Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-07-23
RAIL ROAD STATISTICS.


Connected with the success ofthe proposed railIoad
through Canada. from the DETROIT To the Niagara
river, have the honor to present the following
salemcn, 10 the pubIic.-Adr.
They have ascertained BY as close an estimate
they have been enabled To make by information.
der we'd from uhenlic sources. ,hs, at least co.
900 persons per month pass or come To le'ro
by steamers from Buff,Io and the upper L.kes.
und lha, about 10000 TONS Of freight take The
SINE direction. In this estimate SAILING vessels
are excluded. @a e
From The las, table taken from the report nfihr
Bard uf I.terual improvement The Legislature
of the State o. Michigan in December, 1874,
sppears that the number of passengers Gu the
Central Railroad of Michigan Increased from 25,-
600 in t34l, and that the yearly receipts for
treigh, from l5i Ito 1874 CD the same roads in
creased from $4,000 dollars 10 Si2S $780, The
freight on the agricultural proddc proper To the
state of Michigan Increased from 5000 to S30
COS per annum, AID as these are the products of
slate Vet Ia her infancy, it would no be unrea-
sonable 10 anticipate very large yearly aug
tnen;aou as The State becomes more thick'y SET
tied, and her resources more fully developed
The Central Railroad of Michigan OF far as il
is completed. pays about per cun: pros, OIL lis
cost, notwithstanding thai the Eastern third of the
road was constructed at period " hen the price
CT labor and materials was double what Il Is d. the
present tire It is estimated that the Eas:ern 81
cost nearly as much as the Western two thirds
In connection with this subject We nuke The fol.
lowing extrac, ifom.a statement prepared by COM
pe.ent authority in the State Of New York.
1.-The Michigan Central railway is now in oD.
Grafton as far as Marshall. one hundred and ten
miles from De;roii--already yielding eight per
cent, on The Investment. Ii will be extended TO
Kalamazoo one hudree aud lory-six miles from
d ;iroi, by September or October. The grading
and bridging is already done. It's extension eff.
iy-fnuI lnlles) TO ST. Josephs. on Lake Michigan,
will be carried through before the lapse of many
years. Its work of such acknowledged i'm
poriance, aud at the same time go good aD inv est
menl Of capital, tia; The stock would probably be
taken in New York or Boston, should private
company be allowed to construct it.'
The receipts of the Long Island Railroad, one
of The principal routes between New York and
Boston and which runs from Brooklyn opposite N
York, to Greenpori on Long Island sound, from Isl
August 1913 to lst June, 1874 we're $4,000,
and from 1sl August 1914 TO LIST June 1915 they
were 1928, 900, the road being only half compile.
ted during the income ofihe first period and com.
pleted while earaing the income of the second
THIS shows that the mere extension of the road
double lis length Increased the receipts over and
above double the receipts of the first halls 36 600
IL estimated that The thiriy.sIx miles now uu.
der construction extending The Central Railroad
of Michigan to Kalamazoo and which will be
completed by September next, will add SO much
TO the revenue oflhat portion of the road already
completed as would be equal 10 twelve per cent
on the cost of said SO miles result produced
hx,, III of han nv he
ference between the cost Of lis co.ls.uctlon anC
that Of certain other portions Of he loe. Ii may
be inferred from, this what would be the effect o
counec,ieg 200 miles of Canada Railroad, which
is IN fact nothing but an extension, which between
600 and 100 miles of American Railioads IN full
operation. all OF which now paying frotn lc
1Upet cent. yearly dividends.
' The portion of the Long Island Railroad with
regard to water Competitor uu Long Island sound
il very similar 10 what would be that of;he Grea
Western Railroad in Reference TO Lake Ere
The receipts show that 1t is immediately product
i've notwithstanding il, has to Contend with a mos
vigorous competition. carried on throughout the
year, while Lake Erie is closed during live months
of the year.
The extraordinary mineral wealth of the Nor
thern part OF Michigan and the territories adjacent
which has been bun recently discovered, Is pfodu
cling great influx of population 10 that part o
the State, the natural effeci OF which NUT DC IL
increase the business Tina great thorou2hiafe
A great proportion OF those who now travel to
business aud pleasure by steamers Oh the Luke
will prefer the railroad "a "A means oi conyeyanc'
and there can be 90 reasonable doubt but that iht
Great Wesiern Railroad Will command larg'
share Of the summer and winter travel belweei
Boston and the Mississippi by Detroit and CHI
cago. s.H.t a.f 81 ls -
These facts conciusively establish. in the opin
ion Of the committee, the proposition Contained II
one Of the Resolutions passed at the public meet
ing above referred to, that the projected Grea
Western Railroad 'promises TO lis propre'ors
revenue upnn lis cost equal TO that Ut any roa'
overiike distance in America.
Detroit June 2S 1915.
JOHN j. ADAM,
auditor General of the State Of Michigan.
o. C., COMSTOCK, JT.
President Of the Board of Internal improvement
A. +. McREYNOLDS, a'ss
f. A. BRUSH, ..57-sf
III. LEDYARD. Asfi 80 a2feiiass
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