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The Central Railroad

The Central Railroad image
Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
February
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

According to the Governor's Messnge, tlie cosí of construction, incluiling ten per cent interest on the cost, nnd fixlurcs, nmounts to 2,235.289,72. The receipts for the year werc $2ü2,74f,57. The nel iiïcome over ihe running1 expenses was $98,623.48, or nbont 4 per cent. The entire net proceeds of the road were pnid out for iron, cars, locomotives, &c. so that oi:lv S600 wem into the treasury. So the income f rom the Central Road, nfter seven or eight years trial, has thus far been nolhing. How long before it will pay the interest on its conslruction1?