Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-02-14
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hgf,, and comfortable than any coach, they
permit the passengers TO move aooui rom
line onter 10 the inner cabin, and the Fares
per mile are one penny 10 the first, and ihrse
f,r,hings in The second Cabin. The passed.
eers are all carried under cover, having the
privilege also Of an uncovered space. These
oats are drawn by two horses, (the prices
! 4 which may be from ESQ TO 60 per palr)
| IN stages of four miles IN length, which are
done 10 from twenty.t wo to twenty 1--WE mn
ntes, including storpages to let out and take
| in passengers, each set of horses dong three
ar four stages alternately each day. 10
| fact, the boas arc drawn through tins mar
row and shallow canal, at velocity which
many celebrated engineers had demonstrated
and which the public believed to be lmpossi.
ole.
"The entire amount Of the whole expenses
| Of attendants aud horses, and Of running one
Of these boats four trips Of twelve miles each,
| Ghe leagth OF Inc canal or forty eight miles
daily, including interest on the capital, aad
twenty per cent. laid aside annually for re
+" cement OF the boats, or loss on The CAPT
al therein invested, and a considerable sum
| aid aside for accidents. and replacement OF
horses, is 200 some odd shlllings. or fixing
the number Of working days to be Sl2 an
nnsly, something under q Is Sd per'day, or
about eleven pence per mile. The actual
cost of carrying from eighty to one hundred
persons distance Of thirty miles the length
of the Liverpool Raiway,) Al velocity OF
nearly Ten miles An hour, on the Paisley "a
nal, one Of the most curved, marrow, and
| shallow Canals in Britain, is therefore Just
! q Is Sd sterling. Such are the facts, and
| incredible as they may appear, they are
| facts, which no one who inquiries, can post
| bly, doubt
"hs respects Railways, the experiment Of
| high velnciiics has been made. and the result
| asceftained on the best finished. ami finest
! line OF Railways ia baltain connecting the
| two great towns Of Liverpool and Manches
| 81, without single curve, from end To end,
! and with only two short aseents.
"ihe result Of his experiment on the Llv-
erpool Railway has been somewhat different
from that on tie a udrosan Canal. On the
Railway iadeed, the expected veiocies
have been fully at aimed, and the calcua-
tons Of The engineer, in this respect salts
factonly demonstrated as possible and cor
rect; bat unluCEiiy one very important mat
ter had cot been admitted INTO The cacula
ton, or rather hadnot been supposed TO exist.
Wit probability, rather certainty. oil a
great increase OF expense. consequent Oh III
creased speed The gcomctrical ratio OF in
creased resistance on increasing the speed
on Canals, has been transferred 10 the ia
crease Of expense on increasing the speed
onkallways, with this addition, that the in.
crease OF expense affects not merely the
nloyng power, or locoma.ive e5luo. but
the coaches. wagons and roadway. The
ordinary. speed of conveyance on the
Liverpool Railway, is from ten ia twenty
miles an hour, and depends much on the
weather and the weight dragged. The Raj
way engine, with its tender for carrying
coke and water cost, abOat $1,000, and dra@s
after il train cght coaches, the costs
Of each Of which, If the same as in the estl
nate for the London and Birmingham ktli
w,y, should be e200, train of FIRST class
coaches, with accompanying engine and
tender. costs t2000. The coashes accom-
mOdaie one hundred and twenty passengers
there are other cea chcs, and also uncovered
wagons. which travel at an Inferior speed,
and which VIII cost less. The fares are Va
rious; seven shI}ings, or nearly three pence
per mile. for such passenger, in the com
mon coaches. of what is called the "h>t
traln," being just double and triple the boat
fares; and four shiilIBgs 10 the coaches, and
three shllhngs and slXpence in the uncover
ed wagons in what is called the second
train, which move at a slower vcl9cltss,
The lowest Railway fare to the traverl-
Ter is therefore three half pence per nile
IN am open uncoye, ed wagon; moving al an
interior spread, exposed TO the wind and
r"in, and the steam aud smoke OF the en-
glpe- double the fare On the Pals ey Ca
nal, for being carried in a comfortable cab
IN under cover"
The Paisley Canal boats have no'T been
at work plying on that Canal, since the au-
tumn nC Is 50, and it is found that they are
as easily and safely drawn al the high yelo
cities before mentioned, during the night rs
during The day. The accidents on the
Liverpool Railway have been SO frequent,
and so serious as to require the notice of the
Directors IN the Report; whiss not even the
semblance Of an accident has happened w.th
the PaIsty boats"
although have principally confined my
SCI to the article of passengers, yet all have
stated APPLIES equally TO the light goods now
sent 10y the road wagons and vans
"Nith two horses it has been shown, that
weight equal TO nearly eight tons in Pas
sengels, may be conveyed along narrow
aud shallow Canal, at a rate ri nine or ten
miles an hour, and at an expense of lid a
mite, Inciudng every out lay. with interest
an replacement Of capital. being less than
one third of the bare cost for conveyance of
similar weight on Railway"
(.Note b, .4ppeadiG)
The entire trade contemplated by the