The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-02-08

q six, atsa total5yaiue on that date of 1895, 400
-Four more new freight engines in addition
e to the above. were ordered from Messrs. Nor
q. ris Brothers, to be delivered in Dec. 1852, and d
Z three have been purchased from McssrS. An
derson and Souther, of Richmond, Virginia.
All ofsWhich have arrived and are being put
Esson road Jan, p 1885 ,ss.z,.s- ,=ssssss,, ,,gss
Dur locomotive power for passenger trains;
viii beEqute adequate for the present year,
without any further additions. Not so with
our freight engines; aud in view of the .in.>
creasing business of the Company would
recommend the purchase Of at least 10 more
irst class freight engines, to be delivered at as
early a day as practicable As a large num-
ber OF our old freight engines are failing rapid
aud the ost Of keeping suchsnp is really
more. than theysare worth, the increase in the
amount of repairs on locomotives for the past
wear, over that Of the year previous, is mostly
ehargeabl le to Old engines; the cost of repairs;
6 on ten ofssthem exceeding ST ,000.s .
Statement No. 2:exhibits the present state.
of car power to; be asfollows, viz
Passenger cars, lst class 22
2,i class passenger and baggage cars l6
Box freight cars &; -. SS53
Platform freight cars 80 IT'S
Stock or horse cars 8 - - ~. !
80
Number Of cars Of alI.kinds, Dec. 1852, 5s3
There has been added during The past year..
and included in the above, new passenger.
cars, 6 new Cd class and baggage cars, and 5S
new box cars, "a new platform cars, and 8;
new stock cars, at cost of s64. .052.
or the l7spassenger cars reported in ser
vice 3lst Dec. 1851, none have been con-
! demned or destroyed; on the contrary many
of them have been rebuilt and fitted up for,
night cars, and are now of more value than.
they were at last report. ,.s.Isl.s.,ss
s. Of the baggage and I'd class passenger cars,
s s reported for Dec. 31st 1851, three (3) have.
been broken up aud destroyed, and 2 con.
NseeA cars reported 73lst Decem-s
her, 1851, az ss4 A1kays been broken up, two:
.(2) burnt, and coidenl6 in all Gay fifteen:
Of the l6S platform cars ape Report,
10 have been destroyed aud broke -
condemned, an; and of the Is stock
tie cars, as per report for 1851, have been
condemned-Ieaving in service of the Compa-
nv on the 3lst Dec, 1852, only AGO of the
496 burthen or freight cars contained in report
for 3lst Dec, 1851. To which had been ad-
ded during the past year IS box cars, "a plat
- form cars, 3 stock or cattle cars-S5 freight
ss cars of all kinds, at cost of SD, ,O52-ma-
Y king the total number of freight cars of all
kinds in the service on 81 st Dec, 1852, 545,
at a total value of S23S, S,43O.
PRESIDENTS FuLMoRE AND PoLK.-The fol-
y lowing letter from President Fillmore to
gentleman, in New York, has been made Pub
lie:
WASHINGTON, JAN %, 1858.
NY dear Sir: Your note of yesterday came
to hand this morning, and hasten to do JUS
tice to q political opponent who is now in his
y grave. You say it was stated in your presence
that President Polk wal heartless and cold,
j and that one ofhis coolest acts was, when ne va
5cated the White House several days before the
SPresident-elect came to Washington for fear
Of opening his heart, SO as to ask him to his
house and table 1t is due to Mr.. Polk, to say
that know this TO be untrue. General Tay-
Law and myself were both invited to dine with
Him before he left the White House, and
have no doubt all the civilites ordinarily extcn-
ded to theiucoming administration were extern
ded bv President Polk to Gen. Taylor, and ac-
co.ding to my recollection, he did not leave
the White Honse, till the 4th, or rather,
the 5th of March, which was Monday. The
confusion incident to the close of a session of
Congress, and the breaking up of honsekeep-
ing by the Presidents family, must necessarily
prevent anv President from doing more than MIR
Polk did in the case Of Gen. Taylor, and if |
am rightly informed many of his predecessors
did not do as much.
am respectfully, yours,
MILLARp FILLMoRE.
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