New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-24

Deduct Tor expenses So per ceht.......... l0s,ooo
Leave. ne, earnings
Or i,Sere per cent on ts chartered capital OF soOCo
The above tables will show that the annual in
crease on the Western Roads since their lines
were finished is steady, and more than 10 per
cent
We stated yesterday that the estimates
of the traffic OF the Ohio Central Road were almost
too large for belief We now annex them from
the Exhibit of the Directors for the iuforma alton
Of hose who propose to bid for the Bonds
The saving alone, in condition, of horses, mules,
and cattle, would well Justify, as we are inform.
ed by drovers land as statistics of English Rail-
ways demonstrate the payment OF % per cent.
cost for their trans portston, by railway, than
by driving. Hogs, still more troublesome. and,
relatively, expensive to drive, can be trans
ported as cheaply, in double TERED cars, az rolling
freight; and by their transportation alive, net on
lyis the efdl taken TO a better market than cow
m0nds in the West butthere is sGved also the trans
portdti0n of 100 lbs 0eigh Of barrel and brine To
each hog This saving would amount to about SO
per cent.-an expenditure which 10 perfectly
needless cost, If the hog be transported alive
There would also be saving OF the expense ORE
packing and substituting ocean salt for western
boiled salt. This expense has now to be submit
ted to- before inspection.
Upon the completion of continuous railway
with the East the pork business OF Ohio will be
revolutionized. A large portion Of the pork pack.
ing business must be transferred 20 the sea6odrd
cities.
This result, in connection with the influences TO
be exercised upon other live stock, and upon
bresdstuffs will give us the following schedule OF
freight going East that can. doubtless, be con-
troed by the Central Ohio Railroad, viz;
One-tlcentieh OF the
horses, 1880 lbs.
oS UsI5 9th, Of the horned horned
cattle ll6,9ss-l zoe bs
each ..............ss'' oo'tSf
runs..............ssIs7s t4 cts per mile sSs,s %
ono f,oentieih Of The sheep
54g7-lSS lbs EACH. 1851 tuns
i6l,siS At loO ibs each 1891
Turs 1882 al cts per mile 1857 90
srs,sss 90
1875 900 barrels OF dour, 49, 200 tuns, al cs per
mile82miles 1902" 10
Tobacco, wool, dried fruit, seeds, ooo ,
Return S nj te ELL for Eastern Dvi,
sion, cay ......,...............' ooVoo
$4,000 at 4 eta. $4,000 %
Great mail twice daily, 500 per mile each nne: "VOO w
Freight list for Western Division, not embraced
In The foregoing 81 $40 trns c' oSf mics ,so "A
:se ,! p 3D. IS ia iccce iaa. al cents I
miles IlOVo
%
PASSENGER TRAFFIC.
The best information to be obtained, oil statn'
tics of travel upon the Ohio River shows that
there is daily average OF, at least, 100 passen'
gers each way, between Cincinnati and Wheel
ing-an aggregate Of $4,000 v annum
The time occupied on the trip by iirstciass
boats in a good stage of water, is usually 50
hours descending and 46 hours ascending. By
Hailway-259 miles-the time need not exceed
10 hours This saving Of time would, certainly.
withdraw from the river twothirds OF its through
uayel-ssy, per snnum... 1866
ted for Western Division. 22,s7
nos at 81 sO-sas,a 80
Add through travel, indicated
Up. 1877 for Western Division. 23F
7I.Ol3M$4 9o-s2ss,25i CO
Add for wsy-psssengers, max
halfofthe number Of Through,
OF he whole trsvelJ SOC at SOC essO,65l 80
9O8.sI6 20
sl,s2I5I7 %
50 per cent of for current expenses. 6GO75a So
Net profits or 25 per cent on cos..... s66o75s s.
Startling as this estimate may be, TO those who
do not know the West, .he Directors OF the Gen.
trail Company are so well satisfied of the value OF
the enterprise they have in charge, and its future
business, that they have ordered upon the portion
under contract, the rock excavations and the
foundations Of the Bridges, to be made with refer
-ence to an early construction OF the second track
This sggrsgat. up parts Of Fanka Parie KnoE.
all Of Lk Perry Muskbgun aad 0usfasy,
low Of thsr sufpusi nuskiasum alone, 10 ish,
having shipped 9l3,O0o barrels Of dOur
Flour could be d.vsrsd York Via Baltimore al
gk cstts per Philadelphia allS ~hh independent
important esment Of value " 50
article OF bredstuns 'oosd be 80 per cent
cheaper ne" hs pre'er cost By Canal or g 90 Noe
the prospective psssu trade toward tbs CsstfL
~bos Of this hour wW be seat BY
railway but that control furnish convsnsocss
for handing all tbs through fire. h that Be pssened as tst
desired.
sboud diverted from the River.
shared and west nss be
sweed shall result from such vbs
amply Up The Of local travel smuatsd nte sr.
for which sstmsts inside large
claimed because the immediate belt "a
Road located doassT
populated than any other OHIO Of eqsa sIsn, the Great
Valley.
fThs Of the Road nscesssy 70 increase hs
the amount tnsted Ihs would reduce
profits butt not usually esandsfed oss
Vauisssous 70 Railroad 70 be compelled ssrgs 10 business
ciltss.