. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . gated the cost and prospectsof the new line at once subscribed to a sufficient amount of stock to secure itscompletion. The original estimate of the cost of building and equipment wasabout $700,000, and all the contracts at the finish amounted to less than that sum. The Camden and Atlantic road had cost up to that time or . per mile. The capital stock was 81,248,150, and debt ^S. The esti-mated cost of the Narrow (iauge was le
. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . gated the cost and prospectsof the new line at once subscribed to a sufficient amount of stock to secure itscompletion. The original estimate of the cost of building and equipment wasabout $700,000, and all the contracts at the finish amounted to less than that sum. The Camden and Atlantic road had cost up to that time or . per mile. The capital stock was 81,248,150, and debt ^S. The esti-mated cost of the Narrow (iauge was less than $13,000 jier mile, with .^130,000for rolling stock. The population of Atlantic City in twenty-three years, since the first roadwas built, had increased fr(.)m half a dozen families to 3,000 people. The grossreceipts of the old road had increased from Si 17,000, in 1856, to $564,000, in 1876,and the steady growth of traffic with towns along the line as well as at the ter-minus was very encouraging. In the building of the new road as for years hehad been in the management of the old. Mr. Richards was the active ;^ :;). HARVEY J. SHUMWAY. )F TTTF. ■■XARR( >W lys )n the lew hue \as in Atlantie Ii \-, where the irf ,jn t le west s de ,f th ■ Tho, hf; re f( Pi- the fnmi 1 hiladelph a 1 V Ste amho; t f. se on llie .March and on M il I, 1877, leti \-e pperat ons \iy and nioht the e.) itrae ors 1)1 she 1 f. rwanl the )nal su ier\-isi(in of Samuel K ieh ird -. X ■\vr ciiK-ro- ■ncy (hd rai roa<l ;- !■ vith s ( )ver t le I lead. nvs th e ei o~S ties \ ere id fouiK ation till yr: vel c. )nl(l 1) • til ed 11. T lere olistriK tions, especi dly ( n the me ido ws, w lere .rs of th .^ old roa( , owned I strip ofl Ul. • J etly About the first work donelate John L. Bryant built a wh;landing of ties and timber sentmeadows. Ground was first broken inbegan at both ends of the line. 1work under the vigorous persbefore exct^ii
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