The Ottawa free trader., 1851-03-08
MAN OTTAWA, ILL.,, SA URDAY, MARCH 8, 1851.

that the produce never lacks market, and has
more regular and higher net value By the cur.
rent price, he knsws what he Gun count upon
His gram is worth what all grain tc,ches IN tho
next market, deductIng the cost ofcHrtage To take
it there, which he can calculate to "A cent, and de.
liver when lac need, money. The adj lining tan.
nery (and the probability Is that there is uc with.
in twenty niles) will buy his bark Hi, cord.
wood can be carried the same distance He sells,
for renuneratng prices, hI perishabl- proaucr,
such as vegetables and fruit, pumpkins, corns ak
and fall apples, which brought him previously.
very small sun, as the only market was in the
small villages where there was little demand for
them.
The wear and tear to his horse, harness and
vehicle Is reduced al least one half Tie tplls
not only pay themselves in this saving. but even
leave surplus in the pocket Of the farmer which
would otherwsc have been spent on repairs
Horse shoes last twice the time. Instead Of fre.
qnent new Shoes 1t is only necessary TO have the
old ones periodically removed. The very labor Of
cleaning the horse comes into calculation; one
farmer assuring the writer that in very bad wea
tler setting aside all question of increase Of load
and saving Of time, he would sooner pay the tolls
than have TO rub down Ills horses in the state they
used To be after travel on the old road
The price o' caitage having generally been re
duced where plank roads have been laid down,
1t becomes an inquiry, whether it is at the cost Of
the teamster. Some instances are given in a for.
mor part Of this brochure. and We will addGSe two
others TO show that the increase Of load carried,
and the time made, more than cuunterbaiance anv
reduction uf prize.
On the 1aserg and Rome road there il a fur.
mace nine mile, from Rome, frorn which furnace
10 the canal at Rome, 81 % per ton was formerly
paid for cartng. The load each way was pre-.
cisely ton, equal TO two tons per day at 81 25
for the days work. Now. the price allowed il
SO1o, bu, the team-er takes two and half
tons each way equal to five tons per day.
ut S0.15-3.I3
Deduc,ing toll for eighteen miles say 25
SO so
Being an increase Of one dollar in the daily wa.
ges If the tcam>tr
The Rome and 1nrn road passes through a
ddry country and cheese nni butter are brough,
by 1t to the canal where they are shipped For
merly, farmers brought 500 lbs to the canal and
took Two days 20 aud rcturn, nav they cart
from forty to fifty cwt. and return the same day
The smnllcs, load carried is Thirty six TUBS Of but
ter. A farm ten miles off from u city is nlmos,
as near as one oaly mile from it the surplu.
distance Len. IN calculation convertible into time
But al more cx ended distance, say one hundred
miles, it is worth while examining how the p,aul:
roal can compete with the rail roid. Canals he.
I M main links Of water communication, do not
suggest themselves ~ matter of inquiry. BIZ,
many vegetable products now find their WY Ia
market by the railroad anh iii can be estahlish
I'd that farmer using his own motive power 4
Il plank road can travel at half the cos: = very
essential benefit is established