Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-27

ScnI which, at ten cents per Lairci. is ,
1888
And five nnw add Tie tolls or an
addJtloual 400 .O0U EushCl, OF coal,
(whlch n tiai~iS will he safe 10
calculate on,l al y cents, wEich
is 1850
-
The amount of tolls free from appro-
pIiation viii Ue SI6,S3
The capital OF which this sum would
I've the interest al per ceut is 2G0,5G0
Add 10 tins Tue balahce Oh hand Go! ,502
Aud thu amount will be SsG2 OG2
10 he applied 10 the improve
ment OF the heXt section. The
amount of tolls now pledged. Is 90,S33
Let ths section extend To the mouth OF I Ne
river, about fifty three miles above Columbia.
The cost OF which. as extracted fiom the
estimates, will be S213S73
THIS sum taken from the sum on
hand leaves "a balance OF 5SS $50
From the best information obtained last
year. was believed, that the whole of the
precincts which went TO RiChmosd market,
tSont below LlDchbnig, WAS al least equal TO
what WAS sent from that town. Then pursuing
That idea we have gwen TO the section below
Rivaiha fOur tweltthS of tNat quantity; aud
| believe about i've tweltihs might be "A fair
proportion to be allotted To the Que tow under
consideration, and three u the next above.
FIVE twelfths OF $4,000 l. ,l6l i am not
acquainted with the average cost OF transpor
tatiOn from this pant OF the river /; but IL is
ascert tanned 10 be- about ninety cents for a
barrel OF flour irOm LynChburg, | should
suppose might he stated at sixty, including
prc>eSt toll, no cents) tor this section By the
canal IL may be done for nineteen cents, in.
| ciudiug present toll 1t then we lay AN addi-
uonai toll of twenty cents per barrel, for this
section, the owners of the property will still
| he the gamers by twenty one cents per barrel.
ihIS section extends To aitu thirty nine
miles OF Lynchburg, and above the worst falls
Ii Therefore. the products from Lynchburg,
were brought 10y the bed OF the river, TO the
| upper end OF this section, twenty cents per
| barrel would be gladly paid for the use of the
| canal, the remainder oiihe distance because,
| there would be saving of more than that
sum per barrel. And this appiirs also, To eve
~ article brought down Nh. river from above
! Lynchbnig but, as am not in POSSESSION of
| suihcient data. for estimating the quantity
thar passes Lynclbnrg, we vii. leave il out OF
| the calcnlation altoGc ether.
Twenty cents Der barrel, on 5IIUl
barrel>, for the ddie section is 1888
| twenty cents per barrel, for the
whole OF the trade from Lynch.
| burg, equal to 1876 900 barrels, is, 10000
The sumis Ss6,s3a
The capital of which this sum is tue
- interests 6I3,sss
Balance on hand 5SS, OS9
| The sum is STOMP o7o
Which is applicable to the extension OF the
canal To l-ynchLury
| llis by the estimates will cost S2I59T5
| winch taken from the last men,
toned sum leaves Csc Os7
| he amount OF tolls now pledged, il l27 GOO
| nus Tar. we have calculated nothing for the
advantage 10 be derived oil the canal, by back
ireishis; neither as they relate 10 the increase
| OF Tolls, nor, as they operate to diminish the
| cost OF the descending trade. Ii is however
| very well known, that immense quantities of
| merchandise are taken up the James liver to
| LSnchDnrs. aud 10 places above. And if the
| freight was reduced TO one-thiTd or a fourth
OF lie present rates, il is highly probable the
quantity would be vastly increased; and if
the article of plaster of paris was taken 10
! Li ncIburg for three dollars per ton, instead
| OF Twelve, aud in proportion for other dis
| tdhces, the quantity that would be carried
| would be great indeed; and the effects on the
| products OF the country, incalculable. Ii will
| then, certainly be reasonable in our calcuIa-
'ous' Tor Inc cost of transportation from
| LyHchburS, TO allow something for the item
| or back freight. Ii we say for every return
ood', three tons of merchandise, at four dol
ia'si aud three tons of plaster, at three dol
| lars, the amount will he sal Then the ac-
count Tor ID "trip will stand thus:
For one man, a boy and horse, I6
| DAYS, al So, IS
AS we are now availng ourselves
| OF the advantage of some back
freight, we will add a reasonable
allowance for the boat say, 10
From which, deduct for back freight II
Sa7
! This is equal to Is cents mills per be fgeE
say, IL cents; aud 10 ceuts for the presert icil
| will make - cents.
The average cost of transport bv tie iiSs 5
| Is 80 cents, the saving III fa1our o. ft9 ~ al
| 65 cents. Therefore, if We lay an at.al io1si
toll of % cents per banel, the fTeighNCfs ssili
still be the gamers By 40 cents per SsCrel I;
besides the great Advantage Of hdWng every
article completely secured froui damage, By
rain, or danger from The river; sMd We NAV
| say, from loss by pnferinV, sc added to The
| certainty of the HavigajOu At al seasons,
| except when closed by ce AS the canal boats
will be well sooted or esglosed, and il is 10 be
presumed will be in ,i,echarse Of a respccta-
| BILE man.
| Twenty cents per barrel for the 10000
barrels .fom Lyuchburg, has been already
| pledged in opf last esGmate; we then Ina We
! cents per b.trrel, toward the next.
cents on 10000 barrels is S650O
TorlGtiI ada for lie tolls OF the last
sscte@ THAI have not yet been taken
i,gghl3 account, and which, On The
& igSg8nis principles, will amount TO 1000
= .