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Excerpt from Rail-Roads for Philadelphia!: An Appeal to the Common Sense and Justice of the Voters of the United States on the Subject of Internal Improvements and of the Disposition of the Public Domain
IT is not necessary for me to remind you that the State of, Pennsylvania has a debt of of dollars - the tax col lector does not let you forget this - nor need I tell you that this debt was caused by the Pennsylvania Improvement system. You are also aware Of the fact that the Legislature Of Penn sylvania-passed laws last winter, authorizing the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to construct a railroad from Harrisburg to Pittsburg, upon the main line Of the state canal, if it should be thought best to do so; conditioning that fifteen miles Of the road should heput under contract at Harrisburg, and fifteen lniles at Pittsburg, and of dollars of the stock be sub scribed for before July next; and if these conditions should not be complied with, /then it is provided that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company shall have the right to, construct a road from Cumberland (maryland) to Pittsburg.
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