Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1848-12-07
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We had reparea "a article to accompany ihe
following extracts from The very able report q
Mr.. Lasrobe, tie Principal Eagipser ei the
COMPANY. which IS crowded oas this week.
TRAVEL or The ROAD.
MMs STEsi.
Thaaare. Tine aggregate movement or tonnage
YER lie road 10 each direction las been stated under
the head Of transportation, shelving The general re-
suits Of ihe operations Of that department. curing she
year Tie following statements VIII exhibit me
character aud course Of the trade in detail Ia ne ap
penaed table, leiterea IT. will be seen The chief afi
cles Of eastward and III ihe table marked those Of
westward frafasp 0raiion. These tables Indicate only
yha, arrives and departs from Baltimore, which
FORMS OF course, the great body Of the trade He iocat
and intermediate irans being comparatively uniia-
portaut The synopsis Of eastward transportation
contained ia tahe ii goes back 10 the opening q me
road in 1881, and very interesting in the view al
foFls Of the progressive advance u the import trade
81 the city from the iAeror. by this avenue. lie Ia
BE begins with the present year only, but should De
continued hereafter thaia similar view may be pre-
scented 0! the return tTade from year 10 year
EASTWARD TRADE.
General Produce--Il will be seen thar the quantity
Of lour, grain and meal tins year less than that Of
the last BY l63760 barrels OF the former rs per cent
and 1892 tons or 90 per cent. Of the latter The n-
crease tobacco has, however been i22 hogsheads
or 50 per ceni and OF provisions SSl tons or 70 per
cent OF live stock the increase has been As per CENT
or 3 go tons; IN whskey The increase has been ~
GO per cent, in lard and butter 265 tons or Is
. er cent. Iron has diminished SO tons or IL per
cent. Granite, lime and soapslone have increased
but 81 tons, beng nearly stationary, and misceane
Gus produce such as leather, bark. fire wood, fire
BRICK iron ore, Sc, &c, have increased Ills tons or
4 50 per cent
| Coag-The amount Of coal brought to Baltimore
this year has been 662s9 IONS being i6o5o tons, or
50 per cent. more than the last The means OF trans
poration adequate a larger trade in this artl
Gle than offered; tie dminuiion of the demand and
various other causes which must be ol temporary con
tnuance, having checked the operations OF the mining
companies OF Aeghany county.
4 On the whole, tie eastward tonnage arriving 10
Baltimore this year has fallen l04l tons short Of last
year, about Of per cent, reduction which, bu,
for the coal trade, would have been much more con-
siderable
/ Jest,card 7'ade.--No detailed comparison with
the previous year the various articles oil this trade
can be made al this time although that can be done
IN the next annual report and afterwards. u may be
stated however III the general, that there has been
an increase OF about e per cent IN the aggregate a
mount OF merchandise OF all kinds forwarded from
Baltimore The increase OF transportation in that dI-
ERECTION Is more 10 be desired than in the opposite
whether we look at its effect upon the economy OF
transportation, or upon the revenue of the company
and the trade OF the city,
Passengers number of passengers carried in
the ears OF the man stem during the pas, year from
each station the road, IN each direction, is shewn
in the appended table, lettered j. wherin is also exhb
lied the weston travel 10 and from Ptlsburg and
Wheeling. Philadelphia aud Baltimore, and the
southern travel through Washington, as well the
llocal travel OF the Washington road.
The aggregate in the main stem cars will be seen
be 100 974
! While in the previous year was I36 92l
So tina, the increase has been rs per cent o5s
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