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$58,400,000 is all of it the indirect advantage to the 

 public for which nothing is asked or paid. The capital 

 employed in building the roads, assumed at an average 

 of $30,000 per mile, and amounting in the aggregate, 

 for 6,042 miles, to $181,260,000, is fully compen- 

 sated, and all expenses of transportation, repairs, and 

 wear and tear, paid in the sum of $86,600,000, 

 actually charged and paid for the work done. Thus 

 showing the annual public gain to be, through the 

 labor-saving capacity of railroads, over thirty per cent, 

 of the capital invested, or, in other terms, $9,664 

 per mile. 



The city of Worcester is pleasantly situated in a 

 valley, surrounded by hills of slight acclivity. It 

 is abundantly supplied with water, brought through 

 an aqueduct from the neighboring hills. The most 

 important street is called Main Street, one hundred 

 feet wide, shaded on either side with chestnut, elm, 

 maple, oak, and a variety of other trees ; it is two 

 miles long, lined with elegant brick and stone build- 

 ings. There is one Episcopal Church, two Metho- 

 dist, one Roman Catholic, and four Congregation- 

 alist ; besides which, there are a number of churches 

 belonging to other denominations. The Catholic 

 College of the Holy Cross was founded by the late 



