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Western Railroad

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
October
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

- Immense. cf.ipls. - The receïpts on the road for the week ending Saturday, Sept. 25lh, were S33,000,ag:iinst $20,000 last year. Gain for this week, 13,000. Gain in the last four weeks, $44,000. Whole gain s-inco lst December, 43 weeks,$275,000; equal to $335,000 for 52 weeks ending 30lh November; which woüld make the whole income this year, nearly $1,300,000. - After deducting interest and expense?, the nel earnings will be equal to 12 per cent, upon Ihe sha re capital. This nmount, however, will not be divided, as three or four per cent. of it will be carried o the resene fund, and the policy of the di rectors is not to pay larger dividends now, tlian they can continue to pay hereafier, upon the increased capital required for the second track; the construction of which between Worofittef and Springfield, to meet the New York inland line has been commenced, and will be prosecuted wiih vigor completad.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News