Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-03-17

such an effort To be successful must
proceed from Individuals, and be-
mainly suppor,cd by their contribu-
tons. The State will. ! doubt not,
90 its part. But let US shew dispo-
>ition To put our own shoulders to the
wheel, before we call upon Hercules.
Then ] attn persuaded our call will be
Literally answered. Your obedient
servant,
RICHARD L. PARKER.
Rail Road 10 Harpers. Ferry. Some
Of our citizens have taken up the pro.
ject of Rail way to Ilxrpers Ferry
with degree Of zeal and energy which
il seconded as il should be by others
equally interested, cannot fail TO com
mand success. The entire cost Of the
work is estimated at $500. OOO--near-
ly $4,000 have been already sub.
.cribed in Winchester, and there is
every reason 10 believe that the a.
mount OF subscriptions here will not
fall short Of 100000. Our country
friends may be expected TO subscribe
$40. 600 more, which would IT axe a
total Of 100000 in the county; and
the people ut Jefferson will doubtless
aid us with a description Of forty
or fifty thousand dollars more.
IL these expectations should be real.
'zed. the work must and will go on. -
Baltimore is too deeply interested to
refuse assistance, especially when ii
viii be so easy matter, to satisfy her
capitalists that the stock will yield 4
handsome dividend.
From estimates made by iudicious
gentlemen We have not the slightest
doubt that very moderate foliage
would nett to the stockholders at least
eight per cent. upon their investments.
But this is far from being the strong
est inducement Ia our farmers to EN-
bark IN the scheme. The saving in
the expense Of transporting their pro q.
duce to market would be immense
At present not a barrel Of -four can
be conveyed from this place to Balti
more at less than 81 SO cents per bar
rel; whereas if we had a rail road TO
intcrsect the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road at Harpers Ferry, at the out
side the cost of. transportation would
not exceed 40 cts. per barrel. which
would be saving Of 81 10 cts. on
every barrel taken to market. Every
iarmer then, should do some thing to.
wards the accomplishment Of this un
dertakipg: and we trust that all who
can do II will forthwith put their names
TO the subscription, IL any thing is
to be done now is the time TO do it.
Winchester Virginian Of 9th inst.
Extraordinary peri ormance on The rail 1ray.
On Saturday last the Majestic, . new en-.
CINE which has just been put on the rail way,
travelled SIX times between Liverpool and
Manchester. q distance Of one hundred add
| eighty miles!-The total quantity of goods
conveyed backwards and f.rw ards amou nj ed
to one hundred and for,y.two toos.-The
same engine travelled on Monday one hun
bred and twenty miles, With loads similar 10
those taken on Saturday There are now
ten engines of Mr. Stephenson's emplo, ed ON
the rail way Il liverpool Times
1t appears BY the foregoing account
OF the performance on the Liverpool
and Manchester rail way, that an En- +.
CINE has transported one hundred and
forty-two tons Of freight one hundred
and eighty miles in one day. making
six trips between those two towns. and
that on the next day the same Steam,
Engine travelled one hundred and
twenty miles with similar loads.
The transportation Of one hundred
and forty-two tons, one hundred and
eighty miles, is equivalent to the con
veyance Of one ton four thousand two
hundred and sixty miles. Now, il, as
~ stated, the cost Of fuel, oil, atten.
dance and all other charges, requisite
TO the operations Of a Locomotive En-
CINE, be only IS day, il follows that,
when once u rail road is completed and
all its machinery prepared for ope.
ratIons, four thou sand two hundred and
sixty tons may be transported one mile
Tor i've dollars. or. one hundred tons
one mile for 9 cents. When these
results are applied TO our own road il
will be seen that, estimating ten bar.
reis OF flour for ton, the transports
ton OF one hundred barrels one hun
dred miles would cost 100 cents. n
~ true that no one can suppose that
this full result can ever be reduced 10
continued practice, but the simple fact
OF ats having once been accomplished
viii be sufficient to place rail roads far
before oil other artificial means Of
transportation indeed it is only sur
prIsing that any rejecting man. should
be found still to cling to the Canal Sys.
tenn under the overwhelming evidence
daily Afforded of the immeasurable
Advantages which rail roads offer over
them. IL one fourth Of the result.
here shewn 10 have been effected on the
Liverpool and Manchester rail road be
ever realized IN our country, no canal.
even without locks, could Compete with