]
[Footnote GF: U.S. Statutes at Large, vol. IX, p. 188.]
[Footnote GG: Exec. Docs., 30th Cong., 1st sess., no. 51.]
[Footnote GH: Exec. Docs., 30th Cong., 1st sess., no. 51.]
[Footnote GI: Marvin, p. 243.]
[Footnote GJ: Meeker.]
[Footnote GK: Report in the Senate Sept. 18, 1850, in Exec. Docs., 32nd
Cong., 1st sess., no. 91, pp. 14-15.]
[Footnote GL: Meeker.]
[Footnote GM: For contract see Exec. Docs., 32nd Cong., 1st sess., no.
91, pp. 154-157.]
[Footnote GN: Exec. Docs., 32nd Cong., 1st sess., no. 91, pp. 5-7.]
[Footnote GO: Marvin, p. 247. The measurement of these steamers is
differently given by Spears: p. 26. "When done, the ships were found to
have fine models--they rode the waves in a way that excited the
admiration of all sailors. But the keelsons under the engines were only
40 inches deep, while the keels were 277 ft. long, and there was 'give'
enough to rack the engines to pieces." Spears, p. 267.]
[Footnote GP: Meeker.]
[Footnote GQ: U.S. Statutes at Large, vol. XI, p. 101; chap. CLXI, Aug.
18, 1856.]
[Footnote GR: Same appropriation act for ocean steamship service, June
14, 1858.]
[Footnote GS: Marvin, p. 279.]
[Footnote GT: Meeker gives the details as follows: Bremen line (1847-57)
$2,000,000; Havre line (1852-57) $750,000; Collins line (1850-58)
$4,500,000; New York to Aspinwall (1848-58) $2,900,000; Astoria and San
Francisco to Panama (1848-58) $3,750,000; Charleston to Havana (1848-58)
$500,000.
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