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l.a COSs of Railroads The Charleston Patriot
gives the following statistics in reference to the
cost of railroads in this country. At the present
time il will be of interest to our readers We
read is below Sal ZOO per mile. In fact, every
years experience enables Railroads to be con
structed at cheaper rate than before: rg.g 90


In The State of New York there are % rail
rouds whose HggIegate length is 705 miles, and
the average cost of construction for each mile has
S26 0OO OF these roads, the most expensive vas
the Mohawk and Hudson Road, which cos e65
900 per mile The least expensive was the Bnf
falo and Black Rock Road, whose cost was oniy
81 200 per mile.


There are IN Pennsylvania 7Ol miles Of rail
road, whose average cost per mile amounted to
S4l,7OO s.-aassii sas.. -ss-e


La Delaware, rs miles of road cost $500, 600
which is an average Of $37 500 per mile.


In Maryland, the average cost per mile Of 304
miles of railroad was Sal 900. 40 -.,sr.
In Virginia there are 34s miles of road, which
cost Oh an average SI5, 400 per miles. fAa7s as


The average cost per mile, of 246 miles o
road in North Carolina, was S13750 ai s.a.7a
In South Carolina we have 202 miles of road
which cost us S2e, 600 per mile.


In Georgia, $4,000 per mile were paid foI
476 miles OF railroad ..e..-l .a- ..
In Florida, "a miles of railroad cost $1,000
per mile. e's-t ~


In Alabama, 46 miles cost on an average pei
mile of $500. a. sisi.a ........la 3


In Mississippi, $500 per mile were paid fol
"a miles of railroad


From these items we learn that The most ex
pensiye road has been one in New York, the
cheapest one in Florida, and the order in which
these States would stand 10 respect comparative
cost of their roads, would be follows beginning
with the most expensive and ending with the cheap
est: New York, Pennsylvania, Della ware, Mary
land, S. Carolina, Virginia, N. Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.