Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1835-01-16
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10 cts. per b.
l24 cts. per b.

ed from any other part of the world; and II SO,
can there be any assignabIe limit to the demanof
Let us see whether this position is sustained
by facts. The cost Of transporting coal from
Philadelphia to Washington, Gas regular busl
ness and not ballast, is ST so per ton, cents
per bushel; TO Baltimore coastwise or by rail-
road from Point of Rocks, cents per Dnshel;
to Boston 50 per ton or cents per bushel, ana
it may be carried to Charleston, or the most dis-
tant of our seaports for cents per bushe, which
is more than is received by importers from LII
verpool Apply these facts, and the cost OF
Cumberland coal will be in our principal cues
as follows, viz:
In Washington, Alexandria, and George
town. Iper bushel) 123 cts.
Present price 81 per ton, or IS
Saving, 12I
Add them to this price, in the District, freights
to Baltimore, cents; Philadelphia, cents; and
Boston, cts; and there will be saving in the
price, from the present rates in those Cities OF
81 cents to Baltimore, u to Philadelphia, and
l2@ cents to Boston. Coal brings in the later
place 50 per ton, or 32a cents per bushel.
Thus it appears, from well authenticated facts,
collected with great pains, that Cumberland
coal can be delivered, coasrwise, at all our At
lantic cities and towns, cheaper than it can be
obtained from any other part of the United
States, or Europe; and of course the capacity
of the Canal to furnish il will be the only limit
to the supply required.
What, them will be the capacity of the Canal,
and the amount oftolls? 1t is stated by Sir Jno.
Sinclair, in his statistics of Scotland, that there
was transported in 1884, to the city of Glasgow,
with population of lat ,043,) on the Monkland
Canal alone, 1880, 653 tons of coal, equal to AZ,
33S 2S4 bushels which, at the rate OF half cent
ton a mile from Cumberland to Washington
City, would amount to 81, 1913, 529. equal tn 30
per cent. upon S6,000,000, the whole estimated
cost of the Canal to the coal mines at Cumber-
land. The dimensions of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal aregreatly superior to those of the
Monkland Canal. The tonnage on the SChuy-
kill Canal, engaged principally in the transpor-
tation Of coal, equivalent TO II, 4S3 662 bush
els; and coal actually consumed in Philadelphia,
! in 1888, independent of the amount exported
from thence) amounted to | 900 bushels
This amount alone, if transported on the Che
sapeake and Ohio Canal, would have yielded at
cent a ton per mile, 1852, 600, nearly 8 per
cent on its entire cost. And it is ascertained
that the City of Pittsburgh with population,
at the last census OF II, SOS souls, consumed, in
1888, 1865 800 bushels Of coal, mostly in her
numerou manufacturing establishments The
population to be Immediately supplied with
Cumberland Coal, is as follows:
The District of Columbia, 10000
The City of Baltimore, 5000
The counties and townsin Virginia and
Maryland bordering on the Potomac
and Chesapeake Bay-population, 55765o
Aggregate, 1910
Suppose the whole CT this population, togeth
er with the amount exported to other places,
shall not amount to more than thrice the quanti-
ty consumed in the city Of Pittsburgh whose po-
pulation is not one-third Of that of the District
Of Columbia alone, and the tolls at hall cent
ton per mile would amount, ON this limited guam
tity, to 9l9,336 dollars, equal to Is per cent on
5000, 900 dollars the entire cost of the Canal to
Cumberland. These calculations may seem
extravagant, but the facts on which they are
founded, are well established; besides the fact
is notorious, that the tolls on some of the coal
canals in England, amount to 40 per cent upon
the capital, and shares Of stock OF El00 are sell
ling in the market for E725.
Having shewn, as they trust satisfactorily, that
coal alone will yield an ample revenue the Com
mittee notice but briefly the other sources of re-
venue referred to above: The second Of which is.
2. L,smber-Ry referring to the various re-
ports descriptive of the country and its resour-
ces, through which the Canal passes, it will be
seen that the finest forests of timber in the world
are found skirtiDg the Canal for more than 100
shore, where the water power is found in abun-
dance on the spot to convert itinto lumber. In
1926 there were l50,226 tons of lumber trans
ported on the New York Canal, which ifcarried
l24 miles on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, at
centa ton per mile, would yield SlS77S0 per
annum, equal to three per cent on the capital.
3. Lime-Lime stone and coal are found to-
gether in vast quantities on this Canal, under
similar circumstances. Lime is made and sold
at the kiln at the West ford cents per bushel dou
BILE this, and say it cost cents, and cents for
| transportation the same as coal, and it can be
delivered in Washington City for IA cents per
bushel.
a. Iron, Marble, and other Minerals Of the Ale
gaanies-The fact that Iron ore is found in the
greatest profusion and Of the best quality in the
coal region, is we'll ascertained, and that mar
BILE ofsuperior quality abounds on the Canal, is
equally certain.
| s. The Fisheries-The revenue which may
accrue from the fisheries cannot be computed
with any kind of certainty, but when the facili-
ty and cheapness with which they can be trans
ported, and the low rate at which they can be
supplied at the Potomac Fisheries, no doubt il
would be considerable, as fish could be carried
to Cumberland for rs cts. per bbl