There is but one way of meeting the difficulty, which is to hand tht Wine over to the Government. the directors are said to be conte pleting. Moreover, there is a lst deficit in the working of the rail way, so that, in fact, the incon does not by any means meet ordinary expenditure. This sate ment has been published in sever! of the Canton dailies, and ther seems to be some anxiety on tht part of those who have already vested money in the concern.
The reply seems much more hop* ful. First of all the Directors pudiate with energy any suspicion that transference to the Govern ment is contemplated. Such a po sibility is not within sight. Mor over, though at present the inces is not equal to the expenditur® the receipts are growing rapidly Three years ago the receipts wt! between twenty and thirty thous"! dollars per annum; last year tt income was more than a bundyd thousand dollars. In addition this it is to be remembered thet riginal f
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