Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-09-18

sure, or from curiosity, because OF lts easy ac-
cess and the cheapness, but who cannot afford
10 do it in the present condition OF things. Add.
likewise, the travel to and from Oregon, and
California, and the Rocky mountains, and all
the Indian country. Some faint idea may be
formed from all these calculations, Of the trav'
cling that would probably be done. What this
road would do in the way of freight, cannot be
ascerlained exactly; but the following calcula-
ton will be found sufficiently plain 10 satisfy
the bones, enquirer after truth, 1t has already
been demonstrated, that the produce Of the
country TO be transported, would be tremeI-
dously increased, and that the consumption OF
goods and groceries, would be correspondingly
increased In addition to articles Of produce,
such as wheat, hemp, corn and tobacco, live
stock, as horses, cattle, and sheep, would be
transported on the road. The freight cars up.
on our eastern Railroads, are now every day
loaded with live stock, and this results from
the great loss Of weight in driving, and the
time saved. The following extract from the
American Railroad Journal, shows what ad-
vantage the English drover has derived from
the introduction Of Railroads:
1.-THE number of fat cattle annually sent to
the London market, is
100000; loss by driving, $500 900 lbs.
Sheep, 1850 600 100000 lbs.
Swine, $4,000 $500 600 lbs.
Total loss 24,3Oo,oO lbs.
"As the grazing Districts" says an English
paper, are mostly in the north of England and
Scotland, the average distance which these an.
imals have been driven to market, before the
introduction Of railways. was something over
one hundred miles, long experience has demon.
al ~, f.. L. IL, kaa
was equal 10 forty pounds OF beef per head on
sheep, eigh; pounds; and on swine, ten pounds
per head. The time saved in sending these
fattened animals 10 London by railway, instead
Of al the snail pace Oil foot. is said to be more
so that the community really gains, annually,
"a, SOC, 900 pounds Of good meat, FOR NOTHING
This can not be regarded in any other light
than es great public blessing"
The Missouri farmer would derive the same
advantage, and would, with a view TO interest
send his hogs, horses, cattle, mules sheep, &c
10 market on the railroad. The Oregon and
California emigrants would transport their wa.
CONS and cattle on this road, and this PROPOSE
ton is proved by the following statements:
The emgrant should leave the Missouri
frontier before the middle Of May; if later than
that, he is subject to many dangers. The in
dividual who lives farther east than the Mis-.
sissippi river, cannot do this without making a
two years. trip; because he cannot travel dur
ing the winter, owing 10 the inclemency Of the
weather, and cannot start in the spring early
enough to reach the Missouri river by the mid
die Of May. Then to avoid making years.
trip Of ii, and for the purpose Of setting out on
the plain, with fresh cattle, in good time, the
emigrants would not hesitate to travel as far
as ST. Joseph, on the road. Besides all this, it
10 confidently calculated that large and most
importan. trade will be carried on between the
United States and the East Indies, over the
Rocky mountains. Mr.. Benton, in late speech
in Jefferson City, alluded to this subject, and
announced, with great posiliveness, that the
trade would soon commence. Timely and en-
erjetlc action would lead this trade through the
heart Of northern Missouri, with all its attend.
ant blessings. In view of these calculations,
the justice Of which, any one can at once per.
ceive, should the individual stakeholder, ieel
as though he had sacrificed his money? Should
he not rather believe that every dollar expend
ed upon the road will return in the shape of
dividends, with ,en-fold increase. Confrma>
ton may, perhaps, be given to the preceding
calculations by the fact, that stock in nearly, if
not all the railroads ever built, is now above
par; showing, thereby, that the profits of the
roads are worth more than the interest on the
The following quotations, taken from
a late eastern paper, will fully establish the
fact;