. Una storia degli Stati Uniti d'America, della sua gente e delle sue istituzioni. rtDuquesne, realizzata una strada così come egli è andato. Successivamente gen erale di Forbes, su un simile marzo, trascorso così tanto tempo di penetrazione di costruzione come quasi per sconfiggere l'oggetto dell'enter-prise. Washington compiuta facendo una rapidadvance a Fort Duquesne attraverso i boschi. Per Franklincame Braddocks aiuto da fornire per lui un certo numero dei famosi carri Conestoga di Pennsylvania. Thesewere grandi, tele-carri coperti utilizzati dal farmersand gli operatori di questo stato a trasportare i loro produrre toPhiladelphia. Ciascuno di essi è stata trainata da sei

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. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. rtDuquesne, made a road as he went. Subsequently Gen-eral Forbes, on a similar march, spent so much time inroad-building as almost to defeat the object of the enter-prise. Washington accomplished it by making a rapidadvance to Fort Duquesne through the woods. Franklincame to Braddocks aid by providing for him a number ofthe famous Conestoga wagons of Pennsylvania. Thesewere large, canvas-covered wagons used by the farmersand traders of that State to transport their produce toPhiladelphia. They were each drawn by six or eighthorses. At one time as many as ten thousand traversedthe roads leading to that city. Stage Travel.—It was late in the eighteenth centurybefore a stage-coach line was started between Philadelphiaand New York, the two largest cities in the country. Atlirst a wagon running twice a week sufficed for all the travel.The roads were bad and the travel slow, about three milesan hour being the average time. In 1766 coaches were put TRANSPORTATION AND POSTAL FACILITIES. 519. The Conestoga Wagon. on that made the journey in two days. They were adver-tised as flying machines. In wet seasons the wagonsoften stuck in themud, and had to be rpulled out with theaid of the passengers.The first stageroute was from Prov-idence to Boston.The journey tooktwo days. In 1789it took a week to travel from Boston to New York by stage. There were nobridges, and all large rivers had to be crossed in boats. In cold weather the journeywas a terrible one. Erie Canal.—After1800 active efforts beganfor improvement in meansof transportation. Con-gress considered the im-portance of lending gov-ernment aid to the build-ing of roads and canals, and the State of NewYork undertook to buildthe great Erie Canal fromAlbany to Buffalo, a dis-tance of three hundredand sixty-three miles. This grand enterprise, carried acrosswhat was mainly a wilderness, took eight years for its ac-complishment. It was completed i

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