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worth ten times its cost, besides giving an impetus to prop- 

 perty in its neighborhood that will afford a tax more than 

 sufficient to pay the interest on its cost, and liquidate the 

 entire debt at maturity, without adding anything to the 

 general taxation. 



Dated January 11th, 1870. 



J AS. S. T. STRANAHAN, 



President. 



JOHN H. PRENTICE, 



Secretary. 



JOHN N. TAYLOR, 



Comptroller. 



