Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-07-19

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=! H. t.'.i:. IL" ''e''' 1000
; Emrin, house II hiehh''""i 1000
Way buildings, x 500
.,, :, ElI,,m 600
| - miles IF :cncc NJ $3.50 pei mile ,cH wv
Contingencies.
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| Average par mile SIS SIS
pa , Inns constituted and furnished. ami connected
win roo passenger boats The bay will make fair be-
ginning Jr prices 10 divert AL Tue aae nom lanes
River except that Of coal in light class VI oy te
termination OF the road Richmond III Inc Head o the
docks passengers and freight will ae delivered u central
poinl convenient 10 Tie whole e'ty anu US .a
osks be cen upper and lower James 'e are 20 Dc I'M
mejl,ely constructed the road will also exchange freight
with canal with The greatest possioie lacy' nave
examined other routes and modes OF @ ,i h
ting The road in Rchmond but any DINER WI" DC aT more
10 cons.rc. and operate than The one already des
c,ibed therefore have hesitation IN presenting Inc
Water entrance as the only proper a t one
Assuming So feet 10 be the maximum sau'e' 81 VIZ ""nu'h
load Of HE f,esnr engines stimsted for (o Il tons each on
driving whet ~ will for each engine '-o 'ons -UUV
lbs 2O tons Of his will be the weigh: OF cars ahu 'ehae
ana 200 tons Of merchandise One engine WIN De conpe
tent 10 make t,I2s days aId hfrr maAne hoe!a
owance for broken tips the n'.'ua',os " -, r, Emu az
cluen,s viii hn in The aggregate from Richmond 10 Ethan
nor nu,o 80 ono TONS and as much IN the opposite
dire clion be offered II Is pfooaoie Gat wiz DC
twice as many from as 10 h.h'ouu, ~; On G1H NJ. As
rtegale Of up loads per annum Tor one ehpo 'ohs
md IN. ,ol,l amount Of work Of one engine per anhum
| 80 600 tons. ,,,, go,
One OF The passenger engines will be competent 10 pass
four lines the road day equivalent " wv hhis
each way dy and carrying any number oil passengers not
exceeding 300 10 load | have mol e3annneu HE
business statistics OF Richmond and vicinity WIN
view the amount OF properly ahhua"} ssh' 10
and received from Chesapeake or the expenses OF Hans
porting the by the James RIVER presu"s Wa iOu o..
ie.dy received this information, or WI" ooia Il nom
,rsD
From Richmond, 80 900 tons q. 81 Is, 1900
To $4,000 ., ouo
And 80 900 senges both ways al TO cents each OO0
49,. ..o., ,.,.i,,, ,vor,t h. lss50O
| The expenses OF performing this amount 81 ousi.
| ness on such road as have estimated iur IN
| cIutlng ali salaries, wages oil men, running eA,
| t'Iti, uiIi ba 4050O
| r.,u;,o 10, income If s93 900
Equal 10 IA per cent on S662 00O the estimated COST "a
The engines and provided for in the estimate WIZ be
fully competent perform all me business mere
and times more passengers oesoea "ou u! ,ii
Il exp,nse. For large increase oil business over tn @
,ipac the expense will not Increase IN propofu"n
stance: Suppose by adding TWO more itesnl ehshss
and fy more freight to the outhi, masking
The total cost Of The road 520 900 then the account Of woiS
| per annum might stand as follows:
i- -no '""' ~ :. 20 GOO
| IN 400 messengers OF 60 CENTS 3OUOU
.;.,, 10000
- i ,,aI on nenses So 900
ro,,, 49,, income sl55OOO
Or 2lh per cent. on SizU,OUu.
hr line Of YOUR road being entirely free of rock excavs
;n, her need not curvatOn shorter thah <uou iee
while The gradients are generally lower than are four
Gfhs of The rail roads in the United States Inc maximum
gradient brng less than one hall ma, OF me nao,e aa
Ono Baltimore and Susqueanna, Boston ana Albany, una
BOSTON and Burlington roads, and less llan one a i' Vi
the New York and Erie road: All OF which oafs are no" or
will b. prosperously engaged IN inc Hanspo'a'oN
freight - ,ho ,,ax;nrn
GRADIENT of your road will be before stated ozU IONS e8
of engine On that Of either OF the other foaus men
I;nnet nuly about ITO Tone exclusive of engine The
amount Of grading masonry and bridging from hchmona
10 sn also very light as compared wn o'el 'oa n
nne woodcn bridge o. about go feet and about 2u
perchcs Of masonry in abumen.s and neediu drains anu
| walls. -, ..,
=, ISiyned1 JOHN CHlLDE, Engineer.
RlcHsoSD MAY 10, 1852.
J.ues Lyons, Esq, Richmond: ri,
DEAR SIR have, requested in your note oil me I'm
carefully examined The report made to S seiuen 10 isore
ber lS47, by Capt Ch'oe, Gu !t!c suolec' u '' '
cn Child.s character practical engirecr: and one
particularly kfs in reconnaissance 't railways :. o, I
Massachusetls und recently with the MOBILE ana ONO
rail road require no endorsement al inc "a" u ANY
Th srounl between Richmond end Ethan is not wholly
unknown 10 NE The entrance into hchEona W Inc val.
lev Of Giles creek and the termination OF Inc roao . Inc
EiI,,noud dock recommended IN my report on hE
,rhunud nd Yorktown rail- road made to The Board OF
Public Works in 1881 ,
,h,n Ih,, orcc proposed Yorktown u IS - miles snort
er passes over easier ground and while accomplishing eve
~ ing proposed 10 o. done 10y The former Ioaa as so
c far The ma vracG oi the James rver mas the important
advantage OF crossing Chckuhnmny river where II ~ an IN
considerable On the yorktown route IL Is @ooo 'ee'
In width .., a,i,a ,d h
unnty Of esrhwork nearly estimated as can De aone
on reconnaissance II must certainly d. less 1han on ne
y,tnwn n ue On that line the quantity OF EARN 10 Dc
"n,d "a nv rxac, estimate on SO 6 10 miles
7O3 5lI cube yards being rather more Than y oUo yards
nsr mil II would safe perhaps 10 allow 25Ouu yari-
@ ni n, the whole distance Ethan As The read viii
be mainly freight road the heavy Tai recnnnrnnnn oy
Can't in e. would be most suitable feducu0h o' "e
wei CHI c aiI 10 55 lbs per yard (lhe ghest ao"lo'eI
would ONLY effect entire saving, al s7o per loh VI
| Sl3 sos
in The number Of ties t being PROBABLY
meant instead OF 2l2 as expressed in The esmale me inr
cr number would place the ties about IN eet apart from
centre centre. presume u was mistake Hauc ="
hurry of copyng The for spikes chains track lay
inc e. is mate tally what the work could be executed
for now TIE rails would not cosI DELIVERED and als
butrd more tlan s45 the The earhwork would be
moe safely estimated 2H cents per yard lDf c ~hOIe
distance. M
For mile of ISupersfructure.
lO1 tons ion ras G2 lbs. per yard, al SAB, 15ie
2lOO cross lies feet long by g. al IS ciao 90
1900 lhs hook head spikes, al AZ cts, S1o
5000 lbs iron chairs, al 80 cs, 'oo
Materials and work on frogs, movable rams &c, 6o
Distribution Of materials and track laying &c, lVO
Crawling track per Capt C.'s estimate 3oG
Cos, Of one mile Of supersruc,ure s7,O32
! Cos, Of Sc miles nj 81 C32 s253l52
Graduation, Masonry and Bridges
| &C miles graduation 25, goo cube yards per mile
- 900 600 cube yards Garth removed, at lEs
cents, 1850
! Mnsunry and bridging 5000
in n.y. sl3O5oo
The estimate nr land damages and acquisition OF property
Tor sta is sufficient The cost Of locomotives is in
cordancc with The market prices, but there must bc
engines IN number, provide for desuUry movements Of
the trade accidents and REPAIRS and To prevent accum
laon Of freight the stations. One freight engine
and 20 more freight Of the better will add s22 900
the estimate for stocking the road
The for passenger engines and certainly
sufficient for The The travelling connected
with the business OF Rclnlood would probably amount 10
large proportion Of tie number es:i;natd and Steamboat
lines Baltimore and Philadelphia might make this