“ From what we hear, it is likely that advantage will be taken of the General Railroad law by numerous companies, for spur roads, and thus parts of the State be opened up for improvement, which, hitherto, in consequence of lack of railroad accommodation, have not progressed so rapidly as the inhabitants desired. ”

“ The strikers at the Trestle Works continue to stand out for the twenty-five cents additional pay, making their wage $2 a day. Nothing is doing at the work. The strikers are preventing others from going to work. ”