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throughout the whole work has proved a persevering and efficient 

 agent of the Company. 



The work was divided into thirty sections. A large number of 

 laborers was immediately employed, who lived in temporary build- 

 ings along the line of the road, and have enjoyed good health during 

 their employment. 



The prices paid by the Company for the different items of woik 

 and materials are, as nearly as can be ascertained, as follows : 

 Excavation of sand, 7 cts. per cubic yard. 



Do. clay, 9 " ^ c. 



Embankment of sand, 8 cts. per cubic yard. 



Do. clay, 11 " " " 



Broken stone, f 2,00 per cubic yard. 

 Stone blocks, containing 2 cubic feet, 45 cts. 

 Castings for chains and runs, 4 cts. per lb. 

 Spikes, 9 cts. per lb. ; 5 per cent, discount for cash. 

 Grading, ^7,500 per mile, single track. 



10,000 " " for the two tracks. 

 To meet the expenditures, the capital was called in by instalments 

 of 6 and 10 per cent, and the whole of the original capital was paid 

 in on the 1st of August, 1831. 



Twelve miles of the road were finished about the same time, and 

 the whole of the single track will be completed on tlie 1st day of 

 December next. 



The character of the road. With two slight exceptions, the road 

 between the Albany and Schenectady planes is perfectly straight. 

 It however commences at the termination of the city line on the 

 Hudson River, and about thirteen acres of land are now owned by 

 the Company, in its vicinity, part of which will include the wharves 

 now being constructed for the accommodation of the transportation 

 business, and the earth of which is brought in small cars upon a light 

 wooden rail road, from a hill above, through which the inclined plane 

 is to pass. 



The road crosses South Pearl Street, under a fine stone arch of 

 durable materials and handsome construction, thence it passes up the 

 hill with an inclination of one foot in eighteen until it reaches the sum- 

 mit one hundred and eighty five feet above the Hudson. At this 

 place a building is erected which contains a double stationary engine 

 estimated at twelve horse power. It is of the high pressure kind 

 with two cylinders seven inches and a half in diameter, twenty six 



