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failed of meeting the western end of an extension of the Balti¬ 
more and Ohio. The completion of the lines from St. Louis 
to Baltimore, in 1857, was the occasion of a noisy celebration 
on behalf of the three constituent roads and their friends. At 
Baltimore there was an elaborate banquet that began with green 
turtle soup and ended with twenty-five desserts including seven 
kinds of ice cream, 2 while the Cincinnati Commercial saw in 
the event the hand of God, “The purposes for which the Creator 
erected the Allegheny barriers, against free communication be¬ 
tween the seaboard and the Ylalley of the Mississippi, are ac¬ 
complished. The populations on either side have been dc- 
2 Smith, W. R, 85, 86. 
