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Show As a decided indication of improved business and increused confidence amoug capitalists wo note tlio fact, that up to October Oih of the present year 1.G77 miles of new railroad had been completed in the United States against SOI miles reported for the corresponding period in 3S7f; 1,101 in 1S71, 2.77S in 1873, and 4,970 in 1S72. Thcso reports show that the uusinoss panic really culminated in 1S75; and that the country has since been on the ascending grade towards commercial prosperity. Every branch of trade and manufacturing at all points may not yet have felt the improvement, im-provement, but those -stio aim to man-ige their busines3 closely to meet any change in tho market or in the condition of the people will generally admit that they have reached the turning point, and begin to feel the eflects of the commercial revival. |