Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-08-04

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Miscellaneous. O.2OO z"
Total cost per ton per mile, 1850
This is supposiDg that the railway bar
will transport two millions Of tons, which
is a large estimate. and above that which
has heretofore proved to be the case.
On plank road, the first aud third items
will be divided among the many who
transport, and will not be easily estimated
but will probably be 3 times as much az
the railway, say 1000 cent:
Repairs and renewal Of track, 0 200
Miscellaneous, O1O0 1"
Total cost per ton per mile, $500
Ofthis not more than 0.300 will be re.
quired in payments, while the whole a.
mount Of l.25 cents per ton per mile mus,
be paid in cash TO maintain the railway.
If we allow seven bales Of cotton to the
Ton, the cost will be in one case, SO cents
per bale, and in the other, Is conts--on a
road Of one hundred miles in length, this
will amount to IS cents, and 33 cents,
which will be the absolute toll required for
keeping up the improvement. The inter-
est on the cost is another consideration.
The railway costing ten times as much as
the plank road, will of course require ten
times the trade to support it, or the trade
being equal, len times as much toll on a
single item transported. This makes the
consideration Of The expected trade an i'm
porlant item in The choice of an improve
ment.
TO sum up all these different considera-
tions, we arrive at the following conclu.
sions: That the plank road will cost but
little over one-tenlh as much as railway
the same power can transport upon it
one-third as much as it eau upon the rail
road; though the cost money paid will
be one-sixth for keeping up the road. II
can be made in places where, from. the
small quantity Of product, railway would
not be supported, and on grades that would
be inadmissible upon the railYaYI7anfd
fTa,iy r me same vehicle and power which
the planter uses upon his farmto produce
his crop, in less busy times, be used to
transport that crop to market.
have not entered into any calculations
to show the advantage Of a good road over
bad one, as suppose there are but few
who do not already know this advantage
as well as could demonstrate it. have
merely wished TO point out the kind of
road which would be most suitable 10 car
ry out the proper principles Of
Roanoke Railroad The proprietors Of
the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad have
declared there determination to perform
the travel between Portsmouth and We'll
don in three hours between Portsmouth
and CASTOR in three hours and half;
and from the latter to Raleigh IN three
hours. They slate the run from Balti-
more 10 Norfolk or Portsmouth can be
made in ten hours-so that the whole line
Of travel from Baltimore 10 Raleigh, when
il is in complete operation, will probably
be performed in sixteen hours and half.
The distance is $50 miles.
We learn that these gentlemen have
sent on heavy order To Richmond for
T iron TO commence the work Of Ie.laying
the road. Their expenditures within the
State Ito which it is their intention TO con-
fine them as far as praclicable) must ne
cessariy be very considerable-and they
go upon the cash principle entirely.-MOr.
folk Herald.
The Crops Of Mississippi.-We are
informed by gentlemen from all parts OF
the State, says the Mississippian of the
18th ult., that the crops Of this year have
never been excelled 10 appearance at this
season.
The oat and wheat harves,s are over
and the yield is abundant. The quantity
Of corn will undoubtedly be immense
More land is planted and The woundrou:
growth excites the admiration Of all be-
holders. There may not be more acres
of cotton than there were in some pas
years, but the present appearance gives
promise Of as fine crop as ever has beer
picked. Take it for all in all the earth
this year, has and will give greater in
crease than We have ever received.
4 Keen Reply,-John Wesley. in a
considerable party. had been maintaining
with great earnestness.,he doctrine of uol
popaLi, uor Del, against his sister, whose
talents were not unworthy Of the familt
to which she belonged. At las, Thy
preacher, 10 put an end 10 the controversy
put his argument in the shape of dictum
and said:
Il tell you sister, The voice Of The people
is the voice Of God"
"Yes," she replied mildly, at GRIEF
cruelty him. cruelty him. cruelty him ~
4 A more admirable answer was perhap
never given.
A toad, which was buried under a re
versed flower pot, three feet beneath tn
surface Of the ground, on the 18th of June
8 lS46. was, on the 14th Q! last month