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Domestic News June 17, 1837

The Columbia Democrat

Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

What is this article about?

Rumored discontinuation of Cattawissa Rail Road Company operations due to suspension of specie payments and rejection of Col. Paxton's shin-plasters, leading to unemployment for contractors and laborers while executives' salaries continue.

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It is rumored that the Cattawissa Rail Road Company are about to discontinue operations. We presume that this course will be adopted on account of the "suspension of specie payments," as neither the contractors nor labourers will have any thing to do with Col. Paxton's "shin-plasters."

This will afford another instance of the "horrible consequences of the experiment;" and although contractors and labourers will be thrown out of employment, we opine that the salaries of the President and Engineer will not be suspended. Poor people alone are the ones upon whom such schemes operate.

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic Infrastructure

What keywords are associated?

Cattawissa Railroad Discontinue Operations Specie Payments Suspension Shin Plasters Labor Unemployment

What entities or persons were involved?

Col. Paxton

Domestic News Details

Key Persons

Col. Paxton

Outcome

contractors and labourers thrown out of employment; salaries of the president and engineer not suspended.

Event Details

Rumored discontinuation of operations by the Cattawissa Rail Road Company due to suspension of specie payments, as contractors and labourers refuse Col. Paxton's shin-plasters; described as a consequence of an experiment affecting poor people.

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