the globe, and since the application of steam-power to the propulsion of vessels, possesses the essential qualities of open navigation. Speed,... | |
 | L. U. Reavis - 1873 - 352 pages
...deposits are by far the greatest and the richest in the world. "Its river navigation," said Benton, " is the most wonderful on the globe, and, since the application of eteam power to the propulsion of vessels, possesses the essential qualities of open navigation. Speed,... | |
 | None - 1873 - 130 pages
...enjoy the beneficence of our Creator. " The river navigation of the Great West," said Mr. Benton, " is the most wonderful on the globe ; and, since the application of steampower to the propulsion of vessels, possesses the essential qualities of open navigation. Speed,... | |
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The river navigation of the Great West is the most wonderful on the globe, and since the application of steam power to the propulsion of vessels, possesses the essential qualities of open navigation. Speed, distance, cheapness, magnitude of cargoes, are... 
