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SoneryijIe was finished on Saturday last, nnt yes
terdnv the irst train of cars passed over II. he
entire road is twenty-five miles long, and cost ABOUT
$500 ,oG0 The public are very much indebted TO
John O. Stearns J onn kean, Esq. aEd some other
citizens OF Sorservis for their enterprise End per
severance in pushing this read toits completion
Thirty four miles more would take the road 70 ne
! beautiful and once touri=hing town Il a.-sto"
situate en- the Pennsylvania, SIDE ot the Delaware
River II ola Peter Miller and abou; dozen
Others OF the wealthy citizens Q. that placewers 10
subscribe $4,000 each, which they could easily
aaor,i "a do the res. OF the Stock would De taken
u2 vi;i.ou, difficulty in small =mounts BY tafners
along The line, and BY the Merchants and Me
charles 0. Eas,on and is vicinity Every one
VINO owns rod Of land in Nor:nsmpton County Is
deeply interested in the extension Of this road 70
the Delaw.re-up TO The wor!. PCT youT=own
shoulders 10 The wheel. snd By the +,h OF July,
1913, the whole will be completed, an! Real
Estste in Esston @incle leased in zyaIae twice the
amount Of the cot Of the read


ZATrlc. ASp RUrrALo RAILROAD -The Butfa-





( 10 Commercial states that TIL, last hpk IN The
great cham oil Railroad oniManication between
Boston snd Lake Enc Is nov ready Tor the ralis
with the exception OF ten miles which will be nm
ned by the Isl ot April, aud that tie foad Will
probably be in operation by rhe 4th OF july next.
/ ;, letter troa. Senator Hawkins, President OF the
Company, rates the entire cost OF the Road AZ
low as $4,000 per mile. This letter IS - satis-
factory in it: exhbr .. the reduced and din5iaish
ing cost of constructing Railroads that publish
i, entire:


Col Taylor-# ALFS.SpeR, Dees23, ls4l.


Dear Sir: avail myself OF u moment, leisure
to sive vouin compliance with ,our request. Il
brief statement OF the progress made IN the cor,
s,ructon of our road. The work you will recol-
i.ct was commenced The lst Of September last
snce that Tine 10 the lt of the present nozttl ~
miles have been cleared. grI5bea and grained WIN
/ cuverts md bridges complat,,,and tho grade pre-
pared fUr the supar>tfGctiIfe Ionsis;erebie "oth
has been done on tfa remaining ten miles. OSin;
TO the nclcment season. the iorca ot=nahd' ehl-
1 ,,,oyed or the road has been reduced. yet u sui-
Gent number are reaiaet warrant tie finishing
% the whole rond bed dhv the st day OF April next





thirteen are on the section, and ae asccr
tanned 10 have cost inc..!ing cnivert- bridges. &c
/ Sl4 900 Some part OF tho eastern section will DC
I somewhat more cNpenSigc, buf the average eN-
pcnse of clearing, sruhbag, grading, bridging and
cuvert, it Is eved viii nat exceed 81 l,5UO per
mile Contracts have been made Ter a large por-
ton o! the lmter, required Tor tho SuPerstructure
at a cost OF lss- than $500 per mile, and Il contract
with John P Veeicr & Co. laying the super
structure, furnishing knees. nails and sp:acs, and
putting on the rails a, ,247 PEI mile which wl
complete the road with the exception OF the iron
rails Right of wag and release OF the ohligailons
TO fence have been ob,ai:ied ior nearly The whole
route and the expense ascertained 70 be about
81 800 per T,,ile. The entire cost OF the road per
mile, may be stated as follows:


Right of way and rel use OF fencing. --.-.S 30U
Grading, including cnlyer,s and hrid dses... l.5OO
Timber for superstructure .-----....... oO0
Laying superstruc;ure. &c-----.... l,2ao
Engineering and incidental expenses, esti-


mated ----- -2o


s. 300


The plare rail three fourths by two md a halt
inches, will cost about sl,500 per milo. The
brid se rail- which is the kind shall probab:
use, vii! cost about 81 AGO per mile, making ,he
entire expense, excluding locomotives, cars &c
less than So 900 per mile. for road which will b,
much superior to any other in the State. The
other roads in tli. line between Boston and But
alo, have cost per mie--irom Boston TO Albany
2iI 0O0 from Albany 10 Schenectady SG0,0DO
from Schenectady to Utica $25 600, from Utica 70
Syracuse $40, COO, from Syracuse 10 Auburn S30, )
600, from A ubuu tc Rochester $50 COO and from
Rochester to Batavia about SIS, 600. state from
recollection and in tousd numbers. In these scv.
eral eases. the cost OF building locomotives and
cars is included .yEch will add 10 the Goa; o! our
road about s. 900 per mile. he small Cost oi
our road IN comparison with others IN the same
line, which produce an average, nett revenGe
otmore than Zen per cent. would seem TO be a per.
feet guarantee that SOCK must be worth much
more than lis par value when th, roai shall be
completed which II the contracts periornel!
will be abou, the lst OF July next.


In great haste, Sc HENRY HAWKINS.


J7 Joseph lnshsm, whose arrest at Cleveland,
ohio, for stealing law books We recently noticed,
has been convicted ana! sentenced the chain .nns
lor six months The yalar Of the books identified
was $3l %: had IT been ore ceat moro be would
nave gone to the peniten,iary for grand larceny.


% The annual yaQe Of the PENNSYLVANIA Iron
trade, estimated Ut aboye twenty-five million. oil
dollars


~ a trnin Q. Cars nassesl over the new Raj!
road from Reading 70 Pottzvillc, Pa, on SATURDAY.
morning


ANOTHER RopBERY-Aloses Schwab ii Jew
pedIar was robbed on the 9th inst. about 9 miles
this side o: Fort Wayne 9. ebcui :l20G in Gar
man gold, 10 tt0ier pieces, TWO $50 notes on lie
Bank Of ChiIlicorne, and two do. on ii!e Bant, oi