The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-05-22


4" In reply to the question, what number
of tons Of all kinds of goods is carried from
Boston and other sea-ports, annually. by the
inhabitants Of New-Braintree, and what pro-
portion consists of heavy articles 3'--I consider
1t low estimate TO state the number Of tons
OF heavy articles Annually transported from
bcston to this town, 10 be two hundred. OF
other articles, the number Of tons is inconsid.
cradle. An addition of one tenth to the pre-
cedlng number of tons, would, probably, be
TAR statement of the whole amount of goods
OF every description, transported from Boston
With other sca-ports the inhabitants of this
town have no intercourse of business
The articles Of produce exported from this
town consist principally Of the following. and
IN the quantities stated, to wit Cheese. one
hundred tons-Pork, seventy-lve tons-But-
Ter, ten tons. Besides these, are carried CT
der, Vinegar, Poultry, and a variety of small
articles, for which there is an occasional de:
mand--amounting, probably, to fifteen or
twenty tons, annually. The whole amount of
articles exported, may be estimated at two
hundred tons.
"' Should such communication reduce the
expense of transportation from Worcester to
Boston, or Providence, two thirds'-soDe ar
tlcles, the produce Of the soil, might be sent
into the market from this town. which the
expense OF transportation, at present, forbids.
hut, owing to causes somewhat peculiar the
advantage Immediately to accrue TO this town,
from the opening OF the water communication,
would not be SO Important, an this point of
1teic, as TO most other towns in this vicinitv-
No streams pass through it sufficiently dura-
Die ana copIous, to supply manufacturing es-
ADJUSTMENTS and the quality of the soil di-
reefs the attention of farmers here to the
Garry, as to them, the most productive branch
OF husbandry. Hence, few manufactures
are, or can be, sent from this town and the
surplus OF grain is very inconsiderable. Oats
Is the only species Of grain which would be
exported Of this article several hundred
bushels might, annually, be sent TO market.
TO the benefit Of the grower. Cider and
vinegar might also be exported in greater
quantities, as the induccment to export. and
TO increase the quantity made, arising from a
diminution of expense would be greater
Potatoes, also, would, at times, command a
price IN The market, sufficient TO meet the re-
duced expense Of transportation.
It is difficult to determine, with any degree
OF accuracy, to what amount articles could
be sent into the market from this place, in
the event OF the success of the undertaking
before alluded to, which would now yield no
proft It mus be left in a great measure to
the enttrprne and industry Of the people to
determine hereafter. II would not be strange
II 10 few years, it should exceed the result
OF any present calculation. One ADVANTAGE
which would be derived from the contemplat-
eo Canal, by which the productions of the
sou would be greatly multiplied, may be men
toned. The article of Plaster has bean usad
mere as mucn as the expense of transportation
would permit but, while that expense en-
nahces the price twelve dollars per ten, little
use, comparatively, can be made of it. Let
the expense be reduced one half and the
quantity used would be increased tenEold.
The effect, in the increase of the amount of
articles sent into the market, is obvious.
"Aespcctiully, your humble servant,