The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-07-28

their prices will be reduced on an extensive
business.
For particular information relating to rail-
way the reader is referred to the new Edin-
burgh Encyclopaedia 16,article Railway,
where it will be seen that the Editors extract
from the best intelligence on this subject, IN
England and Scotland, where railways hav
been long in use, and are pre- ferred to Ca
malls for many obvious and important rea-
sons--for instance, The cost Of laying down
railway is but about one haJ that OF a
Canal-t is not liable to injuries from heavy
rains as Canals are-it Is not subject to
leakage, absorption, or evaporation, like
Canals-frost, snow. and ice, which destroy
navigation for part Of the year, and are
frequently the causes of great damage to the
banks, dams, reservoirs, sluiccs and locks OF
Canal. have no material effect on rail
way. Compare next the difference III the
expedition of transportation. The utmost
speed that can be allowed on a canal is about
three miles na hour; because greater rapidi-
tv than this, tends to wash and destroy the
banks and towing paths; while on rai-way
carriages Of burden may travel 6 miles an
hour with horses, and by means of loco
motive steam engines, it is believed in Eng
land, that Stages for the conveyance ofpassen-
gers or light merchandise may be propelled
4 ten miles an hour These facts shew us that
railways are greatly preferable to Canals,
and we hazard little in a prophetic declara
ton that they Will be very common in this
country within The approaching half centa-
~.
From the Encyclopedia we extract the
folowing;-
"Under all circumstances it is found that
horse works only with about three times
the load on Canal that he does upon d we'll
constructed railway, which i, now sought
.er as the highest Improvement of which
the nteri9r communication of a country is
susceptible. Immense loads OF fifty tons and
upwards have been tracked on Il rail way,
by one steam Wagon. Thirty tons and up
wards have been 0lopca by one horse on a
level railway. We can state that an active
; horse weighing ten hundred weight conduct
: cd only by one man upona we'll constructed
level edge railway, will work with ten tons
Of goods; tncariy equal to 100 bbls of
) hour) The expense of trackage is pretty
much the same III both systems, (rail-ways
and Canals,) while the first cost and conse-
qnrntly the tolls or dues, must be great
I ly in favor of rail. ways. The introduction
Of RAILWAYS from the Cannon Works in
Scotland to the port Of shipment reduced the
: averaged expenditure OF transportation from
e IL ,0004, to 9V0G. In England at all the
coal and manufacturing districts, rail- ways
are employed for facilitating and economls-
, ing all the operations.
! Having stated the distance from Whining
: ton to Lancaster to be about 46 mies,we shall
/ proceed to shew the difference i'll the cost ol
: transportation between the present mode and
0 that Of rail- way. Two and quarter days
: will be required for a loaded Wagon te
] travel 46 miles. \ Wagon with five hors-
c es will carry Is bushels Of wheat, equal tt
: 90 bbls. Of -four, (and this it is believed is
! beyond the usual load,) which at IS pei
{ day, for y days, is S11,25 feed for driver
t tolls &c, Sis, equals $500, or nearly
5 60 cts,per buahel. On railway, five hors
: cs will draw fifty tons, and ten barrels arr
8 about equal 70 4 Ton III WciSht' VI CoufSe, NV
o horses will draw 500 bbls., and perhaps TOT
f, with greater facility ana less actual labour
It than the same number Of horses now draw
G % bbls. Not to be extravAgant in rela
c tion to the saving of time, we will allow tw'
i days from lancaster to Wilmington on tht
rai-way;- two dollars per day for Gael
k horse and his driver makes twenty dollars
o toll, one dollar for each horse, is five dol
:, lars, maxi ny in the whole twenty-iv
d dollars for the transportation OF SEQ bbls
&c or FIVE cents per bbl., leaving s. cts. pc
J. bbl, saved On all other articles the amour
saved will be in the same ratio; wheat ca
in BE delivered 1T the Brandy mills for on
,e cent pcr bushcl; whereas it now costs l5
4 20. Altho' the advantages appear SO Srca
i. in the carriage Of the heavier articles, "
le it is in the lighter kinds that the create
to benefits are attainabe; for when a load con
&c prses a large bulk in proportion to j
lp weight, it can be conveyed with so muc
,e greater celebrity, that the very saving
n time is equal to handsome per centage
lg profit.
IN This is a subject peculiarly important
to the inhabitants OF E.lkton and Christian
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