Litchfield enquirer., 1870-02-10
Total net reduction for the first
 half of Grant'a hanal, ,vaaP1 ,$s
: ~ola's From the N. '. Tribune. .a-
 THE MIDLAND RAILROAD.

It seems UGE 1nss 5. y.z < : 9szE xg-44I.- sume it three years, since the MidIand
 Railroad was projected, and efforts first made to secure the means of constrncting it.. It was generally regarded as an uphill undertaking, and many predicted its fail. ure; but 1870 opens with the cara running on .t.from Oswego to Norwich, in the very heart of what was the most secluded re. zion of our State, while the work on this 6ud is it such e state that the directors feel confident that they will be running cars through from Lake Ontario to the Hudson, opposite athis City. before the close of 1870. They have unads no calcu- tions thus far, and iwes expect to see them come through ahead of time.
 The road opens to the travelling public sections of our State which were better known and relatively more popnlo1s hali . century SEQ than they are nov. aa. The Erie Canal and9the Central Railroad on the one hand,I the Erie Road on the other. have drawa away the thousands who for. merIy traversed them on their way to Gthe
 Holland Purchase, Oroto, Ohio: so Della wares Chenangosa Otsegos &c., have been as secluded from general observation as New foundlsnd. sThey have kept 'on" growing grain, grass and cattle, making butter and cheese, and running out the scattered rem- nsnts of their tim6ef;; but the boys have too generally put off for more busting scenes, leaving the old folks aud the girls t., get on bs thsmselyss as best they could, The townships traversed by this roSd have Ebardiy increased their population since 1880, while soms of them have actually
 The Gl Midland Railroad .d'il.' is dssatinn9sd t
 change all this. Connected by branchel
 with. Nswberg. Ellsnville, Delhi, Utica Aaburn and Camden, beside those Mhict
 its completicn will hereafterg incite, itswil soon double the poppletion and qnadrnplI the travel and the trade Of the region !
 traysrses, which aboands in wster-powsr.
 slate and other useful socks. and niss tillet 1swill bring grain gEDm the lakes and car " coal thither; it will draw thousands
 from the sea.board to feast on it's beauties aud make honest bg iits, Pnrs streems; amid its sChsalth:giyiug hills Delhi. Norwich, Eaton. and other inland, villages, which 1 few of our travellers for enjoyment have ever seen, will Isoon3 ba @ familiar to tho tonristr asy Northampton, Mssa., or But
 land, Yt.yand a new era of growth anc I prosperity dawn upon large districts which railroads have hitherto served only to- de
 populate. .GoIGigo gid 1ot
 The Midland asks no further subscrip- ltion toxits stocEs4 IhnBa heHe heSn made to, the extent of ~, ,000, ,000, by the, farm
 l ers, who invested theit means to secure! ' clisaper and more expeditions highway fpl theiri prpdnedjR r Whatis nov asked is thai IthossI Iwhp cen sparers few hundreds; pl Ithousands, shall invest them in the Com panys bonds, Which draw z per cent. gold
 interest, and leave the farmers 6,O00OOl
 as guarantee eionthsis- prompt payment
 gho6s S6.0O0 900 receivea ngEincome Sill If l ter the hopdholders shaIt have been paie lin fun. This guarantee is deemed suff Fcient;s and the bondssSwhich can never sx leeeh $20, ,O00 per. mile of aBished road lamply secured We ask those who hav' fmoney to invest to scfutipize the map ant tread the advertissnlent of the NOompan.
 contained in this paper, and judgA Htleth CT theymay not ssfely and uaefnlly inves 'linishe bollds Of the Midland Railfoad.