Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-03-29
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noticed IN an editorial article the Wing oi the IN
inst on the late meeting OF the citizens OF Richmond t
the purpose Of promoting subscriptions to the stock f H.
road reference 10 statement OF Mr.. Tunsta in rey,d
TO the enormous transportation tar which the peopo OF
that portion o the State subjected thro,yb which H.
above Improvement lie expected 10 pass.
Without meaning TO eApress opinion upon the grave
aud serious question, whether those portions Of the STATE.
not interested N works ct internal Improvement ought IN
justice TO DC taxed for the contraction ul sucb 81
when II Is demousabe that they will Weld far 3,,
dcnd upon the capital invested, winter OF This artc
who accurately acquainted with the facts y al SHOW th,
the statement alluded TO, Mt Tunstai = far sb,t If 49,,
truth and that those whose lie along the line of the
contemplated Improvement thin striking distance of IT.
nave the deepest interest IN It's completion.
will take the Of paG'el who owns an estate ~,
on the StaCnton River, distance Of about one hundred
miles from Richmond, and OF the value ordinary years
Oi twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars. SUCH p,nt,r
usually employs t~enty five liblrers and his usu,
or average crop. Tor market twenty-five Of T.
baeco about I'VE hund ed bushels of wheat and quaa,t
OF ihuan corn varying from 100 10 300 barre accord
ing us the year proves seasonabc otherwise Now
u estimate the cost OF carrying such crop 10
when say 10 market, mean 10 tide Richmond
the ultimate destination OF nearly all the tobacco made IN
the Commonwea h and Of the wheat ana ,vbirb "a N
become, since the opening OF the European pors and tho
consequent probability OF Indian being made great
auct ol export, the principal market Likewise for that
grain The waEgoner Charlotte ussy charges tbi,t
dollars load for hauling tobacco Richmond and b,y
two hogshead load Il - more CUSTOMARY boueyc,
Tor the planter % pay fifteen DO load aud 10 ind the
~aggoner IN provisions tor himself and horses during the
TIP but the value OF the fading generally estimated to
De lutlF equal TO icCu upil-Fs h1u
ns wheat IS forty cents busne Indian has hereto
fore never been from Charlotte distant ON
account OF tho immense OF transportation n m
pared with value when o. reaches the market A.
article somewhat lighter than wheat will estimate Inc
cost o hauling trom Charlotte p Richmond At thirty cents
bshe Inc cost Then, Of Sagsoning, from Charlotte to
| Richmond,
"a hhds OF tobacco at SI5 hid S375 90
| 5u0 bushels % wheat 20 iUc. bu-hel ..uu an
! $50 barrels com At < % a barrel 215 on
Thus the annual transportation tax OF such planter as
| nave supposed living m CoorOu- upon the stanton
u'e'' may be henororth q say hcneeiofth. a. think
mat 'e value a. Indian CON will bee hereafter govern
ed BY The Foreign. and heretofore 10y the Home
| na'keJ estimated as amounting 90 the enormous sun
of eight hundred do.1r. A. oppressive as have becD
10 me habit oi considering toe burdens imposed upon
our Charlotte people los rr Federal government and by
Inc STATE government, for c purpose %: making y aud
expensive work., which The people Of lha county could
not ~ the femoest manner be- interested and which have
yielded little OF dividend, 'hcy sink almost into insi,ni.
tcance when compared with the above enornous tran..
poratOn TAX 10 VhchoG planters have he etnore submit
TED almost without mnTmuflng, and which. imposed by
any branch Of our government would lead "a revolution r
and bl'Od-ucda tax % believed greater and more ON
pre.sye than any Of settled States hay, ia
endure, and ' which no other port n Of the npn h. sub
! Jected except perhaps Oregon.
The facts above stated challenge contradiction: and If
does nr hls arucg 10 be t,.r and r.,
sDnahe conclusion. that d tho part,f- ia Pifts,ya,
Halifax. Charlotte, Prince Edward, Nouowsy and Aneii,
can convince htm-eycs that tue freight and travel up,r
Just sufficient Ca pay al annual expense and to make al
necessary Fepiils-an1 that ae rate OF transportation will
be az low a. tie very highest usuly CHARGED up1r
railroads. tsN cents ton per mlcJ they should feel
Themselves mpeIcd uy the strongest considerations II ia
ieres 10 make an extraordinary effort get the
! srucud.
will estimate the cost Of transportation Of the crrl
iakcn by me a. Example. upon the proposed railroad
the proposed rates. The usual weight OF a hOgshead q
tobacco is between seventeen and eighteen hundrti
| pounds-a ton is about thousand pounds The O..
then Of the freight o. n hogshead one hundred miles a
I six cents per ton per mile, would be five doars
The cot OF Transporting upon a railroad from Chariot,
! 90 Richmond
% hhds. tobacco, at So ahAd. Gi25 O
300 bushels wheat, OF lJc a bushol rs U
$50 barrels corn, at SOC. barrel 10 u
Making total Of S27J U
Ihus, according to the foregoing estimates my plant,
would sose annually by the railroad i've hundred AID twer
ty-hse do.au.
Ihe above positions and reasOnings may seem 90 man
Wild aud cXuayaEanL II they are 30, should be mo-
happy To them reuted. Let the people be engbtsn,
on tins o. on all other subjects, by free nod full discussion
anu thcy will no doubt % knowledge Of their tru
| Interests and pursue them accordingly.