http://autoblognews.org Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:17:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en strengthening the entire transportation system of the country, and for the purpose of avoiding the waste incurred by running transport vehicles empty, return-load bureaus are established To increase the highways transport resources as one of the means of strengthening the entire transportation system of the country, and for the purpose of avoiding the waste incurred ... http://autoblognews.org/2009/02/09/to-increase-the-highways-transport-resources-as-one-of-the-means-of-3/ an American tavern Landing at Norfolk, Virginia, Baily was immediately introduced to an American tavern. Like most travelers, he was surprised to find that American taverns were 'boarding-places,' frequented by crowds of 'young, able-bodied men who seemed to be as perfectly at leisure as the loungers of ancient Europe.' In those days of few newspapers, the ... http://autoblognews.org/2009/02/09/landing-at-norfolk-virginia-baily-was-immediately-introduced-to-2/ 60 years of Ferrari and Shell. This by far one of the coolest videos I have ever seen. The transition to the modern formula 1 car is amazing! http://autoblognews.org/2009/02/08/ferrari-shell-4/ difficulties and failures, if the men who at Washington"s call undertook to master the capricious rivers of the seaboard had studied a stately Spanish decree which declared that, since God had not made the rivers of Spain navigable, it were sacrilege for mortals to attempt to do so It would perhaps have been well, in ... http://autoblognews.org/2009/02/05/it-would-perhaps-have-been-well-in-the-light-of-later-2/ followed in the main the army roads hewn out by Braddock and Forbes in their campaigns against Fort Duquesne >From Pennsylvania and from Virginia commerce westward bound followed in the main the army roads hewn out by Braddock and Forbes in their campaigns against Fort Duquesne. In 1755, Braddock, marching from Alexandria by way of ... http://autoblognews.org/2009/02/04/from-pennsylvania-and-from-virginia-commerce-westward-bound-2/ with disappointment The hopes of outside aid from Congress and adjacent States met with disappointment. In vain did the advocates of the canal in 1812 plead that its construction would promote 'a free and general intercourse between different parts of the United States, tend to the aggrandizement and prosperity of the country, and consolidate and strengthen ... http://autoblognews.org/2009/02/04/the-hopes-of-outside-aid-from-congress-and-adjacent-states-met-2/ and 1797' by the late Francis Baily (London, 1856) * 'Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America in 1796 and 1797' by the late Francis Baily (London, 1856). http://autoblognews.org/2009/02/04/journal-of-a-tour-in-unsettled-parts-of-north-america-in-1796-5/ engineers, and contractors Handicaps of various sorts wore the patience of commissioners, engineers, and contractors. Lack of snow during one winter all but stopped the work by cutting off the source of supplies. Pioneer ailments, such as fever and ague, reaped great harvests, incapacitated more than a thousand workmen at one time and for a brief ... http://autoblognews.org/2009/02/03/handicaps-of-various-sorts-wore-the-patience-of-commissioners-7/ Intro of magnum P.I. From RetroJunk.com http://autoblognews.org/2009/02/03/magnum-pi-opening-4/ hours; the return trip was made in thirty The voyage to Albany, against a stiff wind, occupied thirty-two hours; the return trip was made in thirty. H. Freeland, one of the spectators who stood on the banks of the Hudson when the boat made its maiden voyage in 1807, gives the following description: http://autoblognews.org/2009/02/03/the-voyage-to-albany-against-a-stiff-wind-occupied-thirty-two-3/