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RAILROADS: Allegheny Portage (continued)—
engineers surveys route for, 197; act creating, 197–198; Sylvester Welch engineer of, 198; final surveys made, 199; William Bender Wilson's monograph on, cited, 199; description of, 199–204; view of First American Tunnel on, 201; second track laid, 204; description of road-bed, 205; first boat carried over, 206; superseded by Pennsylvania Railway, 215.
- Baltimore and Ohio: effected by Jackson's veto of Maysville Road bill, 11, 173–174; exigency which gave rise to, 13, 94–95; Thomas promotes, 95–98; obstructed by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 100–102; inaugurated, 107–108; Charles Carroll lays foundation stone of, 108; contents of scroll placed within foundation-stone of, 108–110; bids advertised for, 111; stock rapidly subscribed for, 112–113; government aid refused, 113–114; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal refuses right of way, 115–116; compromise, 116–119; aided by "Eight Million Dollar Bill," 122; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal compelled to give right of way to, 123; early struggles, 124–126; horse cars used on, 126; sail-car tried, 127; horse-power engine tried, 129; first steam locomotive on, 129–131; his-
