blocks to support them.[1] These few facts will suggest to the intelligent reader an idea of the magnitude of the work, and of the intelligence and activity necessary in the governing power which has superintended its formation. We should have been glad, if our space would have allowed, to have looked at the question in a national point of view, as affecting the employment of the population, but this our limits forbid; from a superficial view of the question, we are, however, inclined to think that this mode of transit will give more employment than the former, and that by rendering the employment of horses of a certain description comparatively unnecessary, will induce our agriculturists to grow that description of produce which is used for human food, and probably be the means of rendering the staff of life cheaper to the poor man—for these, independent of more obvious reasons, we think railroads deserve the support of the public, and the encouragement of the Legislature.
- ↑ This is a rough estimate, we should think under, rather than over, the fact. We have calculated the whole line as being fixed on stone, and have therefore made no allowance for the sleepers, as when the ground is sufficiently firm these will be dispensed with.
