The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-02-26

afe a'so exempted. lhe lees Tor pilotage ia
coming into the Cape Fear, over either bar
and going up to Wilmington, amount upon
a vessel Of one hundred tons burthen, to about
iorty dollars which is tax Of 40 cents upon
each ton OF coal she may carry. IL this lax
Is laid upon the Goals of Deep River, they
will arrive at New York taxed with a duiy
ihai VIII d'senable them to compete with the
Goals OF Pennsy lvania. A tax Of forty cents
ton upon million Of tons would amount ia
s4oo, 600, and is greater prof, than any mi.
ming Company has ever made, or can hope "a
make. The boast that the slack water i'm
pro,ement of the Cape Fear and Deep Riv.
ers affords cheaper transit 10 the ocean
than any other improvement in this country,
OF The same length aud capacity, would be en-.
iifeiy tallacIous with the bur,hen Of pilotage
on coal, as forty cents added to the aniicit a J..
ted toll Of eight cents would make the toll $
greater than on the Chesapeake and Ohio ca
nal, &C on any one Of the Pennsy lvania canals.
neither the vast mineral treasures of the
valley OF Deep River shall be developed, de.
pends upon the view which the people of
North Carolina shall take Of this nome n,ous
subject When | consider What MARYLAND
and Pennsy lvania have done to foster and
cherish their great mineral interests, and The
magnificent results which have followed the
exercise Of that parental care, | ca met for a
moment doubt as to the course which North
Carolina will pursue regarding her great in.
ietes's. That you may have an adequate
impression OF the value in which The mining
Interests of Maryland and Pennsy lvania are
held IN these Commonwealtbs,I | will briefly
state what each has done for their advance.
ment.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was con.
s'rIcied at an expense Of seventeen millions
OF dollars. Individual exerlions proving un.
available, the States Of Maryland and Vir
gina lent their aid by subscribing money and
guaranteeing the bonds Of Canal Directors.
All these combined exertions proving insult.
ficlent, the State of Maryland waived its pri
orlty OF lien, for The pay ment of its advances,
and foreign capitalists came to the rescue,
and by their aid that great work was compile.
ted, and with the sole object to open path
to the ocean FOR the coal of The Cumberland
mountains Ia Pennsylvania, since the year
ls2l, more than GOO miles Of canal and 45O
miles Of railroad have been constructed, by
State and individual enterprise, almost en-.
tirey for the benef, of the coal trade. and a,
an expense OF more than thirty eight millions
ot dollars. The results have shown the wis.
dom oil those gigantic expenditures. Tha,
as great results viii follow from the develop.
ment OF the coal mines Of Deep River, no
well regulated mind can doubt. 1t is a law
OF philosophy, tha, similar causes will pro.
duce similar effects, and AN Yet 10 lie in.
formed that this law does not bold good TO
the south as well as TO the NORTH of Mason
ard Dxon's line. Ii, IN Pennsyl,anla, cities
have sprung up under the influence of The
coal trade, with suddenness that reminds
one OF the fable IN the Arabian Nights En-.
teria'nment, where palaces we're built in a
single night by the magic influence Of tho
Lamp Of Aladdin, why may ve not expect to
see The borders of Deep River, within very
few years, nhab,ied by dense population,
and adorned with flourlshing villages and CT.
ties, aud Wilmington, with her increased
commerce, approximate TO The wealth and
spendor Of Philadelphia That similar 70.
suits will follow from the development, Of the
mineral riches Of Deep River, is as certain
as the law Of cause aud effect. That they
will follow more rapidly than they have done
Ia Penn>yl, anIa is equally cerlain.A Penn.
syvanla, al the commencement OF her nine.
raj operations, bad TO contend with prejud.
ces as TO the use ef her anthracite pIeiud
ces which experience has conquered, and you
will not have 10 overcome.
In eight years from the opening Of the
Il i. l.
less lhan $50, 600 tons. A greater amount
can be sen, from Deep River in two years
from the opening Of her navigation. Ii was
twenty-five years before Penusy lvana had
sent 10 marke, iu any one year million of
tons. Deep River can send that amount,
within five years. If capital and enterprise
will do for North Carolina, what they have
done for Pennsylvania, then will the future
progress Of North Carolina he more rapid
than has been the past progress of Pennsy.
vania. ln Pennsy wanna the soil and climate
are against her, in North Carolina they are
IN her favor.
The navigation OF Cape Fear and Deep
River. is never interrupted with ice. The
canals of Pennsylv are frozen up four
months in The year. During tha, period, the
Tho wonderful rapidity with which villages and
cities have sprung into existence in the mining dis.
tricts of Pennsylvania, may be insanccd IN the ca.
ses o: Csrbondale. Honsdale and Pottsville, among
hundreds of others. In 1898, there was but one
building on the site of Carbondale, and that log
tenement. In le45, it contained a thriving and
industrious population of $500, occupying good
buildings Honesdals was covered by the primitive
forest in 1928; in ls45, it contained a population
of from $500 10 5000 parsons National Mega
zine for august, 1915. And all this prosperity a.
rose from the mining of less than three aud half
millions Of tons Of coal The same amount mined
on Deep River wsud produce, necessarily the same
results. In 1925. CONNIE need tho first mining ope
ratisns in Schuylkill county In ls4l the central
fovp Pottsville nj later date than