Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-07-12
Statistics in relation 10 Continuous Rail Road
from Sunbury 10 Philadelphia.

In our last paper we stated that we would
shew the deep interest the Reading Rail Road
Company had in the completion of the Shame.
kin, Mahonoy, and Schuylkill Road. The esti.
mated tonnage, Of the descending trade, we fixed
at lao, 900 tons. which, at 81 so per ton, about
the average OF the present low rates on the Read
ing Road, would amount to S2l0,000 The ton
mage from Philadelphia back, say 10000, at So
so per ton, would make s2l0,0 or the. whole
amount of tonnage, making an increase in the re-
ceipts of the Reading Road of si2O. 900, the nett
receipts of which may be fairly estimated at
soiO, 900, which would pay six per cent on ca
ptal of four millions of dollars, and enhance the
present value of the Reading Road 40 per cent on
its outlay of ten millions. In this estimate we
have not included the receipts from travelling,
which would embrace nearly the whole of North
ern Pcnnsy ylvania. Put independent Of all this,
if there was uot ton of this trade III existence,
the coal trade on the line of the contemplated
Road, would, alone, largely increase the income
of the Reading Road, besides paying six per cent
on twice the estimated cos: OF construction. The
operators Of the Shamokin Coal region can now
bring their Coal TO this place, . miles by horse
power, at slG2! per ton, and would be willing 10
guarantee TO deliver coal al Poitsville at 81 per
ton, where it is now worth from So II TO 50 %,
and pay so per cent more freight and toll than is
now charged on the Reading Road. The vast
extent and abundance of Coal, and the very su-
peIior facilities for mining, will enable them TO
do this with profit to themselves. But a greater
part of the Coal region, that will be opened by
this Road will not be more than from IL TO %
miles from Pottsvile and will be able TO com.
| pete successfully with the most favored mines
of the Schuylkill region, and thus increase the
tonnage of the Reading Road 10 an almost unli-
mited extent. The estimated cost OF the connec.
ton, between Shamokin and Pot,svile, is 5000,
900 We have shown that the tonnage will not
be less than 200 900 tons, exclusive of the An.
thracite Coal trade, and taking the nett receipts
at half of the amount, for the same trade, over
the Reading Road, we have clear income OF
sl20, 600 on an expenditure of 5000 COO But, 10
cover all possible contingencies, let us fx the
mount at half that sum aud we shall still be able to
divide ten per cent OF the amount of capital in
vested and all without taking into consideration
a single ton of'he coal trade of the region Tn,
nett receipts Of :he Reading Rail Road for les
than two years, would complete this Road
which might be- properly termed the main arterl
OF It's future prosperity.
Wemay hereafter shew the importance of thi
link IN the great chain of Rail Road betwee
Philadelphia and Erie, and the New York RAJ
Road. We have been informed that compan
rs now exploring the route from Ralston 10 Bloss
burg, by which a continuous Rail Road will b
formed from Williamsport to Corning, whic
then would only require link of 10 miles fror
this place 10 Wlllamsport to tap the New Yor
I RAJ! Road
2 u2- BraGch j. Arthur, OF Texas, is out agains
D Gen. Houston, III the New York papers, an
B, charge. him. in conneSion with President Jone
s Of Texas of having endeavofed 10 defeat the al
4 nexation Of Texas 10 the United States.