The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-03-16

RAIL ROAD COMPANIES. The demand for
Rail Road Stock in this city appears to be I'm.
precedented. Yesterday, at ten o'clock, the
books for subscription to the Canaioharie and
Catskill Rail Roads, were opened at the Mer.
chants Exchange-capital six hundred tbon.
sand dollars, and ten per cent. required TO he
paid in; the rush for stock was so qreat. that
in less than fifteen minutes the whole was sub.
scrlbed for, and not more than one in ten was
enabled to get his name taken down; and those
who came after the hour, were of course. ex-
cluded. II is believed by those capable of Judo.
ing, that from three to five millions of dollars
would have been subscribed, if the books had
been kept open for an hour. The stock imme.
diately rose in the market, and was sold at 81
and half per cent. premium.
Tho books for subscription 10 the Paterson
Rail Road were opened at Paterson last week
capital two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars about million and half was subscribed
IN few hours. The stock has risen, and il
now selling at 20 to % per cent above mar. 49,.
The stock of the Albany and Schenectady
Rail Road is now selling at Is per cent. above
par.-.Nt0 York .fducrtiSer.
RAILWAYS. When in LIVERPOOL, I was told
the following curious fact. A shop keeper re-.
eelved an order for some fringe of a particular
color, which was wanted for the fancy ball that
night he therefore put one of his bows on the
railway car at IL o'clock at noon, and ordered
him to bring it back dyed, as early as possible
from Manchester-the boy actually was in thu
shop by four o'clock, P. NJ, having been to Man.
chester, had the fringe dyed, and returned to
Liverpool, and within four hours Is this not
wonderful! The tive towns may be considered
as ore now. There is project for making a
railway between Glasgow and Edinburg, 40
miles, SO that passengers may go within the
hour between the two places This will helm
Edlnburg much, for there are between two and
three thousand houses untenanted, which will
be occupied by the Glasgow manufacturers and
merchants to live in, whilst their counting
houses and factories will continue where thew
are. There are no vacant houses in GLASGOW.
and rents very high. The railway, When
completed, will equalizee the rents in the two
towns. There IS no end to the Importance of
railways, and the sooner we get some Of ours
completed to show their practicability the bet
ter 1T will be for our country-.4lbanu paper.
1.-THE distance from Liverpool to Manchester
is stated in Brooks's Gazetteer, to be Sc miles I
EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES ON THE
RAILWAY. On Saturday last the Majestic, a
new engine, which has just been put on the
railway, travelled six times between Liverpool
and Manchester, a distance of one hundred
and eighty miles The total quantity of goods
conveyed backwards and forwards amounted 10
ono hundred and forty two tons The same
engine travelled on Monday one hundred and
twenty miles, with loads similar to those taken
on Saturday. There are now ten engines of
Mr. stephenson employed on the railway.
L'0erpOOt Times.
Mr.. Samuel Lyon of Sawpitt, in the State
OF New York, had four sheep on Great Cap
taln's Island at the commencement of the great
snow storm, which were taken out of snow
bank 0ttgs on Friday, the 18th ult, having
out food.