Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-04-28


OF transportation S45 ga in Sos IL the conveyance
Oh erOp Of wheat alone, Of 500 bushels. IL the
cost OF production was 50 cent per bushei; and
inc price OF wheat at the river, but rs cents,
the farmer could not afford TO raise wheat for mar
Aet. but on tnecompletion Of a canal: the cost OF
but % cents; it would give Is cents per bushel |
Pfon'' over - per cent. upon the entire cost at
market. SO also is it witii all grains, and every
article produced on Inc farm; which has to be ia
ken, by artificial! means, to market. And an equa!
saving Is made in the return of salt, groceries.
hardware, and dry goods, Propors,onate to ;her
weight, by the reduced price Of transportation
All this saving Is much added, to his early in
como; and that which is effected, Oh the trans
P"rtataon OF produce; IS the annual increase, Oh
tho value Of has lands. And their absolute IN
crease, IN intrinsic value; is the sum of which
that saving would DC the interest.
Twill take an example. from tine contemplated
works Of this State: because IL furnishes esti-
mate which cassitiers will not object 10, in
sidera,on of its paternity; to illustrate the advan
iagc OF canals, common roads, still further.
/ The one extending from Richmond, to Brookv lille,
distance By miles. Estimated cost S507 .556-
the report Of the Engineer states ''lron the best
information that could be Obtained, from various
sources; it is believed that if it should be con-
sfruccd Within three or four years, from the pre-
scat time, that the navigation would open. with
trade equal to 5000 tons annually. This at an
4 Oh l"D Genus, per Ton. Pc: MIC. WOulC
yield revenue of S33, $50, per annum''-up-
wards Of six per cent upon cost. Winch mon
ey is loaned, to the State for five; would give one
per cent. profit. But TO determine the whole
profit, Of such undertaking, mast examine
further. When we find that Tor the conveyance,
Of that amount of Tonnage, by waggons to Gin
cinnatI; near the same distance, as to the Ohio
river; by the White Water canal at the low charge
OF 30 cents, per hundred, would amount to $780,
GOO. Inc cost Transportation; by canal taking an
average from the works, of New Yprk, Pemnsvlvan-
Ia, and Ohio of that amount between Richmond,
and the OHIO river; would not be over, including
the above stated tolls collected the whole route,
$4,000. Here we have then $3.50, 900, the
difference, between the present, and improved
mode OF transportation; which ~ gained TO this
community, from that portion, of the business OF
the canal, which belongs exclusively TO the East
Fork. The object Of the State is merely to col
lcct sufficient tolls, t" meet the expenses Of the
work leaving in the hands Of the people, the bal
, ance, their profit. But should revenue be
sought for primary, object bv the State any
! portion Of the profit Of $S35O,OOO which in the
first instance, obtained by the people; could
DO converted into toll which if it all absorbed
would give over 4 per cent. on the cost of the
whole work, from Richmond to the Ohio river; arls
ing from the trade, Of the East branch alone. And
if one half Of the surplus, was collected in tolls
which would enable the work, to compete sue
3 cessfully with other modes Of conveyance, fol
: Of $4,000 yearly; as an inducemont to Prete
r tho canal the revenue from the works. woui'
: yield over 23 per cent. 1t cannot be objected
T. that such tolls, would not be obtained, on accoun
, OF tho reduction of business from their excess
,f for the report SAYS to open with the amount from
=, which have calculated This sum then OF $3.50
% coo, left after paying. interest, Of six per cent
= upon tho whole cost, of the canal to the Ohio rv
accrues to the people, of this section of Ind
:, ana; u clear annual gain; arising, from the in
q cco1 Of 1,,c
i try; and the decreased price, of imported articles
), from the saving, in the cost, OF transportation;
Al the employment, Of a canal III lieu OF ordinar
'c roads. All this comes into the pockets, OF IN
o. people, not in speculation, but in reality: prov
I'd ded, carriage by Wagons, from Richmond TO Gu
nd cinnati; at 30 cents, per hundred, afford tor tt
Id time, labor and expense of the CARRIER no grea
Id profit than what they would bring, III other en-
'r- pigments. And the estimate of the Engineer
til to the amount Of Tonnage was correct. IT
X, standard Of value concerning canals, frcquen
&C. " drawn from the revenue. derived from II
"a main work, of New York, and Pennsylvania;
on extremely failacious. The commercial rivalry b
le tween their seaports; has completely thwartcd
NJ attempts to make them productive OF profit by toll
in But one Informed, doubt that mutual
tai green,ent; to increase their tolls, would be ST.
ccssiu in consequence of their great snpcrorit
nc as highways in competition with waggonil
rk, on common roads; should that increase be 70
Of times, its present amount Which would vic
ch near two millions profit each work.
he If then own canal, even with the Impros
m mcnt existing in tho country; would yield su
as immense profit, who put his finger, on tn
IS. section Of the map OF this State; sterile in
The sources of any kind, not to give five per Gel
1cr upon cost; where the works not contig
, it ous, to come in competition. In point OF
act paciv for productions soil IS greatly SUPER
of TO that Of the old States. Nearly all the inter
ub is destitute. of natural channels, Tor transpor
we .ion and without artificial highways; no 81
the. plus, except in stock, can ever be produced
on, yond the consumption Of the vicinity. Such VOL
-as therefore absolutely necessary ioT the der
of settlement and complete cultivation of gr'
'ar- part Of our State. They must precede, the or
the ton of much surplus for u MARKET must be
cessible. before the crop is prepared to find
lcy These are laws, that govern the application.
ter agricultural labor; and you can no more a!
the them; than YOU reverse the lncxorab!c
hat crees. of nature.
/, of 1t is asked such being the advantage, Of ST
in works. why any portion Of our State tax, is
est piled their support. If perpetual taxntion,
ON necessary, to the support OF any work, OF
ire. character spoken of; it would PROVE that the