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Gasr or RAlRnAps.-Tho Charleston
Patriot gives the following statistics in rel.
eranee 10 the cost oil railroads in this eoun
try, Atlhe present time ii will bo one Vi
interest 10 our readers. We believe that
the projected cost ul tho Central Railroad
is below Sll,70o per mile, the average
cost OF railroads heretofore in PennsylVa.
mia, H. fact. every years experience en.
ables railroads In be constructed at cheap
er rate lhan heiafe:


Z "ln The State of New York there are %
railroads, whose aggregate length is $50
miles, and the average cost OF construction
Tor each mile has been $4,000. Ofthese
roads, the masl expensive was the Mohawk
aud Hudson kdaa, which cost Ss5 000 per
mile. The least expensive wa, the Bulla.
Ia and Black Rael, Road, wh0so cost was
only $1,000 per mile.


There are in Pennsylvania 70l miles ol
railroad, whose eteage cost per mile
amounted To ,700.


In Delaware. 10 miles al road cost
S6OOG0O, which is an average ot s37 900
per mic.


In Maryland. lhe average cost per milo
ul 3nl m.les af fairnai was $ II ,O0l.


Ia Virginia lhefe arc 3is miles Of road
which cost on an average, Sl5,iOO pet
mile.


The average cost per mile. Of eis miles
ul road IN Nurlh Caralina, was St3 75s


In suuth Carolina we have 2u2 miles OF
road, which eosl is SIS, ,0Ol per mile.


In Georgia, sl3,o0O per mile, were
paid for l76 miles oi railroad.


Ia fIofida II miles Of railroad cost
S3,s0n per mile.


In Anbama. 10 mics COS, nm average
per mile, Of ~ sun.


la Mississippi s. 100 per mile, were
pad lot 81 mies oi ailfuad.


From lhase item. we learn, that the
most expensive foad has been in New
York, the gheapesl Que in Florida, ani the
urder IN Whirh these States would .lanl in
respect Ia comparative cost OF their road.
would be as IoIInws. beginning with the
mos expensive, aud ending with The cheap
rsl: New iafk, feunsl Iynnia, Delaware.
Maryland. South Carolina, Virginia. North
Carolina. Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
aud lIuHaa.