The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-10-05
sclotO 4 Hooking valley Rail Road.

says he writes from Amanda" There
being but one farmer in Amanda, he has
told US who he is, and we know him
have known him for many years. know
him 20 be proverbial for opposing any and
every thing that is calculated to enhance
the prosperity, happiness and welfare of
his neighbors; hence, am not surprised
that he is 80 much tickled' by cOmmuni-
cation written by me and published inthe
Gazette, in vindication and support of the
Scioto and Hooking Valley Railroad.
That communication was not designed
to offend or tickle any one; but the plain
truths and clear facts set forth therein,
were intended TO carry conviction 10 the
minds of my fellow citizens of this coun-
ty, of the necessity and Importance ofthe
Scioto and Hooking Valley Railroad
through our county, and warning them,
with sincerity Of heart, and honesty of
purpose, of the dangers that threaten to
defeat this road.
The article in the Gazette of the 2Sth
nlt. is designed to have the contrary eff
feet. Now let us see what this Solomon
Euclid has brought forth. to rebut the
facts and plain truths in my communica.
ton; and how deep he dives in convinc.
ing the citizens Of this county that they
have no use for Railroad.
First, he tells US that lie is farmer
and acknowledges that he has "got poor
by feeding hogs and cattle in the old
way;" this suppose to be fact, and
shall not-dare not venture, to contradict
it; shall take his word for it--no doubt
but that he can prove it too. But having
got poor, or merely holding his own is
his own fault--he owns three or four hun,
dred acres of land, and good land at that,
and ifhe has not energy and industry e.
nough TO make more Out oft than he does
is altogether his own fault. Strong ar
gument this, against Railroads. Next
he goes into profundity of figuring, and
shows that ifthe transportation of 100 los.
freight cost 81 cents from Cumberland
to Baltimore, then loo lbs. of corn from
here TO Baltimore will cost l12 cents;
this no doubt would be correct ifthe pro.
prietors ofthe mberlandRailroad would
charge as much for transporting corn as
they do for merchandise, but this is moi
the fact; they did the freight from Cum
berland to Baltimore on bushe of stone
coal Of so lbs. would be 80 cents and the
collier would loose "a cents on every
bushel he sends from Cumberland to Bal
timore; for stone coal brought from Cum
berland by Railroad sells in Baltimore
at cents per bushel, allowing 2 cents fol
mining &c. the freight will be cents
Now the freight on corn and coal are
very near alike. The difference can
be much. | venture to say that The
freight on corn from Cumberland to Bal
timore is not over cents per bnshel
aud at this rate, according to our Solomon
Euclid, taking Cumberland to be one
third of the distance from Baltimore tC
Amanda, the freight on a bushel Of corr
would be Is cents. This Solomon q
ours is mighty wise in his own cunceit
but really he is like other folks, somt
things he knows and some things he don
know. .
He does not know that the differen
kinds of commodities transported upol
Railroads and Canals, Rivers aud Lakes
are classed and transported at differen
rates offreight according to their value
bulk, weight. risks. &c. Sn for instance
the freight on 100 lbs. ofdry goods from
New York to this section of country i
81 20, when at the same time the freigh
on bushel of corn of Sc lbs is only 81
cents; aud on wheat about 40 cents, inclu
ding the re,oading at Cleveland and Buf
falo. The distance from here to N, Yorl
by oar Canal. the Lakes and New YOrl
Canals. is 900 miles; from here to Balti
more by the contemplated Railroad, ,abou
450 miles; now would ask Solomon Eu
cid if the freight on buShel of corn, Of
line of transportation Of 900 miles,is 81
cents per hushel, what will be the fregh
at the same rate on line of 450 miles
Well. Sol will readily tell you Is cents
because $50 is the half of 900 and Is
the half of 30.--all right; so the freight o
bushe OF corn from here to Batimor
would be Is cents, provided Railroad
carry freight as low as the Canals do;
am not prepared to say whether they d
or not. ..howeverthe difference cannot b
much, but if they would charge eve
double, then we would only pay 80 cts.pe
busael from here to Baltimore, the sam
as we now ayto New York. This is a
clear as therays ofSol's Baltimore sun ca
possibly make it. Solomon's ideas abot
freight and transportation put me in min
of an lriShman who walked up to boa
captain at Portsmouth and asked hin
"An what is the freight from here t
Cleveland per 100 lbs" FIFTY cents
was the reply. "Well thin, here is m,
one hundred and fifty pounds, stow m
away for ! want to go to Claveland,'
Solomon has another argument again
subscription and this ought to convinc
every citizen in this county of the NJ
cessity of voting against the Railroad
| He tells you that he was educated an
his daddy paid .tor IL! but that | was et
ucated in poor house, by the taxes I
the rich. Now Solomon '0aS educated
Ireland, ifI am not mistaken; and wt
'fotched up in Germany, and how he &c
a peep into my school house, | cannot al
count for, unless it be, that his optics al
as strong as his intellect, What a terri
, Bile thing it is in the estimation of this il
dividaal, that even poor mans chill
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