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r. sas asIap 81 WELDON, SEPT. 14thJ IS41Slg
Books OF Subscription for the CAPITAL Stock Of
/ the Roanoke Rail Road Company were opened
in June last, and about one hundred and urthOp-
sand dollars were subscribed The Act Of the
! General Assembly of North Carolina, incoTpoEa-
ting the said Company, anhoriscs The reeohstrac-
ton of so much Of The Pottsnuth and Roanoke
Rail Road as is situated in this Staie so as 10
connect with that portion Of the road lying in
1.-THE State of Vire inia, and the Company Is f9f<
lthermore authorised to extend the rond from Wei
I don 10 the Raleigh and Castor Rail Road Tins
uniting link is too important in every point Of
view well to the perfect success of the whole
route as to the convenience il will afford of easy
communications between the ripper and lower part
of the State and the amonnt of travel and trans
Eportation of produces which must necessarily pass
over it, for it to be overlooked for moment The
amount of stock already subscribed is not sufficient
to effect both objects, to wit the reconstruction
Iof the Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail Road,
and the extension of the road tofhe Raleigh and
Gaston Rail Road. The Commissioners al Wei
don, as authorised by law have therefore deter
mined to reopen the subscription Books, and 1sk
your kind cooperation. Surely the citizens in
the northeastern part Of the State, and the upper
part too, will contribute small sum to effect so
desirable an objct as the opening Of q ready
and easy communication between them by Rail
Road. This might reasonably be expected even
if but little pecuniary profit was expected,tosEe-
suit in the form of dividends But no reasonable
doubt is entertained that the profits on the whole
investment will yield at once, utter tho work is
finished, as much as any Banking institution in
this State and in shor: time thereafter il is be-
lieved that double as much will be realized. Nor
folk and Portsmouth, foo, have deep interest IN
the proposed extension of the, road; and surely
their citizens will not permit the work to fail for
the want of few thousand dollars, which their
permanent prosperity is so much concerned in
furnishing. It is intended, as soon as necessary
laws can be passed in North Carolina and Virgin
ia, to unite in common interest upon perfectly
equal terms the two companies, aud to have but
one company owning the road from the Raleigh
and Castor rail road to Portsmouth, ,--and the
whole road. when completed, considering The du-
rable and permanent manner Of its construction,
will be by far the cheapest road to the propetors
ever made in any country. f@5 Il, -
So much of the road as is situated 10 Virginia
being now in operation, and between sixty
and seventy miles in length, has been purchased
for fifty thousand dollars which must have cost
more than six hundred thousand dollars !; and
that portion lying ia North Carolina between
Weldon and The State of Virginia, being already
fgraded, can be reconstructed for comparatively
very small sum. The commissioners therefore,
feel fully warranted in saying that the entire road
will be the cheapest eVer constructed, and cannot
fail to yield the most satisfactory dividends. But
a small subscription is asked from each person
interested, but II is fully believed that no who sub
scribcs most will be most benefited. If they had
tho ability, they would back their judgment by
taking the whole remaining stock to be subscribed.
The books will be kept open until the 10Th Of
October. Roanoke Republican. a