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Page 19
This cov - prohibitive cost of gasoline , it approachering removed , the heart of the
machine ing fifty cents a gallon in places , whereas appears , it being a two -
cylinder gasoline alcohol costs but ten cents . In many dismotor , each cylinder ...
This cov - prohibitive cost of gasoline , it approachering removed , the heart of the
machine ing fifty cents a gallon in places , whereas appears , it being a two -
cylinder gasoline alcohol costs but ten cents . In many dismotor , each cylinder ...
Page 21
trial nine horses , three to a plow , with for the night work . In drawing two or three
drivers and three boys , did the three mowing machines , by means of a work at a
total cost of eight dollars and continuous pole connection , the three matwenty ...
trial nine horses , three to a plow , with for the night work . In drawing two or three
drivers and three boys , did the three mowing machines , by means of a work at a
total cost of eight dollars and continuous pole connection , the three matwenty ...
Page 32
... which already represents a cost of $ 70 , 000 ,000 , may suffer serious
impairment by the attractiveness of the Tehuantepec route . As compared with
Panama , the average saving of distance to all points in Europe and on our
Atlantic coast is ...
... which already represents a cost of $ 70 , 000 ,000 , may suffer serious
impairment by the attractiveness of the Tehuantepec route . As compared with
Panama , the average saving of distance to all points in Europe and on our
Atlantic coast is ...
Page 36
Up to the present time it has cost $ 35 , 000 , 000 — exactly half of what we have
paid for the scarce - begun Panama Canal . There is every reason to suppose
that it will be opened for business in the coming autumn , and in all likelihood it
will ...
Up to the present time it has cost $ 35 , 000 , 000 — exactly half of what we have
paid for the scarce - begun Panama Canal . There is every reason to suppose
that it will be opened for business in the coming autumn , and in all likelihood it
will ...
Page 43
It will cost nearly three millions of dol - lars — furnished by the national govern -
ment - and , when it is completed , the only safe and commodious harbor be -
tween San Francisco and the Mexican border , a distance of 500 miles , will be
ready ...
It will cost nearly three millions of dol - lars — furnished by the national govern -
ment - and , when it is completed , the only safe and commodious harbor be -
tween San Francisco and the Mexican border , a distance of 500 miles , will be
ready ...
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