The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-01-13
,FIotlo Eecomotis En-. 3, sS5'. :
5FoI Pasrenger Cars, i4'GWs @ o. 90
~ ftPaggp sssand Malt as'i; /.
Cnrs,. 5a5 :, Z Z ! $50 300 lO0)
~ ., Eight W6sci boz gafs l4 900 sOG.
81 Eight wheel hat Gats, IL. . COO 90
Add for steam6oa
si2s,lOO3o 700.
, ,'s5g0O 90
.sl.4leie,o''ool6 %
'yihgsintNorlh.
sWill costa IL I ]
Thaitpor.to 81 lie bad j
!Earolina, SO miles sins nsexient.t

2
EoL Excavation and &. 50 81
Embank kment, .;5- ~ .g58 % ~
E., F., ws;Issiiss. y, IS s. %
Watcr, ,Stations, ~ g 600 SO(j 81 50
For pay Of Ehginceis,in. Ii sss ~
Guiding contingencies, l5. 200 90 J.
For land dhmagesj a q 200 90 s5 Us -; s.
for Steamboat. *sarsSE1 5000 co.. $47s,094 rs
\, I, 4 naa.lhas M portion ,inE South scarolinar95
EEor Excavation anI & is -
Sc ss5 S1s sss ss
For srshouses ana 800 :. =
M9'es ~ esy sas'sas 81 E5spss, u. g 900 oo 1, q
sltiding sontingen 2so !. s
sut hnu ,lat6ges ~ 900 ODt rs G{5 25
alotvc aIt power as above, -: i22,40O 90
40 q. :,.. sl,46e,ooo 90
VIII besscen tint the .rote on which
tue ne i estinlates are masle,is lheone adopted
ny the Convention held tat Marinn Court
iiolse,n n August last, "A, that Convention,
"a diiicreHt route was advocated, 4xiz:sdile 8 iu
run tfom Marlin Court House 20 sumter.
v,lleltiIEect; and its friends were desirnus
!hai q Survey ofit2 should. be made. Our
limited TIME placed This out of our power;
u asrecohnnisance, hoWGvcr, was male ami
We Intended. in compliance within promise
10 mat effect, 10, present an afpfnxilna.e
es.lmate;ofihec cost .of CONSTRUCTION omit;
but Farming that The charter prcseniedIo 10
the Legislatures oftle two sta,esSsie Sign
ates inS conformity, with The resoiuti0us
passed at the e;hfarion Convention, llIeep epre-
else route over which HE Ton,l is TO be built,
we oeem II nnnere ssary & presenttp do SO.
,Probdble income Of the Rudd. s. J. !:
Under this head, itEmay now. properly
be considetGa out ofnlaccI fpr'an Engineer
to attempt anything like&sh estimate, 8 as
the Importance and ralueSof Rail. Roads s
are so well unders TODD by tlie people gem
erally; ah.l these estimates are often ineces.
snrily made from uncertain data; conseque.
emily fallacious, and are therefore Justly
looked upon with dscrcdi,.3SBu i,l8ihis
ins'ance. being enabled TO present an es.
based upon Information nblainedS from au.
then'ic sources, Wesmay be xcused s!fpr
yen'uring upon tie fplhwirg, lie truth
os which those intefcstcdF dFcan test for
themselves. !. y, 81 Ss
! rbe.number.of. through S$pas sen gers be-
tween Weldon and Cha es,on.z as ascer-
taned fromltlie bonks Of tho Wilmington u
Cdmpany, for the year ending ! lst Dec.
| AoAo3 "aS tLiOOO WHICH IL t2O wOulU dm0unS
to- a, 760 90
The freight and way ySpassen>
gers for The same period Of tSSss
lime amounted TO .0a, 900 90
The mail TO s. Il, $4,000 90
- 49,
! s2oO, 100 90
We honestly believe s,ha,ithe freigh,ing
business and way passengorson this Road
will exceed that ON The Whining ton and
Roanoke Road. at least twsntysiise per
cent. in consequence Of It's passing In rough
country for more wealthy, more .densely
Populsted and consequently having, more
produce for market and requiring more in
return in the way Of merchandise. And as
regardsthe through travel, we feel no .hesi.
tntion in saying that Il will bet Increased In
like proportion, as soon as this; road is
built; and in support Of this opinion we
hnre only to mention fact, that can be
proved by reference to the s,aiisiics. OF all
Rail Roads, intendedi as this is, as a tho.
roughfare for travel; that; as in The case oi
the Wilmington Road, this branch of bust
ness. as indeed all othcrsf is ever steadily
increasing. and in addition. .iI,c conlempla.
ted Road will supply q desdera.um Tong
wanted; the connecting link in the great
chain OF improvements between the North
md South. - S' y .. s. {:
Butto return: Assuming The probable
income Ht what we have above stated
MS the receipts. of The Wilmington Road,
(of the same lengthy Of Tie past year,
viz: I 2OO,76O OO
CAnd dedncling Tor manage. 8.
I ment and repairs5a sum
which we consider amply
sufficient fur the first five an..ys
years, viz: 100000 0C
~ q .-----
And we haveief, sioo,7oo oo
Which shows profit 4of
over 6sper cen, on The s
estimated, cost of the
Road. Andif, this
be added the 25 per
cen, increase abave
referredto, II willgive
us rs tho nett income
Of the Road Si5O,05O OF
Over 10 per cent on the cslima ted cuss.
Advantages OF The Rad.
AS to the advantages Of the Rail Roal
we,ake pleasure inquoting statistical fac,s
To the citizens Of Wilmington we worlo
} instance the case of The city of Boston