(Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation); Lincoln, John W.

The Committee of Both Houses on Railways and Canals, to Whom Was Referred the Petition of John F. Loring and Others, for Authority to Construct a Rail Road from the City of Boston to the Town of Lowell... Ask Leave to Submit Their Report. [Followed by]: An Act to Establish the Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation. (Senate... . . 21. ). [Together with 2 Other Related Reports. ] (3 Volumes).

[Boston, MA: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth], [1830]. [1830]. [Boston, MA: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth], [1830]. [1830]. Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed self-wrappers. Once bound in with other similar pamphlets, these three related items are unbound and removed with stab marks along the left edges. The pagination is a follows: pages [1]-11, (1) & [13-21], [1]-8; and [1]-12. There is some scattered foxing throughout all three items. The cover page of the Senate No. 10 report dated December 15, 1829 is darkened & stained with minor chipping to the bottom corners of that page and of the last page. Very good. First edition, Massachusetts Senate No. 21. The report is signed on page 11 by John W. Lincoln, Chairman. The report is followed by the text of a bill entitled "An act to establish the Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation." The Boston and Lowell Railroad was the first major railroad in the state of Massachusetts. The Boston and Lowell Railroad was preceded by the Middlesex Canal. Converting the canal to a railroad would eliminate the issue of transportation being unavailable during the winter, when the canal froze. Patrick Tracy Jackson led the task of convincing the state legislature to fund the project. This proved difficult, as the investors of the Middlesex Canal were against building a new form of transportation designed to replace their canal. The report at hand details the protest of the directors of the Middlesex Canal against granting the petition of John F. Loring and others to construct a railroad in its place. Loring and the other investors received their charter on June 5, 1830 and the railroad began operations on June 24, 1835. The pamphlet is accompanied by an earlier February 12, 1830 pamphlet titled:"To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled. : The president, directors, and company of the Middlesex Canal, having seen the publication of the petition of John F. Loring, and others, for a rail road from Boston to Lowell, and the order of notice thereon, beg leave to present the following remonstrance to granting the prayer thereof." 12 pages. Signed page 12: Wm. Sullivan, Josh. Coolidge, Geo. Hallet, committee of directors of Middlesex Canal to this purpose duly authorized. House No. 40, printed by Dutton and Wentworth, 1830. In addition, an earlier pamphlet from 1829 is included: "Boston, December 15, 1829. To His Excellency Levi Lincoln, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : Sir, On the behalf of the Commissioners of Internal Improvements, I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of a survey made in conformity to a resolve of the legislature, passed on the 12th day of June 1829, directing the Board to survey a route for a rail road from the town of Taunton, to some point in the route previously surveyed between Boston and Providence : with great consideration and respect, I am your humble and most obe't. serv't. Josiah J. Fiske, chairman." 8 pages. Signed on page 8: Josiah J. Fiske, Willard Phillips, James Hayward, Commissioners of the Board of Internal Improvements. Senate No. 10. Printed by Dutton and Wentworth. Very good .

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Catalogue: Railroads

Keywords: RAILROADIANA; AMERICANA; RAILROADS; JOHN W. LINCOLN; BOSTON AND LOWELL RAIL ROAD CORPORATION; THE COMMITTEE OF BOTH HOUSES ON RAILWAYS AND CANALS, TO WHOM WAS ONCE REFERRED THE PETITION OF JOHN F. LORING AND OTHERS, FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT A RAIL ROAD

Foley, Timothy; Welch, Patrick; and Stewart, John W.

[Pacific Great Eastern Railway]. An Act to Ratify an Agreement Bearing the Date the Tenth Day of February, 1912, between His Majesty the King and Timothy Foley, Patrick Welch, and John W. Stewart... [and] the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company... [Together with]: 23 Additional Documents Regarding the Construction of the Railroad. [and]: A Map Titled: "British Columbia / G.G. Aitken, Chief Geographer: 1923 Commercial Map of B.C. " Outlining the Schedule of the Great Pacific Railway, Aid Act of 1925.

Victoria, BC: Richard Wolfenden, William H. Cullin & Charles Banfield, 1907-1925. 1907-1925. Victoria, BC: Richard Wolfenden, William H. Cullin & Charles Banfield, 1907-1925. 1907-1925. Very good. - Octavo, approximately 10-1/2 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, 14 pamphlets bound in printed self-wrappers together with 10 broadsheets. The contents are as follows: 1) An Act to Incorporate the Howe Sound, Pemberton Valley and Northern Railway Company. April 25, 1907. [Chapter 53], 6 pages. 2) An Act to amend the "Howe Sound, Pemberton Valley, and Northern Railway Company Act, 1907." March 10, 1910. [Chapter 67] 2 pages. 3) An Act to ratify an Agreement bearing the Date the Tenth Day of February, 1912, between His Majesty the King and Timothy Foley, Patrick Welch, and John W. Stewart..[and] the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company..February 27, 1912. [Chapter 34]. 13 pages. 4) An Act to Incorporate the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company. February 27, 1912. [Chapter 36]. 9 pages. 5) An Act to amend Chapter 34 of the Statutes of 1912. February 21, 1913. [Chapter 61]. 2 pages. 6) An Act to amend Chapter 36 of the Statutes of 1912, being "An Act to incorporate the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company." February 21, 1913. [Chapter 62]. 2 pages. 7) An Act to make Provision for Further Aid toward the Construction of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. March 4, 1914. [Chapter 65]. 3 pages. 8) An Act to borrow the Sum of Ten million Dollars for the Purposes therein specified. May 31, 1916. [Chapter 38]. 8 pages. 9) An Act to amend the "British Columbia Loan Act, 1916." April 5, 1917. [Chapter 39]. 2 pages. 10) An Act to amend the "British Columbia Loan Act, 1916." April 23, 1918. [Chapter 50]. 1 page. 11) An Act to ratify and to make Provision for the Carrying-out of an Agreement dated the Twenty-second Day of February, 1918 between His majesty the King..and the Firm-name and Style of "Foley, Welch & Stewart," Frederick Wilson, D'Arcy Tate, and E.F. White. April 23, 1918. [Chapter 66]. 10 pages. 12) An Act respecting the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company. March 29, 1919. [Chapter 65]. 2 pages. 13) An Act to amend the "British Columbia Loan Act, 1916." March 29, 1919. [Chapter 50]. 1 page. 14) An Act to provide for the Guarantee of a certain Note made by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company. March 29, 1919. [Chapter 66]. 3 pages. 15) An Act to borrow the Sum of Four million eight hundred thousand Dollars for the Purposes therein specified. April 17, 1920. [Chapter 53]. 4 pages. 16) An Act to borrow the Sum of Four million Dollars for the Purposes therein specified. April 17, 1920. [Chapter 52]. 4 pages. 17) An Act to borrow the Sum of Four million Dollars for the Purposes therein specified. March 21, 1921. [Chapter 35]. 4 pages. 18) An Act to amend the "British Columbia Loan Act, 1916." March 21, 1921. [Chapter 32]. 1 page. 19) An Act to amend certain Acts authorizing Provincial Loans. December 3, 1921. [Chapter 30]. 2 pages. 20) An Act to amend the "Pacific Great Eastern Settlement 1918 Act." December 16, 1922. [Chapter 56]. 1 page. 21) REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING AND ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY by J. G. Sullivan, Consulting Engineer. June 1922. Illustrated with a map and a 8 inch high by 27 inch wide folding track-route chart. 28 pages. 22) An Act respecting the Guaranteed Securities of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company. December 11, 1925. [Chapter 40]. 3 pages. 23) An Act to provide for the Granting of certain Public Lands in Aid of the Construction of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. December 19, 1925. [Chapter 39]. 8 pages. 24) PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31st 1924. October 31, 1925. With a folding chart of the industrial railways. 17 pages. A few of the pamphlets and documents are darkened with some minor chips and paper clip stains. Together with: Aitken, G.G. BRITISH COLUMBIA / G.G. AITKEN, CHIEF GEOGRAPHER: 1923 COMMERCIAL MAP OF B.C. British Columbia: Land Recording Office, 1923 to 1925. A superb 28 inch wide by 37 inch wide commercial folding wall map of British Columbia produced under the supervision of G.G. Aitken, Chief Geographer of the Land Recording Divisions. Produced during British Columbia's period of economic growth following the First World War, the map exhaustively details telegraph, phone, and railroad lines with an index of post offices and a table of distances. The map, with color outlines, offers details of cities, towns, and villages within the province with a table of distances by ship, rail and road to destinations within Canada and across the world printed along the left. There is a short tear along and near the top fold on the right side and a few tiny holes at the junction of some of the central folds. The edges are slightly creased and there are some light stains to the verso. Very good. Titled at top right in red & black, and published in 1923 with a later addition of a subtitle stamped or printed in blue: "Blocks referred to in the Schedule of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Aid Act, 1925 (Chapter 39, Statutes 1925) are outlined in Green" Foley, Welch and Stewart was an early 20th-century American-Canadian railroad contracting company. It was owned and operated by Patrick Welch and J.W. Stewart of Spokane, Washington and Timothy Foley of Saint Paul, Minnesota. The company was created during the reorganization of a prior company, Foley Bros & Larson. It was the largest railway construction company in North America at one time. They built miles of track for the Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, and Pacific Great Eastern Railway. The names in the partnership are commemorated in speaks of the Cheam Range near Chilliwack: Foley, Welch, and Stewart Peaks. Richard Wolfenden was Queen's and King's Printer in New Westminster and Victoria from 1868 until his death in 1911. William H. Cullin (428 Heather St, James Bay) was then King's Printer until retiring in 1924.Charles Banfield (402 Skinner St, Vic West) was then appointed King's Printer for the next 22 years. Very good .

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Book number: 99510

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Keywords: PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY; DOCUMENTS; PAMPHLETS; RAILROADIANA; CANADIANA; RAILROADS; RICHARD WOLFENDEN; WILLIAM H. CULLINS; CHARLES BANFIELD; HJISTORICAL; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; FOLEY, WELCH AND STEWARD; RAILWAYS; EPHEMERA; AMERICANA; FOLDIN

Varney, Gordon.

Model Locomotives and Rolling Stock.

Chicago, IL: Varney Scale Models, 1949. 1949. - Small quarto [8-1/2" x 11"], softcover bound in pictorial yellow wraps. The wraps are slightly bumped with some small stains to the bottom inner corner of the front wrap. 64 pages, including a 6-page price list. Profuse photographic illustrations & diagrams in black, white & red. Very good.

Fourth printing. Very good .

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Book number: 11984

Catalogue: Railroads

Keywords: RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; MODEL RAILROADS; HOBBY; PASTIME; GORDON VARNEY; VARNEY SCALE MODELS; MODEL LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK; PRICE LIST; ILLUSTRATIONS; DIAGRAMS; RAILROAD CARS; CAR KITS.