The committee on railroads and bridges, to whom was referred the memorial of John A. Poor, Elijah L. Hamlin and Anson G. Chandler, executive committee for Maine, to promote the construction of the European and North American Railway, praying for an expression of the legislature of Maine in support of their application to Congress, asking assistance from the government of the United States in behalf of said railway, report.

[Augusta, Maine?] : Wm. T. Johnson, Printer to the State, [1852]

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At head of title: State of Maine. House of Representatives, February 7, 1852

European and N. American Railway

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Committee report, signed at end by H. Carter, per order; and resolves entitled "Resolves in support of the memorial to Congress, asking assistance from the United States government in behalf of the European and North American Railway."
"The European and North American Railway, when constructed, in connection with other railways built, or in progress, will connect the British Provinces of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with each other, and the United States, over the easiest and natural routes of travel, and at the same time, shorten to the lowest limit of time and cost, the transit of the mails between New York and London. It is proposed in concurrence with the British Provinces, to bring the two great lines, from New York, and from Montreal, to a point of junction and connection in Maine, either at the Kennebec or Penobscot river, and crossing the Penobscot above the head of sea navigation, extend a single trunk line, to the shore of Nova Scotia or Cape Breton, at the nearest available point of this continent to Europe, so that between Galway in Ireland, the nearest and most accessible port for trans-atlantic navigation in Europe, and the American steamship terminus, the Atlantic ferry shall be crossed at its narrowest strait."--Page 1.

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Resolves in support of the memorial to Congress, asking assistance from the United States government in behalf of the European and North American Railway.

Print version: Maine. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Railroads and Bridges. State of Maine, House of Representatives, February 7, 1852. [Augusta, Me.] : Wm. T. Johnson, printer to the State, [1852] (OCoLC)80586857

Maine. Legislature. Senate. Amendment offered by Mr. Cary, to the resolve in support of the memorial to Congress asking assistance from the United States government in behalf of the European and North American Railway. [Augusta, Maine?] : Wm. T. Johnson, Printer to the State, [1852] (OCoLC)1424478709

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