On the Trail of the Pioneers Romance Tragedy And Triumph of the Path of Empire
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From the first, efforts were made to hold in check those who preyed on the travelers, but it seemed impossible to correct the trouble altogether. Even as late as 1847 ^'^ an official examination of witnesses by the state developed humiliating facts. A man whose business it was to forward Americans from New York owned : It is a fact that I and others engaged in the business get all we can from passengers, except that I never shave a lady that is traveling alone, it is bad enough to shave a man. ...I have all I get over a certain amount which is paid to the transportation companies. . . . The passenger goes from here to Albany by steamboat; to Schenectady by railroad; 162 ON THE TRAIL OF THE PIONEERS then by line boat to Buffalo; I have represented in many instances to passengers that they would be forwarded by packet on the canal ; but when they arrived at Schenectady they were sent by line boat. * * Line boats traveled at the sedate pace of two and a half miles &n hour. Travelers who were willing to pay an extra rate of fare went by limited packet boats, which made few stops and thus were able to cover an average distance of something like the four miles which the state law allowed; they could go from Albany to Buffalo in six days.
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