Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-01-06

Totals 80. S2i,950,O0O sI9,056,OOO S5,s9i,0O0
The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
Company, it will be seen, has exhausted the
aid grated. That road will be completed
in very shot time, and asks no further aid
from the State. have assurance from the
officers Of that company that the temporary
structures have been the subject of COM
ment, are being replaced by substantial ma
sonry, and that the higher grades complain
ed OF are also being reduced. This, in or
der that the company may, at the earliest
practicable date, obtain full possession Of
lis lands, is obviously its interest TO do with
as little delay as possible, and l have rea-
son 10 believe that the road will be compile
ted and in running order, through its whole
length, early in the spring, and its struct-
ures and grades made entirely satisfactory
during the coming season.
The Platte Country Railroad Company,
although it has commenced the work, has
yet received none Of the bonds authorized
in behalf of that enterprise.
The Pacific Railroad Company will be
entitled by virtue of the aid already author
lied, to only two hundred and twenty ad-
dltiOnal bonds, which, if its construction
goes forward as it should, will soon be ex-
hausted. To complete the road to Kansas
City, further aid will be needed, and it is to
be hoped that it will not be withheld. The
early completion of this road will add i'm
mensely to lis business and profits, making
the one hundred and sixty-three miles al
ready in operation much more productive
than it now is, while the portion yet 10 be
built, and upon which more or less work
has already been done, will be less expen-
sive, and yield q much larger Fer cent up
on the capital invested. No lime should
be lost in pushing the work forward.
The Southwest Branch Of the Pacific
road has over three million dollars Of .he aid
authorized in reserve. Only about twenty
miles Of this road, from the main stem, are
yet completed, and about forty miles in pro-
gress Of construction. 1t Is due TO the
Southwest portion of the State, that this
road, so indispensable 10 The development
and prosperity Of that region, rich in miner
al and agricultural resources, should be Wig
oro,isly pushed forward with the least pos
sible delay. Every day that that portion of
the State il deprived..oi The commercial IA
eiIties railroad would furnish, causes a
serious loss to our revenue, and lis delay
would be a manifest injustice TO the people
Of the South west, who have so cheerfully
aided simila- enterprises in other portions
of the State. No obstacle should hinder
the speedy construction Of that road. ''' |
The North Missouri Railroad is now
to Allen, m Randolph county, l50
miles from ST. Louis, and the trains are run
ming TO that point. The unfinished distance
eighteen miles, to IFS intersection with the I
Hannibal and ST. Joseph Railroad, is graded
the cross-ties, rails, chairs and spikes pur
chased and paid for, and nothing remains TO !
be done, but TO lay down the iron, which
can be done in about twenty working days; |
the additional cost Of constructing the road
TO that point being estimated at s4l 600.
regret 10 learn, that for some reason not ex-
planned to me, this company will fail 10 pay
the interest falling due on the first Of Janu
ary, on the State bonds issued in aid OF that
work. B It The State Treasurer has made I
to meet the Interest then due
buth by this ard ths Iran Mountain Com
pany, and The credit of the State Will be
sustained. -
The Iron Mountain Roal has, an unex-
pended balance Of 1924 900, authorized
but not issued, which, under The restriction
imposed BY, The amendatory ,Acl, approved
10Th, 1857, cannot be issued be-
fore March Isl, 1859. Tia. road Is cons
pIetsds tosPlot Knob-I7ayer. .!sislty mile,