The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-27
c. ". & 2. RAILRoAD.-We had

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barely time last week to notice that Mr.
De Graf. Of Dayton, had received the
contract for the construction of so much
Of the Cincinnati and GAINESVILLE Rail
road as lies between Morrow and Ian.
caster, a distance of eighty nine miles.
To this must be- added about FIVE miles
for switches" &c.
The main features of the contract,
as we understand them. are as follows !:
The company finding the iron, the con-
tractor is to complete the road for $ll,
700 per mile. This, we are told by
those better informed than ourselves, is
low compensation. We are not pre-.
pared to say what the iron will cost, but
il is estimated that the entire cost of con.
struction will be about SIT 900 per mile,
which is considerably lower than most
roads have been built.
About one hundred contractors were
present at the letting, and considerable
competition was manifested. Most, if
not all of them, were men of experience
and energy. We learn that there were
seven bids for the entire route.
The successful contractor agrees to
take in part payment for his work, ten
per cent. in stock, and thirty per cent.
in county bonds, which is about equal to
$4,000 for the former. and $3.50, 900
for the latter.
The amount now subscribed to the
capital stock of the company reaches
about one and quarter million Of dol.
lars. All things considered, we defy
any one to point TO road, which in so
short time, less than year, has been
80 successful. We trust nothing will
occur to mar the bright prospects which
lie before us.
In our advertising columns will be
found q notice Of the treasurer of the
company, calling upon the stockholders
for the payment OF an instalment of ten
per cent. upon their subscriptions. The
call. we doubt not, will be promptly re-
sponded to.
Il will also be noticed tia: interest
will be allowed upon each instament
which is paid in by the stockholders, and
this arrangement should act as an in,
ducement for those persons to subscribe
who have refraned from so doing on &C.
count of the lapse of time between the
payment of their subscriptions aud the
receipt of any Of the profits of the road.
THANKSGIVING. Our paper is issued
little ahead of the usual time, the day
of publication being that appointed by
the Governor Of the State for prayer and
thanksgiving. The people of Ohio nave
every reason to rejoice in the bountiful
returns which they have received the
past year, and in their great prosperity.
Que thing, however, should be re-
membered. In their prosperity, the
people should not sit around their cheer
full firesides, and contented with their
own lot, forgetthat there are those around
them who are not so fortunate. Our
city is more blessed than some others in
this respect; yetthe humane and benevo
lent can find few who deserve of them
thought and care. Would it not be
we'll, on day like this, to make provi-
sion for the needy and destitute : The
pastors of our churches, who hold di-
vine service to morrow, can do benevo-
lent act by reminding their hearers of
their duties to the poor.
KossUTH's SpGEcH.-We need make
no apology for occupying so much of our
space with the speech of the Hungarian
chief, which will be found upon the out
side Of to-day's paper. Our object is to
place him in proper light before the A
merican people, and in this we can do
nothing better than to let him speak for
himself 1t is not to be disguised that a
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