was, that they should advertise for three thousand men and several
hundred horses, and on the strength of their advertisements, and their
certificate of having obtained such a respectable contract, try to
borrow some provisions on three months' credit.

In a few days, the public places of the cities of T---- and A---- were
posted up with large placards, and advertisements were inserted in all
the daily papers, which read thus:--

WANTED.

Three thousand men to work on the Northern Railroad at one dollar
a day of twelve hours. Men who wish to work extra time will
receive extra wages.

Wanted, also, six hundred horses to hire, at three dollars a day
for every team, on the same work.

P. LOFIN,
VAN STINGEY,
KITCHINS, & CO.

In a few days, not only did the three thousand men make their
appearance, but twice that number were now located on the site of the
proposed line. But how were so many men to live? There was some delay in
proceeding with the works, and Van Stingey and Co., having represented
themselves as very independent and wealthy contractors, said that, as
they did not like to be hard on the men, they would give them free sites
for their shanties, which the men could afterwards have without the
necessity of having to pay so much a month for their use, as was the