The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-11-17
DANVILLE RAILROAD.

The papers Of Danville raise joyful shou,
over the daily mail which they will have, in
future, from this city. 1t goes to Keysville by
the railroad, and thence TO Dangille by Flagg's
four-hoIse coaches. The approach of the
railroad is already infusing new life into Dan
vile. Two other tri-weekly coach-lnes are
already projected from that point one TO Hen
ry Court House, via Bachelors Hall. Cascade
and trisburg; the other to Franklin Court
House and Salem, via the DanvlIe and Rocky
Mount Turnpike, stopping at Pleasant Gap,
Chestnut Grove, Swansonville, and Callands.
As to what this has done, already, for Dan.
vile, in ether respects, let the following. from
the Register, of that place, tell:
friend accurately and extensively &C.
quainted with the commercial transactions of
This section of country and Of this place, with
the eastern cities, has furnished US with some
facts by which we are enabled to make a very
gratifying comparison ofth present with for
mer facilities for transportation. By late
regulation of the tolls on the Ri chmond and
Danville Road, now about going into effect,
the freight on manufactured tobacco, up to
this time 25 cents per 100 lbs. gross, equal to
"a cents net, has been reduced to the following
rates, viz:
Ga I boxes of from 60 20 Is lbs. net, 20 to IS
gross, l5cls; on boxes offrom 100 TO lO5 los.
net, 100 to 100 gross, 90 cts; on whole boxes
Of from $50 to I55 lbs. net, us TO $50 gross, 25
cts; on stems, So so per hid , heretofore 81.
Messrs. Slaughter g. Brodnax keep regu-
Ter line of slx-horse wagons employed in haul
ing between this place and the depot, the for
mer Of whom informed us this morning, that
since the opening of the last ten miles section
&c tE to avsp;lio tbox-
afford TO haul boxes-120 to l25 lDs.-at Is
cents making the through freight to Richmond
on that number of lbs, 90 cents. Freight, for
the last six months, to Petersburg, via Dan
river, to CASTOR, and thence by the Petersburg
Road, has been 95 cents. showing difference
OF cents per 100 lbs. n favor of the Rich
mond and DanviIle Railroad route. But the
disparity is vastly more important in respect
TO the time required in making the transit. By
the Richmond and Danvllle Road, the passage
is made in one ueek between Richmond and
Danville. BY the other route, one month is
required from Danville to Petersburg, and Fl O N
one to four months from Petersburg 10 Dan
vile. 1t not unfrequently happens, that mer-
chants and manufacturers in Danville and the
surrounding country, purchasing goods in
Richmond, at months, and forwarding by the
river route, have to pay the biIs-the time ha-
wing expired-before the goods are received.
Both the Register and Republican are &C.
lively pressing the people to vote for the sub
scription of $4,000, next Thursday. We do
not doubt that they will do the thing very hand
somely. The former paper gives the follow.
ing az very moderate estimate of tie amount
of trade with Richmond.
The subscription will be charge on the
county, for probably two, possibly three years,
TO the amount OF the interest on the principal
sum to be subscribed, to-wit $500. What
is the amount Interpretations from or through
the city of Richmond, annually, to this coun-
~ In the first place we will say, 1000 sacks
Of salt, which,. at 200 lbs. each, make s000 900
same amount, 100000 lbs; hats, blankets, cali.
Goes, domestics, cloth and other dry goods,
half that amount, 100000 lbs; lime, plaster,
guano, agric ultural Implements and the minor
grocery articles, 400, 000-making an aggre.
gate of2 900 lbs.
This is a very low estimate, bnt it will an
swer the purpose. All this merchandise is
carried to Lynchburg on the canal, at a cost
of IS cents, and thence to Danvile for so cts.
more; in all $l.25 per hundred pounds, or for
the whole $4,000. The transportation to Dan
vile on the railroad, will be equal to about 80
cents per hundred, and thence to the rest OF
the county, to about 25 cents, in all, So cents.
To this add 5 cents for forwarding, commits
sons, ETC.. the whole will be 90 cents, and the
farmer will save g. cents by the railroad. The
saving in exports will be even greater, and
this will give mighty impulse to the trade
The voters Of Richmond ought not to overlook
these facts.
We learn from the Register that some Of the
lands in Pittsylvania have, already, advanced
SO per cent. in value.