Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-12-17

80 i4e Af'i.fs " re HAtrs
Stnttm-utla icaSin &. ,,.s at.,rr ia IA. "i.h
n''nd Times 1T Noaday saul.si.t a.. sophie
ry, and vOnS,vd Low Lu eJu ha ri a.s-Ion, su o. IA
'elasd by tie Wy aatho,i', which b. ~ TO'arhanIy
| quote. I" sustain his own mi,cassruct'on-.
Alter :. much spparat caadcs IA the eom,nea eemsn
h-stnce tie reader seams inclined give eedenee
With sscei surpyiss and az Of IN ,a AMI ex.
"i'ahon hsces,h RailRo IUrasi Of Fob. H. Is
prove that the advocates oi Rail Roads by their sh
Ing arc IN a NEST soiry plight.
The manner in which he r,.is 10 that ,arnal ,h,ws
that he would have his reader. believe that the
.four Rail Roads there oul, fourteen paid
usdend IN 1873 and only six an 1884, ad that only
teen hive their soeas at par. lis language
fourteen appear 10 have declared dividend for year
mat me stock OF but eighteen appears o be N 100 aud
upwards To "a"
Now we resdy admit that Clinton deceived him.
self, but We unwilling that h. should nisrad ohers
The ruth 10. eveSy Intelligent person ny care
uiy at the rail road iournsl that ab.
does not gvr the ineomc the value Of stock aud v
cend per cent, oil the chic, rail roads m the U.iisd
States as Clinton seams affirm but the other hand tho
valuable table there given very incOmpi par
he1"r svinE soms points VI Information ol road.
anu oiher Items OF Information Uf smother and only iu "a
lev instances. giving all the item. Information mention
cd by Clinton.
tor instance the re.det II h, take the trouble "a LOOK IN,
To any number OF said ru rusd ouna will lind ID. ab.
referred to- varying neeod iis ds,s accordn1 to tho
different items ct information which its able Editor can
IRON time To time collect, but he will nd L. nun.
eet cited by Clinton. that IN regard roads only ia.
ssmstd cost given. for go,G reason that the roads
not COZ I'd foft ,h. ~
X. Some have the sctuaI Cos, ,iy,n arJ 10 sor ~ 81
hsyo no inftm,ti,, AT cost s,,,,I .,,,.,J y,ii
clinton hence conclude that appea that tn So road.
cost nothing! lie might well do conclude that
olly fourteen ,ppear have declared dividend IN lsI3
ard only sir lsl4" because t,tsooth th.ir
mol noted IN the said table.
Again. BY that ssu'e table hy OF the eighty. road.
enumerated havo not even their gross
Now, will Clinton have his reader. c,nclud, ,h., ,hs.
nifty roads have oeone ALL bee lusc their pcoo. doc,
not appear" from the table, Aud YET such .ion
a tha
argument. The truth is some OF these roads WHO'S.
iacome 10 not noted IN the table. nevcrhc. there
shown 10 be paying dividend Of eisht twelve and tbr
teen per cent!
Indeed, by gancing ct said table, the reader will see
ha IN regard TO some OF the roads aed hn learns
the value OF IheI stock Others the gross incoms. of
Others, the income. thu dividends they nav and 40
on And hew. SEQ at once the isacy Cln;on. conciu
nens'
Hence the TACT cited by him, that only eighteen Of the
"hCie number q" roads are there mentioned having their
stocks ni 100 or sp~srds, 10y lshes his consul
son. mat only eighteen have their stocks par Tor tho
eadef he Will look again 81 ts table will sec that seve
anu up"aoS, 81 the value OF whose stock nothing said
oesdes oi Tue uuea and Buffalo. and the AubuTn and
use ROADS whose stock Is well known 10 be very y.lua
% n.s oil Is SAID either OF their Income dividend
IN lo't'
But further, of the whole eighty four road, maintained
'he value OF the stock O only thiy seven gwen And
oi this number eighteen are xv,,,h ,,on, IoS . T.,
sipht are worth tro,, s,x.n,r a. 90 -, ~ " - anu
the resnsin1g eleven iheir STOCK will probsby he -
~ be predicted Of many of tIar, n.,b,n. - 80,
OF them will never be good STOCK - "
Ii Clinton would be candid Ia, hin, in.,;,,,e ,,,,
between the least prod ucty. nj I'M So I'D ,at
vonte James River Canal aud then ,nfuu N, ,sh,h -.
consicrs better stock, But p-rhap, he wonId dsn
this comparison aud say his canal i, not We, eonnl. 81
also are the rail road. which he has atemn,cd ., de.
piiags incomplete aad yet sono of then, i'm ,ni -, -
are plying handsome income
Clinton must bear with a Ile longer lie expresses
great surprise, find that OF the continuous ri, -
between Warrington aad New York only one C,mj,o
and Amboy, Keeps Its stock par And bis gave cu
sion Is, that this great line beiwees ihs f,d,,I md
commercial capital Of the United Stes'' doe. moi pav
'Grey no ether road can We admit here, that II hi,
premises "sIo correct his conclusion would tie
Dot the facts are against hun, and IL 10 iucced sur
prisir., that he sbouli mistake tncm. But to ths
tAoe sgain This great line Of rail roads /. made nm
OF the Camden and AmbOY ha TLiiadephl and T,enton
the Philadelphia and Balm ore and tas ana
BALTIMORE Railroads, Of waea C.nton tell, ., uos.uvrT
there hut one, "ShYse 10 above par leaving IN.
readers 10 draw the conclusion that the rot were bel ~
par! Now, what the facI,l The C K A R n is
quoted NJ IO51 the T. 4 p Il II i.ono,oa ?, ms III
r II iT (I-n,o, ,,i,I - - ~ - -, ahu StnhHie