The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-01-07


nsas % % he sEssl q their uiilily.-
TheT adord ne besl lines laF ustsl. =
shes loaE. hare nesss bsra lsund usfiu
e. me EsnsparIaiion q prsdper. IT.
Rail Roads % Easlsnd. - i has bs-l
ssaAed not loag since. ~ The I.oa1'''
Qnnseriy Rssisw. haze brea ranslrvri
ed 81 sn average essi Il nesfly 5000 90
per nilr. They are made q siase ans
lrsr. and pass "a zane insisnrrs eosie'
rites. Formed ihss 81 The nasi .iaf-bls
sas,efisls. oses isshtd. IA cesss l.isis ia
krep.llen ia rsal.r. Il thai soaa'Ey.
oae q ne most denssly peFul.isi. and
hy rar lise richest IN he v0Fid. there % :
.ssssmssnl AZ HarrillRg 0ssT ihsae resds.
Besides. o. ghasr hrlaeea l.ond0n and
ls.rulnehas. ssa bel.eea Lissrposl and
NssrhrsIer, and on many others. lhets
l. lraaspaced large quantity Of manu-
featured sriicles. and I'll sorts Of msreh-
.ad.zs. These. b. reason Of ibeif high
.slae. can bear he sxrsase ef ihis SORT
of esaseyance. Bss | e.nnal learn that
a. any Ri Road in England u 6f,y
n.lrs IN leasth. sgSicsllursl predictions
are unsupported. 1'hese roads. n0isilh-
sanding their grsf cost. because elpilal-
isss are there SATISFIED with he receipt 81
three per ceaI. On their Investments, are
kept up IN The manner referred la. ID
being lnPosable Tor 10 in anerieslo fol-
l,s lhs ElgIsi f,shiol. ~ this N liter.
oar raals have generally 5eea msde OF
seed, wiih snail bsrvl iron land on il.
., an acreage cost only 81 tsealy -lhous-
aud dollars per mile. From The perisha-
be nature Of tie material. The NO ,den
parlaa has 10 be renesrd II l~ss. once IN
ok years. Tie expense. therefore, 81
repairs. iogelhrr ~iih ths, Of ksepiag The
4 .ramouSss in mouVn. etc. requires the
Q ,plic ,uon af large sum of money an
nu,lly. Thoush the receipts Seen 10 be
isrge. YET they ere thus principally Sb.
ssTbed. Hence aane kai these roads %.
,er shrh there Is much Irss,l pay fair
dividend. Suppose, sir. We were % Goa
s,racl Rail Road u Ibs length lhai this
bill proposes. chat would il cosll As
suming il % require lseniy ,housaOd
do lars per NILE, aud Il certainly could
mol be % 4dr loE less. aud taking The dis
isser a. be Two hundred and hl,y miles.
IRE millions sOulj be necessary 10 CON.
pleie il.
IL nsy, therefore. be regarded IS i'm.
prseuesble. Bat u 20 said thai u might
be made 10 he Ysd1ia ., lessi. A rosj
4, that river would cost above no m H.
as. Sa?aass il were evea now 6Dishe,i
there wUs!d be bai lulls travel slaag il.
aud ne IL transportation of Proiure - The
accustomed rates would nsilher beps6I
The farmer much, nor enable us 10 keep
IL up without loss.
[ have rndeAvOred. Bic. Speaker, 10
n Ike comparison OF the coz, VI hans.
pas,a,ion on RAIL roads, and on some 9th.
es specie, Of roads. with The view Of az.
eerlalning which is beet suited 10 our
county, Bot hope no Senator will
sske my calculations on trust LEI each
one examine the matter for himself, ana
eorrer, me II | am wrong. | desire 10
deceive ~ one. A stslsmeni has been
oi,sined from the President offhe Raleigh
snd CASTOR Raj Road, exhibiting the eosi
Of transportation hom Petersburg 10 this
plaes. have also endesvored IN aseer-
,sis .he like cost on M'kdamized road
Taking The ordinary load. IN good road
Of thai sort, for SIX horses 10 be 10000
lbs. and those who have The means of
knowing assure me that this il mt al all
IN exusyagsni estimate, and assuming
ihst twenty Eve miles 10 al average days
nave,. abe following is The result Of my
eompsrisoe. If the use Of The wagon
and siI horses be worth So per day. then
on the M'Adamized road, after dedueiing
the sane tolls as those fixed in this bill.
40 much weight can be carried fnr 500,
a. Inc rail road will bring from Peters.
bark cor sl67. II. hoaever. we suppose
shat sueh wagon and team ess be had
fr 81 per day, and il can be COMMONLY
bad for less ia the seslern counties, the
e IN psrl3Uu ~ euit notE w tas0t VI hC
M'Adsmized road. the cost being in the
rs,is of sI0O 10 1926. How does il stand
between this latter road and The common
roads OF The upper portion OF the sise!
Taking the usual load on e1r common
h,shw sys for sis horses 20 be 1000 lbs
and assuming thai they will make sixteee
miles per dsy. siih about - much ease
a. ihsy could twenty-five on the iutnpik,
after deduciing The tolls. | make ,h,
estimate in favor Of the M'Adamized roa,
IN The proportion Of mnrs Than TIRES Il
one. On a road not M'Aiamlzed, bn
gr.,Ied simply in the manner which thi,
bull proposes. | think the advantage wi
b lve 20 one in i've favor compared viii
she common road.
Even If. hoseser, the cost On si,srn
pike were jost The same sith that on |
rail road. yea The former would be great
iy preferred by tho fsrners Of the csun
Try. They End horses and wagons ne
cessary 10 ihs proper cultivation OF ,hei
farms. and would therefore rather u.s.
them on she road Than keep them unem