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PROSPECTUS OF THE MOBILE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. MOBILE, ALA., MAY 1ST, 1891. SIR:..
by Mobile Transportation Company
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Woodbridge, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
[Mobile, 1891. Oblong 8vo. Caption title [as issued]. Original staples. 24 leaves, printed on rectos only. Bit of loosening and light dusting, else Very Good.
The Company's Charter, issued by the latest Alabama General Assembly, authorizes the Company to build "a belt line railroad around the city of Mobile, connecting with all lines that enter the city, thence to deep water at Alabama Port on the western shore of Mobile bay, with branch to Portersville on the Mississippi Sound, a distance in all of 35 miles"; and to develop the Port area of the City. The project "will give to Mobile and the whole section of the country drained by the Alabama river system and Mississippi river system a deep water port unsurpassed in the whole world, and vastly superior to any port on the Gulf of Mexico." Costs, projections, expected traffic, Engineer's report, revenues and benefits to be derived are explored.
OCLC 22616218 [1- Mobile Pub. Lib.]. Not in Bell or Owen.
The Company's Charter, issued by the latest Alabama General Assembly, authorizes the Company to build "a belt line railroad around the city of Mobile, connecting with all lines that enter the city, thence to deep water at Alabama Port on the western shore of Mobile bay, with branch to Portersville on the Mississippi Sound, a distance in all of 35 miles"; and to develop the Port area of the City. The project "will give to Mobile and the whole section of the country drained by the Alabama river system and Mississippi river system a deep water port unsurpassed in the whole world, and vastly superior to any port on the Gulf of Mexico." Costs, projections, expected traffic, Engineer's report, revenues and benefits to be derived are explored.
OCLC 22616218 [1- Mobile Pub. Lib.]. Not in Bell or Owen.
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- Bookseller
- David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28347
- Title
- PROSPECTUS OF THE MOBILE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. MOBILE, ALA., MAY 1ST, 1891. SIR:..
- Author
- Mobile Transportation Company
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- [Mobile
- Date Published
- 1891
- Bookseller catalogs
- ALABAMA; AMERICANA;
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Woodbridge, Connecticut
About David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
The Company, formed in 1989, specializes in the cultural, political, and social history of the Americas. Since 1993 David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC has been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. David M. Lesser is also a member of the American Antiquarian Society. Located in New Haven's suburb of Woodbridge, Connecticut, visitors are welcome by appointment. We issue six printed catalogues annually.