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cott to Racket. Ground was brken on the hill west of the Bills place at 7 o'clock Monday morn ing. Some two hundred persons were present, nearly all of whom were appli cants for work. The best were selected and fifty-five men are now at work, a portion of them to the left of the road go ing towards Perkinsville, just this side of the grove, and the remainder at the place first mentioned. J. B. Whiteman has charge of one of the gangs. We verily believe there is in that section some of the roughest country that lies out of doors. But the contractor, Mr. Lee, is a man whom nothing can daunt. He will open a stone quarry this week on the Gross place near Perkinsville and will soo make stones as well as dirt fly. We shall note the progress of the work from week to week. It looks now as though the early com pletion and running of the Rochester, Nunda Pittsburg railroad was assured. The contract between the directors and New York parties was closed last Thurs day and the $75,000 paid for the franchise. It is stated the road will be built com mencing north at Mumford, on the State Line road, running on its original route to the coal fields of Pennsylvania, Rey noldsville, from thence connecting with other lines to Pittsburgh. The news papers along the lines are extremely confident and some of them jubilant. The Angelica Advertiser publishes an advertisement for ties and lumber want ed in the roads construction, and gives its opinion that work will be com menced within a week and that the road will be running by July next. ‘This last statement can hardly be true. We are reliably informed that it would be im possible to get iron bridges manufactured, if they should be ordered at once, be fore nine months or no year, by reason of the great demand for them—manufac tories being driven to their utmost. This fact alone would prevent completion of the Nunda and Pa. road so soon. And those people of Dansville who expect to see the road completed early through this valley should take into consideration this fact. On Saturday Dearth, says the Roches ter Union, an adjourned meeting was held in Lima to take into consideration the project of a narrow gauge railroad from Rochester to Hemlock lake, passing through the towns of Henrietta, Rush, Mendon, Lima, Richmond and Livonia. William .A. Bristol presided over the meeting and ..T. Norton acted as secre tary. Several gentlemen spoke on the subject and all seemed to feel quite san guine of success. On behalf of Tima it was pledged that the town would give the right away to the road, and Mr. Ken dall of Livonia gave the same assurance for that town. The estimated cost of the road is about $150,000, and it could be built in a short time. A committee was appointed to confer with citizens of Roch ester and the towns interested, with a view to calling meetings in this city in aid of the project. The committee is composed of the following gentlemen: LB, A. Vary, IF, AB, Francis, H. C. Gilbert, J.S. Good rich, D. 8S, Gilbert and A.T. Norton. ‘The committee was also authorized to invite citizens of other towns to appoint similar committees.
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Dansville Advertiser
Dansville, New York, US
Thu, Dec 16, 1880
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