Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-11

Nhut eulce. The olhce OF State treasurer Mt t'C
PIE cnt time, nnst be one of grea, respons b lty,
and ve tust the Legislature, in making choice,
wi! select some one fully competent to the dis
charge Of its important duties. The names of se;c-
raj distinguished individuals have been mcnt'onei
in councKion with this office, tut there are none ,
shGm We would more checrfuy conlds The ,inpor.
rtut r1us than to General Cameron.
or Persons who do not take out their iiccnses
un'il April court, need not Apply at January term,
but should hand in their advertisements at least
thirty days befoie the first day of the tenn OF the
roprt The publication must hC made in paper
EcsScst the residence of the applicant.
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Z J. pli friends of the Harrisburg inelligcncor
are not wholly satisfied with the explanations We
gave them in reference to the cost OF transportation
Of coal on The rail road from this place to Shamo-
kin. They disclam any design to disparage eli her
the Shamohn coal region OF the Rail Road Compa
ny The Intelligencer has always been an able ad
vocate of the improvements of the state, and in IA
Sur Of tie proccioa and encouragement Of her
manufactures. For this reason we i,k bound 10
sci the 1ntelligencey right in their statement in
gard to the cost Of transportation this road, a
statement which though unin,en,onai!y iAcUrtec,,
Ight still have, if uucontradicteJ, a tendency t.
nure the character of The road, and the interests
Of the &htmokn' coal region. We can as uIe our
friends ofrhe TntclisenccE that we have had no
desire 10 deceive, or put forth any ststel cnts tina,
were not strictly correct. The statements made
We know to be true TO the letter. We did not, OF
course. make any allowance for depreciation and
int,rest, but merely stated the simple facts in re-
!on to the actual cost of transportation In re.
gard TO The repairs of the roJd, it is true that they
ware not as thorough and extensive as they proba-
Ky 81 oud 'huve been. But It should be repember.
CO. that The amount of icpsrs required'upon road,
depends greatly upon the amount of business trans.
acted upon it. The ac,ull cost of transportation,
independent Of the interest on the stock, aud de-
probation Of engines, road and cars, is precisely
what we stated. How much mure the deprecia.
ton will amoun, to than the cost OF repairs, we
cannot say. In regard to Mr. Norris's statement,
raat cost - 600 for depreciation, repairs, and
rlnn q r ne "nr n", we must leg leave t. dis.
set, - g.. ths road is concerned. It does not
follow iccause MI Norris is good locomotive
ns,hi'i.', raat be must necessarily knpw cvo,y
hing CONNECTED with rransp ration. Der Hienls
Of the ,Algenccr then proceed as follows
"As OR only desire is the truth, and as We
d. not b-.iuye that any coal region can be ben
edited by deception, we ask our friend OF the
American, caaLldly to answer the iU!loNiu,
questions:
lave .hc managers Of the Danvle & Pots
vale IL giroad Company ever declared diyi
GCnd Has that part of their road, whiCh l.
located in Northumberland county, including
buildings and WA2gves. cost only Sl60,0UO
Was not the road in lSl0 DEPRECIArED, in
cludm~ repairs, more than Sl4S per mile
l. it intended by the foregoing copy from tht
Company's books, 10 include the interest anC
depreciation Of the cars aud engine employed
on the road :"
We shall lrcfy answer our friend Firsi ths
~ dividend has yet been declared, but we have N
doub; that in few years that part of the Toa
leading iI,m this place 10 Shamokin will pay
handsome dividend upon the investments Til
lcre,h # The road to the irt mines is exactly cgh
teen miles, nd is Cx el.drd two miles through tn
coal region. The whole cost Of tho road this tl'
,arcc, including buildings, water stations, &c,
mounts to about $4,000 in our former eslima
ofSlGO,OUO, we did not include buiNngs. ri
wharycs do not lelopg to the Company, but 70 Il
operators. We canno, soy how much more ths
Slis per mile the road was deprecated in Isl
il no doubt WIS something more; but we are sat
fed tina, saOO per mile would cover all dcprcc'atig
Some of cur coal cars have lie n seven yeas Oh /
road aud ah,p, bali tie ,!Hc ,n constant us", al
but for tie pha!argCs, which were intended
horse power, would be s, in good condition. '
have now, We ttlievc, candILl! answered the ab.
questions. With the In,dIgeucer, We hope
Company may send 100000 tons 10 marke, NJ
year, and h,re is nolhii tul the want Of fur is
IIoytnt Il en- doing so. When ,his is doLc,
road will yiId dividend of ten PER cent, after
fraying all cost and expenses. OF this We are
tsGed from past experience, which Is worth all
theory in Christendum
Some Of tie friends of lhe Heading road VIII
themselves most cgTcgiously dls1PPd'"!eo u
calculations Rail roads can never compete
canals in heavy transportation. The lnIeU'so
s,iIl peTsi,ts that horse power, IN transporting
than 10000 tons, is cheaper 'han steam IL
ewer, we sh-l lner,ly .ta'e that gentleman
fully and fairly tested horse power on mis- road
fore the introduction Of steam power, and "h'
been connected with The operations OF the road
its construction, informs us that horse pow
nearly twice az expensive ss steam, even "h'