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countered north of " Mile 75 " south of the Columbia , where the Oregon Trunk line crossed to the east side of the Des- chutes river . It was impracticable for the Porters to use the west bank of the stream as it would have caused a ...
countered north of " Mile 75 " south of the Columbia , where the Oregon Trunk line crossed to the east side of the Des- chutes river . It was impracticable for the Porters to use the west bank of the stream as it would have caused a ...
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Let them dog eat dog and tear at each other's throats till nothing re- mained of either side ! The railroad was pay- ing the highest wages for unskilled labor , ( $ 2.50 to $ 3.50 a day , ) ever known in con- struction work .
Let them dog eat dog and tear at each other's throats till nothing re- mained of either side ! The railroad was pay- ing the highest wages for unskilled labor , ( $ 2.50 to $ 3.50 a day , ) ever known in con- struction work .
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... pressure from the atmosphere underneath will au- tomatically assert itself . More ingenuity than wisdom is used on these inventions . TUNNELS SIDE BY SIDE . TUNNELS SIDE BY SIDE ΑΝ. 370 i , TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE.
... pressure from the atmosphere underneath will au- tomatically assert itself . More ingenuity than wisdom is used on these inventions . TUNNELS SIDE BY SIDE . TUNNELS SIDE BY SIDE ΑΝ. 370 i , TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE.
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