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There are at present G2 locomotives on the road, and 14 more are to 

 be placed on it this fall, making in all 76. There are likewise on the 

 road 45 first class passenger cars, 29 emigrant cars, 12 baggage, mail 

 and express cars, 416 eight wheel and 100 four wheel bax freight cars, 

 122 platform, 56 cattle and 409 gravel cars; in all 1189, at present on 

 tbe road, which, with 519 now constructing, will make a total of 1708- 



The company have lately issued £ 1,000,000 of new stock, the whole 

 of which has been taken up by the original shareholders, and they 

 intend at once laying another track between Hamilton and London, to 

 enable them to accommodate their vast and increasing business. 



The following are the Directors of the company: 



President — Robert W. Harris, Esq. 



Vice President — John S. Radcliffe, Esq. 



Managing Director — C. I. Brydges. 



Directors — Henry McKinstry, Esq. ; Lieut, Col. Gourlay, Esq. ; Wil- 

 liam Dickson, Esq. ; I. B. Smith, Esq. ; Alex. Beattie, Esq. ; Robert 

 Gill, Esq.; Peter Buchanan, Esq. 



Ex-Officio Directors — C. Magill, Esq., Mayor'of Hamilton ; D. Math- 

 ieson, Esq., Warden of Oxford; H. Clench, Esq., Warden of Middle- 

 sex. 



General Office of the Company, Hamilton, Canada West. 



THE DETROIT, MONROE AND TOLEDO RAILROAD. 



The Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad, which has existed for 

 many years past only in old charters, projected routes and public assu- 

 rances, is likely to be constructed without further delay. A company 

 was recently organized under the General Railroad Law of Michigan, 

 and the project placed in the hands of a Board of Directors composed 

 of gentlemen of a character that will insure its speedy construction. The 

 Directors have eflfected such arrangements that will insure the completion 

 of the road within the next 1 2 months. This road will pass through the 

 villages of Trenton and Wyandot, and Monroe city, to Toledo, connecting 

 us with the southern tier of counties of this State, from which we have 

 hitherto been excluded, and with the Ohio roads, leading to Cincinnati, 

 and the South Shore Railroad, to Dunkirk and BuSalo; also, with the 

 Michigan Southern road to Chicago. 



The foregoing include all the roads that exist or have a name to do 



