Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-04-22


me estimate IN respect 10 Wetknsns wages based on
'"e amount psid To hands generally At rolling mill or
on the amount paid 10 hands experienced In maxine mi,
'" non what Is the amount proposed ba paid To
"snSge's ana Serksf Is IT certain that that amount
will not IN the belv and kindness If tho Comn,ny h.
Increased Is certain that tho Of one dollar per
ION Is snfc'eni 10 cover the repairs Il seems 10 m.
s u Is "i the utmost Importance that we should know
win certainty that these estimates and caleula ,n. A.,
correct or nearly So Without sonehinp like certainty
snail be proceeding alnp eher the dark aud an er
'o' Una outset of an undertaking. may lead TO cn,se.
qnences OF much more serious chsrae er than any one
~ this time anticipates
But again. should like also TO know il in thu estimate
OF the cost Of manufacturing ton Of iron an tom or two
" ho' emitted. which ought 10 have been embraced |
aude 10 interest and Insurance 1.-THE cmpsny NAYS Il,
us managers and clerks. aud fr office charges, Sc. the
sum of 35uOo annually and that sum be Maid Annually
semi annually quarterly Ifii p,ys Ia H., wo,Lm,n
'he sum OF $1,000. $4,000, or $4,000 annually aud
payment he made weekly. monthly quarterly half wear
yor yearly. Is there interests cha geabe upon these
sums or any. or either of them which should cpe, into
me estimate Of the making the ron7 Aud ,p,in
u The company should build the mill do they prnpose
ah'ng upon themselves the responsibility of ITS dlsuc-
'on by he, or do they to insure il IL they mean
TO insure then ought not the Insurance. IN enter into
Tho Gust of manufactured
But what desire chiefly 4, kn,w and vh,, I t,i,L
inc Pnoc here would be graed 10 know is this In tho
esumaed cost nt English iron and cmparinn that cos,
WIN the probable cast Of manufacturing il hero the
American 10
ny mo sum OF " per ton. a,d that inerory tho
argument In favour ot building the rolling mill Is 10 SONS
extent Based Flow say what chiefly de sire to know
and what think the public here would like I, know is
'hs' Is Il true that the English rail. now manuiac
ned Is interior ID strength durability TO the Amcr-
can U rail mean the English u rail not the Eng.
hsh w'n. and the american u rail- The .lmerican
IRON II be So ask when and by whs, tests has the
TACT been asceriained This subject of the nfriory of
the English iron, is hch do not think ia WILL mn
"a ia hal,
ded 10 apply the term rior" to all tho kinds of rail
road iron manufactured in Europe bu the term has been
used, and without discriminate m; and il am not misin-
formed, The prevailing opinion predcaej upon thai nds
cr'rlnaie use Of The term. is that all kinds No well
the H. the L. and the IA the Hat bar are inferior
IN quality to No same description of rail manufactured
nero. lhs opinion is certainly just if the fact he that
mas been asceran,d BY the proper tests. that the Eu-
i"pean H. l, or mil Is in fact, inferior in quality to
like rails manufactured here bu il that fact has not
ascenainrd by the proper tests, then il is unjust and sf
'ordsno legitimate Argument in favor of the building of
the rolling Mil, OF the manufacture of the iron here
ms well known that great deal of rail rad non has
oeen imported into ih's country from Europe and may
oe' mat mo iron 80 imported has been of very inferior
quality bnt SHOULD like for sIne one to point gu, To
me, IN what is that its inferoriiy hes consisted -
Was because Of the inferior character Of the metal out
OF which was manufactured. it because of the
lhinness and narfowness of the BARI Nh-n we list com
menced making railroads in This country a bar two
inches wide. and half inch thick was deemed entire
~ sufficient Aswe increased the weight Of our engines
~ ORDER 10 attain greater power, il WAS found necessat
increase he size OF the bar also and in many Instances
u am not incorrectly informed the light bar 10 which
have referred, on that account taken up and its
place supplied by the II L rail- on by heavier H. At
BAR such is known 10 be the with respect TO tho Pc
tersburg and Roanoke rail road. That road was frs,
laid in 1923. with fiat bar Of two inches wide By
han inch IN thickness, that was taken upin 1884 and
fifteen miles of the road laid with the Il rail and the
remainder with flat bar O. inches BY . and all from
the first to the last of English iron Now here is road
oil extensive USE on which fiat rail Of English manu-
faclsre only two inches wide by half an inch in thick
ness, was laid downwhirh remaiaed down for years
This certainly could not have been If The family of that
vilanons lron of which the StaTnrdshire Iron master
speaks; and ask any one who may know point out
me- any road in the United States Of the same extensive
use. as that u the Petersburg and Roanoke road upon
when m American bar, two inches wide and half an
inch thick has been laid down, which has remained down
as long as that upon the Petersburg and Roanoke road
do mol profess TO be judge Of IRON II may be tina,
our metal IS superior to the European metal But as.
sumo the position, and il is from which cannot DO
easily driven, that if our metal be superior our manuac-
lure oi the rail IS greatly inferior mean the H. the L
or The u Iall We have not as YET and we cannot al
least until more experienced make these rails as smooth
as straight as compact or as solid they are manuac-
tured IN Europe. Any may be satisfied OF this who
VIII examine the rails manufactured for The Richmond
and Danve road, which manufactured in Rich
hohu ana NO AID down on the City Point Road which
were manufactured al Trenton. and compare them wit,
the European manufacture. The rail laid down upon
this las, mentioned road, the rail- and the instances
shng te line are numerous, where the rail has spill md
large pieces bursted off the edges In the English rail
sngle Instance Of such = casualty would scarcely be
found in road Of ono hund ed mlos in length Ii is
therefore, think, highly questionable, whether if the
European metal be in fact inferior To ours the superior
manufacture Of Tho rail not fair offset for that nfe
riorty.
Iagree perfectly with the author Of a. b. c." tina,
economy should be the governing principle with those
having charge Of this important work. II it be ascer-
tanned, with any thing approaching to certainty that true
economy would be consulted by the companys making
.ts own iron then, in the Of all that is poper let
them make II; but there lies the rub. How is hat thing
TO be ascertained confess for one that have fearful
forebodngs Of the result. The mill may be built II
may he put in operation. The machinery nav give way
The balance or fly wheel may burst, "a thing which |
am informed happened at a similar establishment moi
long since erected in ltichmond) whereby the costs Of
repairs may be greatly increased AMI the establishment
seIi rendered useless for months together 1t may be
burnt down and rebuilt. Ii may be again burn, down
and again reb'llt. IL may cost The company from $10-
oOO to fSOOOO 10 build il, and when they shall be done
with 1t, for what will sell? An error may have crept
into the calculations which have been made greater
number OF hands. managers, &c. may be needed and
higher wages paid than has been estimated. Hundreds
and perhaps thousands Of dollars, may have be paid
out, tor penses incident to the business which would
escape the attention of the best nfrmed in the closest
estimate they could make, that when the Company
shall come to up the actual VI making ton Of
ron The fear is, that it will be found be nearer $40 or
81 than X473I. The wisest poicv therefore which