Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-05-26
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We lay before our readers the fol-
having inter esting comparison of the
relative cost of transportation ON the
Railway and Canal Of the Lchich IA
vigation company.
The economy Of transportation on
the forty six miles Of Canal and River
navigation. but chiefly Canal. is TO our.
selves surprising, though Justly iunpu
table To the great width and deoth. mr.
very enlarged volume o( the L.ehiyh Ca .
nal, which il sixty feet wide and Eve
feet deep. The Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal has the same Width, With the
greater depth Of six feet.
The expense az transportation on the
Mauch Chunk Railway, is, moreover.
without any charge Of interest on the
capital expended in constructing the
road, &c. The one cent per mile be
ing, as We understand. designed to de-
tray the expense Of repairing the Rail.
way.
The cost OF tolls on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal cannot exceed. for any
commodity, two cents per ton per mile.
and, II the transportation Gas is most
certain) shalt cost less, one cent per
ton per mile, then three cents per ton
per mile will be the highest expense Of
carriage on this Canal nm expense
chargcable. il is presumed, on these
commodities which can best bear such
rost. The cheaper products Of lus.
Der. coal. lime. &c. will Of course nav
less toll than merchandise Of great va.
lue.
FnoH rue LKuiow PIONEER, OF AralL IS.
RAIL ROADS.
We have observed with no ordinary in,e
rest, the late accounts 81 Rail Roads Crom ii
scrpooi. as we'll as other parts of this globe of
ours The facilities Of communication are
evidently greatly improved by Rail Roads.-
The complete success OF the Novelty in her
experiment for few hours on the Liverpool
Rsh Road. Is an evidence of great improve.
meDt an her boilers, so as TO make her q hight,
er Engine than ever was before applied 10
locomo''on. Her saving in fuel il also consi
derAbis' only requiring eighty four pounds
coke per hour Their power being about eq,si
TO ten horses) il would cost st twen,y.i;ve
cents busbei for biiuuinous coal, say bu,
hf'y een's an hour for fuel, and ~ the cost of
TODD for horse per day 10 thirty cents. il
would pay for the keeping of twenty horses,
allowing her to work twelve hours each tlay
hut the Engine goes faster than horscs, and
would make her fuel about equal To the food
OF morse p"wer She Is therefore, as cheap a
power ~ horses. provided IN increased mo.
ton did not materially increase the wear and
tear OF engine, wagons. and roads.
As the Msuch Chunk Company have been
m practical operation With their Rail Itoad
nearly three seasons. and have had every f.
Gritty attending COMPANY. operations on
HAh Road. ana also, ~ making end repairing
wagons and rosi. every advantage which,
could be naturally expected has been DOS.
'e.'ed. there being foundry on the ground
belonging To the Company, and fuel ehesp
and water power ia abundance for all these
operations. AL ih-se facilities combined.
would. ~e spprehe nd. result, ia producing the
minimum average of the cost &c using "a d
road. We have therefore sought and pro
cured an average sistemrni of the work done
during the said three SEASONS n 20 as follows
On transportation Of sFoS9 tons Of coal
Cost per ton Ce,fs
Wear and Tear. and repairing Rail Road
Wagons, so4SA
od lar do 2.29JS
ofesk ropes Tor do. OlIO6
TOTAL expense Of wagon, ii37,8
liaul'"g up III summt-Iianjs and
team. 1875
DO. down from summit-IIands
and team 175l1S
SO 1874
The distance from the Mines 10 the sam
rn', IS three -fou,hs Of mile, and ascent for
y six feet; distance from Summit TO end OF
road eight and a quarter miles, and drscen'
7 seven hundred and sixty feet making
the total distance nine miles: SO cents. i.
four cents ton per mile. The wear and tear
at The road IS estimated At one cent ton prr
mile thus making the total cos, nf u.nspor.
'A''on on this Rail Road fexolusive of in,eres,
, seco"n) TIvE cents ton per mile
~ tins time the same compan, arc ao.s
paying t"e"iy four dollars trip (apd find the
boats from nsuch Chunk 10 Ession. 7, -
taken q, preseu, in rough atks. composed II
four or FIVE sections, carrying altogether SIX.
~ tive tons IT coal, and the cost for the whole
distance of ior'ysix miles 10 thirty seven cent.
atom
! The ark cost one hundred and thirty. 1--WE
dollars, add being male rough. viii last, say
twenty trips only, Is trip ] 3-to which
add 'hHty.scves, - SO I 1910 miles,
mills one third . ton per mile-bsirR less
han oSr-sINrH the cost per ton per mile OF
he transportation OH ihc Hail Road.
! From the baltimore Gazette.
OPENING OF Tns RAIL ROAD.
/ The following Official announcement
of the opening If The Rail Road, will
be universally read, We hope and be-
lieve, with the highest satisfaction. II
IS the first fruit Of the labours Of a com
pany engaged in q stupendous enter
prise. and which has had TO contend.
from the first day ~ its existence, with
innumerable difficulties. We need
not say with what pride and pleasure
we make the announcement. A. eiti.
zens Of Baltimore, nxious for her pros