The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-01-18
TO THE EDIroR OF rus TINES.

tNiNItos, OtO Dc- 4 Z, ic8J.
DgAR SIR I'll have been acsrelul /" Lpok
er 81" Of The q iF 4 Of distinguished utn. AMI
The Pfess of be 'sOd N,rih Sla'e," 10 STIR
rp The people In ll.e ,ui jsel Of Internal im
psnsemtL..
AN motif dlibat il rqiires So r.uch ef.
Tor: 10 arouse a'f rake W people Of sc
much in'elliger9, TO the coing OF that which
sr' 'lJi obIy ei snce. but secure ihetr yeI,
lhes' interest,". Why and whrrofote slre9d
North CeroiinaI IsiiiI lie utder lr false iinpu
tanon Of being q I" R,p Van Winkle Of The
South!" Her esources, her intelligence, her
Nensum, Bad Ir, Morehesd, S"aip, Graham,
SAUNDERS, Nafi,, Miller, ard-las', not least
Of sIl-ber Chl rles fin'ou, together ai b q
host Of others, Euake cloud OF Witnesses 10
talsfy The iIplihinn.
| has beea sd, by friend &c your S ate.
that North ca olina thinks twice before she
spebks. Wojd i, tot be aeli fer her. under
lh9 cHcums II ccs, 10 Rdop, cur old GeGt.
q a exlon,, 10 hh. :" frs, Gc., and uhca The
poik is done ,ltieR iafk." Wih tins motto
We have sccdrp'i,h d much 10 bad tires
surely YOU cab d. as much aud more in socG
, 'tmcs.
Oar aeopld 700, are no, embarrassed By
her ac,iuss bud doinss IN the pfenlses.-
Ga The com.In ~, we are IN the hishes. state
oi prosperity |. would do tour feelings good
TO pass over ut glorious old Georgia, to sec
the people. They are happy (; thfr coGets
! fi'Ica aud thcn the comfortable I' elections
,ha, their libor ard money have placed Geor,
gIa 10 the ont rank OF tie Sou,hern States
On be suit CT Of Internal Improvement
Asan-shy should North Carolina I" dal-
~ and DOUBT" when she has ,he money aud
III, q 10 plale her SIDE by side with George
Pitfoiiin With some people, is "a sound.
.ug brass Ind ,ink'in. 81 nbal." lfyou have
any such, Ibose tho can be moved only b,
The touch If The pocket @ire, let me ask ycu lc
make krlsn TO oil such ttai the Georgia
Railroad, The P.oneer ro1d IN Georgia buth
With lit ID experience, AID al rates 30 PEI
cent hish.r than The like uok wou'd cost
| 10 y, il pal ina Ter stot kholtcis (1l whom
otn one, rom ten 10 fourteen per ccut.
I.nco-e 10 you The last Report Of he Gccr.
ci Railroad. +! wish you to txsmns It NJ,
l.nu.eiy. | ar very sure tina, you may fiod
something to distribute among your people
which viliiend to give them aid sud com.
fun."
! Very respectfully,
JOHN n WILLIAMSON.
! THE Report is repste Nth valuable inlor.
mnion ard lessons Of improvement, for our
people. b. It's aid We are enabled TO make
| a few extracts, for the present, which show
that Ire success OF Rail roads in the South is
no, oniv not fancuui, but establish, beyond .
shadow Of doubt. under he d!scuurag
! ing circumstances hich at.t md the coma ence.
meni and progress Of this work, lis Managers
4 have been enabled 10 present results truly as.
rontshgrg, is reference to this Report VII
show mry we not reasonably suppose that,
under o,her aud better auspices, Road IN
our State, built at much less cost, and con.
Quoted with liberal yet eccuomica! spisit,
wlll, so fas ttom proving dead weigh; upon
cur C ctizcus, be net on'y q safe but ptotiis be
iuvts meui Of capitall 30, 10 the facts.
! Tie eross lucome of the Road for The yeat
eudn- the 3ls. of March, le49, vas s5S2, !.
OLA 50. TIE expenses llr the same time
uete 5l95 .s2 So eavng 1856 23l Il, as
the neil pr li.s OF the Road Tor that year
4 This smouutis I,,tle over 10 per cent. on
tho original cost Of the Road Which. was SO,
SOL 975, aud over IA per cent. On The re.
duct d capital stock on which d.vd@ad was
declared.
O, this income, Sl6S Asa OF was received
from ras.encers S370 975 o. from freight
and S37 562 G6 trom the transportation OF
the mail. This SHOWS "an increase IN the
gross nro6,s over tho e Of last year, lS4S, oi
SlO4 92l ol ard an increase OF nett ptoiil-
from lhe Road operations OF SS4 73l 81
The largest item Of increase is from fteigh,
the increase from passengers being only So,
80 81.
The number oF passengers carried on the
cars was IS 62S: an average oi l06 per day
both ways. The number OF through passen
gers averaged Is per day.
Oi articles transported over the Road tbs
most important Is that OF cotton, Of ah,rt
thete we're ca,u,d l57 502 b,es: ii 63;
barrels Of flour, and l76 27S bushels OF whea
were also carried ovet The Road. This show
large lnc,ease in the quantity Of cotton,
slight increase 10 the number Of bushels Q
grs'n.
The per cent. Of increase OF the gross re
reipts over those OF the preceding year, wa
- per cent; OF increase IN expenditures a
mounted only 10 II PER cent.
, The President reports "tcndeney TO al
= lncte Of business on The road. By table
G which are appended TO the Report II is shos'
that there has been steady Increase IN busl
ness since the opening OF the Road and ap
, pearauces give every indication that the a
noun, OF business will be much greater. ih
. comparative expenses less, aud Consequent
u he profits will be much larger.
' Much of the expense Of The Road has accru
!, ed from the fact that they are reayine pa'
Y Of the Road with heavy iron, which will tor
Il wear or two 10 come, dimnish, in degre;
the nett profits of the road. |! is conhden,l
believed, that when The whole road shall hay
e been seaid with The heavy iron he profits
h ihe lold viii he much greater. The asesae
.T nv,I s,lc