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THE [?] CONTINENTAL RAILWAY
[?]
TO THE EDITOR.
I am, Sir, &c.,
SENEX.
Sir—Your correspondent "Argus" meets the
proposal of the grand railway scheme by first
[?] its incalculable advantages to the
colony and then serves its promoters out by
mopasfaajt Oat our AgeatGeneral should any
it oat for ns, and thereby "aave profit," &t
Z«aa«nlroompare"Argai''to a dog in the
iiiMigei, «cto a petty shopkeeper, who would
meet a ogstomer offering to clatr hif ahelvea of
nifai aid im—liiaiiln gooda at a price with
"-Ml, bo? joo. are going to make a profit of 100
pa- oent, and, as yon bare mentioned your
plans^proapeeta.^aiid market, I will try to do
n*esy«eit,l think we hare only to coaaMar
the benefits—preaent and future, direct and in
dirant wlriih we mar reasonably expect from
Hkt week, and then make the beat bargain
2§r poaribk with the promoters.
"Aq^irideafly lootaat thesaheme ink
aaxrow ana hunfrj luring mmnmir, and i? evi
dentfe art «obb ttat thesune loauapla ?«
Thecaratiteareqtdiedbythe Imperial Govern-
XMBt to be rabedwu obtained by offering pro.
liiiilimj iniMnin iiT 111 ■nrm-iTirtrniiT-tTiTTi
nate two emigTanta for a free paaiage. Tour
oaoeapo>deDt may, however, buiw that some
of thnan tWiHn?7lntn bean retold for £5,000
aad'apwaidi, and othen are now let for £1 an
aoaperaimtim —toaay nothing of the fibnlooa
ofthe town aorea. Aad who haa
?t^W^£in^tU nthi tS P ropo?l
bow let«re «a bat nub. as any other private and
Ina^o^aldatlvuormayn«.ve. BaTlauinot
nd^-in jataelf * jggalio atride. .^repaanpw
poaaecaadliyaay other polooy in the gfonjv and
at &e aaa>e titne in a atatoof atayiatioi; for
want of •jpopaiatioa .to ooonpy and oaQvert'it.
Tbeovarland railway a^ieme mart twrUinly be
ah-aniarnMavd 'amwraUon agency to bring and
attract, a laa^e aapnenfation of popnlation, or
prove a laOdva^baMpraniotera aaaaubasriber*.
Tain not oae'.to oon?ent to absurd termi, and
waold only give what would be a blr and rea
aonable equivalent, bearing in mind that the
greater part of the land to be granted u of no
jnuaMiiil T?l't«.'#??* tii^ar-wtn be except inoon
aeaalon wiHi aiypn .> giganttc worfc
adwUd alaoiw understood that the relative
■tt?MUoniH^ of «? Updn ia of more unpor
taneeiafwuiuig a omreat estimate togajdeiu
fiwnfbe Bros*/iiantityol Und to be given in
exchange lor iL_ oenenti offered.
I win notwaats time in argnmenta aa to the
dangen "Argna" anflcipatea of "a railway
rag, cuuaMuu of Jadgea, legislator*, lea," aa
X think. meiiUmn likely to arise if Ge
vem?SO?t hai to manige the badneaa.
„ te ewwJMian, I woald remark that UiUAs
•adattan, as a great agent in emigration, cao&ot
be otiectod to by any dan in the community
as iDJnrinu to its intenata. The gapitaliata
oannot~efcjest,«s a new and enormotu field will
beepaaed«>r Oeatnloyms?t «t apiW; nor
esn tbe feadaspeosie, fanner*, 4c, u im-
Be?ady extended homecongnrnptjonnmst fol
low; nor oa& the laboring iinaia do ao, aa pro-
BtaUe work wffl beprondad for thouudW
frsah haads,aaweU aa for flioae already here.
The question of profit and loaa falla entfarfy for
aao?tderation on those who f ornUh the means.
43m protect stand* so entirely per ae by fhe aide
of aUworka hitherto doneinthia provmee,that
we nay bidy leave that-oneation nndiaeoaud.
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