Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-08-30
VOL. XXV1.-..VO. n


mile. aud TOT The aggregate cost Of ~ 100000.
What, then. would be the income from passenger,
and ir'thtl Nav desire 10 make estimate in ~
terence 10 every subject OF revenue In the road such ns
every intelligent who knows anything vi tho sub
Ject Will adult mol only Ia be moderate one t tipsJ-
erably within TINT which might reasonably DO made -
An Intelligent gentleman, we'll acquainted with the com
OF The south and West. has said that the number
o rassene"s who would pass through the line annually
would lar exceed any estimate which the most sanuuis
freud of The work would make. In lacking round for
something Of a mere tang Bile character, ON which 10
base the estimate we find that the itavel the Baltj
more aud o no Ro'rad,--io an incomplete state and
While yet local fk.dutng the last year. was equiv
acnt To 5000 through passengers. Beyond doubt.
II that road had tecn Completed the number Of passen
WIRE would have bcon several times hat number FIVE
neNt rott to the fact stated by Mr. S,uaf in speech
made IN the Lcg stature IN 1885 that I'm 1887 from All
account actually kept. there crossed Englsh's Ferry
On the New River, III Montgomery county, "a 600 mr.
sons, moi realdcnS of The nrl9hbohood and that lit
IS computed also. that $1,000 persons auuuts leave
New oteaus IN pnsnil o health and recreation" and
"coleci that the Watering places in the mountains uf
rgnh would present attractions TO them which tl,o
Baltimore route could furnish even If we throw out
III view tho greater Inducements vi eh this r,md would
hed out 10 en oi business, every must admit that
would b' lar within the bounds Of probability TO as
snne. that the pa sengcr traffic The road when conf.
rleied would he equivalent Ia 10000 through pas,en-
gers. Al ~ cens per mile taking the distance 4, In,
400 nts, The Income roln that would be AGO.
200
In the next place, haze shown that tho British do.
mand tIr Wheat AMI Corn Will b. from 10 To 2DUW.-
oO bushels. annualytlni the adjacent 10 the pro
posted t,ad could supply the demand and the cost uf
transportation alonl H. would be les. than hy any other
tone, and 81 moderate that the United States could cm-
lec,e with the North OF Europe al all Seasons If thu
Year, II might reasonably he Inferred then. that atyo
portion at the whole quantity demanded would pnss
over the road. To avoid. however, any result which
might seem cN,ayagant, will assume, tina, the Flour.
Wheat, and Corn. passing every part Of the road
would oniy b. equal 10 900 900 bushels of Wheutn
quantity only a hue more thnn three inns ms preat M
the quantity Of Flour and Wheat from Phslury by
tho Canal, ~ the mo.M u Juhe IN This gcar. At tho
fate which have ASSUMED for The tramp tatiH Of Wheat
The Income from that snurcc @oul! he slsU,OOO.
Persons engaged in the Tobacco Trade suppose ,ha,
large quantity OF Western Tobacco would seek this
route. MI Clarke estimates the quantity al so 900 hogs
heads, at VI hogsiead. will suppose that i. would
Only 10 oquiV 10 TO- 00U hog hes passing over 100
mcs Of Me roal,-at 81 l.ossaead that would yield
$4,000.
oftho manufactured 1obacco for Southern and Yves.
tern consumption, SEM from Richmond, lynchbur. aud
9TH loIus, viii set down the quantity at only 90
900 Boxes. weighing 100 tons Estimating the lreiuht
cents per ton per mile aud the length of the SECTION
Of The road over which IT would pass, $50 ,niles-iho
distance from Lynehbg 10 tho Ohio that will amount
tuA $40
The number Of ions of all other Agricultural products
which passed over he Ere Canal aud were left Mt Alhu
ny IN lSl3 about GO.0O0l will say that ouy hal
VI that number would pass 100 miles Of this roadf
~ : cents per ION per nue. Soo'oVo would DO receive.
''o" ''"' s'"'eo
Oi the Products OF the Forest, such Boards, Shin
glts llmhcf aud Stases. which would pass westward
" hUn the western slope Of the mountains, and eastward
ly from the east m slope, will assume that oy one
fourth OF the quantity which passed ouor the Erie Canal
and was left at Albany, in lsl3, would pass over lDO
miles u the road The number OF Ions would e 80 400
aud nj por ton per mile they would Weld Al CO..
500.
In reference \, the ,n,wh, Salt I have s,,ewn tia,
in all prv,,biIity 1000 600 bushels wud I'M coos,,noL
IN VIRGINIA S,itiny down howev.f In His cs,in.,,
any 500 900 bushels and Stunning the average distance
Of transportation 10 be POO mcs;-hat quantity equal
To 1880 tons.at u cents yer per mlle--lhe rate
which assuned-wond yield So, 50).
In thu next place. if it be supposed that tho tn,gs
derived from cad Cas,rs t,a Iton and ali ,lo rs,
,crial. used in the manufacture of Inn wonJ M ho -
ouiya.ut-ior some y,ars-,o more than IN On, bon,
p,ssiny over an ayerape distance uf l5D miles a, OF
cents yer ton per mile, tina, will amount to Sls7 .5t
po,h,,s ,. a, b,o ,,,,,, If a ,,,s,,,, . l., l.!
,,clhn, ,,c,hs, with ,l,, MI, 49,. "uu :;
ANN ,ans Lng inf, cans,do,',, 'ha -. ;t.
:; ,I l,,,n a, s',,; " .;, so", 80, ,no'esso
nas,,d h., ,h r. H., ,"I n'L'' w
nn 81 tho ,rice il nny he ,l.r,J ,i,., ~ oa" WV, a.
,n, ,an,,iv could ho scd IN ,h f,,; u'uo: :.
mnsnnnJ Est;ma,;,r horovor ,L., IL a"no ~,
Gull n, ovnr Ioo ,s If ,lo r,aJ ", :. 800, "'
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