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It is proper to premise that the amount of the 
capital stock of the companies, as stated, is taken 
from the acts of the legislature. There is reason 
to believe that at least the whole of that amount 
will be required to complete the roads ; for several 
of the companies first incorporated, have been obli¬ 
ged to apply to the legislature for an increase of 
their stock, to enable them to finish their work. 
The distance of road, as stated, is taken, in some 
instances, where the roads are already finished ; 
such as the Albany and Schenectady, the Mohawk, 
the Seneca and others, from actual measurement. 
The distance of others is ascertained a« nearly as 
could be by measurement on the state map, in 
straight lines from place to place, as designated in 
the laws ; and of some of the short roads where 
the places of beginning and termination are not 
sufficiently marked for measurement on the map, 
the distance is conjectured from the number of 
gates permitted by law to be erected across them. 
On the whole, the statement will be found to be 
not far from the truth. It is at all events sufficient¬ 
ly accurate to furnish a general view of the sub¬ 
ject. 
The roads distinguished by an asterisk in the 
list, are either wholly or nearly finished, and the 
companies have received permits from the govern¬ 
or to erect gates and receive toll for about nine 
HUNDHED MILLS, as appears from the papers in his 
