The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-03-26


Itself decay, AMI need restoration, without
sntIicicncy OF receipts to pay for restoring il.
But from such pustu!atc, no deduction can
flow. y read, 10 he rcmuncrativr, musi frs,
br required. \ gooi roa increases travel: bu,
there must be other canScS to create it,
But il, on the other hand the road is worn
through by an extraordinary amount Of travel,
1t mySt b. evident that Fhc event is the more
advantageous 10 the siuch hoidrrS. spr the decay
OF the wood is n cansc which ceases 10 opprate
: The wcaI bears direct promotion to the money
received. And il it can bc proved tha, roads
pay even when subjected 10 The two destructive
influences OF travel and decay, il rnust be wi
dent that they wilt pay Infinitely better when
subjected 10 travel alone; the principle, there
fore. may be laid down,
! Thai the more often the wear upon the road
renders it necessary TO rcplank it. tho greater
the profit and the larger the dividend.
What roads have already done. MAY be best
learned from the iullOwn. statements, collect;
ed in the localities OF tho several roads from re
sponsiblc persons.
Troy and Lans!nghnrg Road in building in
cured Il debt of SlI0O. This debt las been
paid, with scmi-anuuai dividends of ! o uer cent
and large sinking fund laid by. The stock
Is in few hands, and cannot be purchased nj a II
and is 50 good that it is difficult To obtain n!ur-
nation on the subject.
The Rome and Utica Road incurred deb, of
$1,000. The road has been in operation twelve
months, and during this period enough has been
accumulated TO pay of the debt. The road is
expected 10 pay 10 per cent; laying by 10 per
as sinking fund. The tolls received amount,
10 $4,000
! Rome and Turin Road, thirty one miles
opened in the fall Of lS49, has paid Off in six
tahf CT
constructions; consequently, the stock, of which
S3S,0O0 was only paid in, is now worth $50, 900
and is nj Iar.
Aliens Greek Road, Rochester, gives snch
large returns, that the directors decline stating
them-franky asserting the reason, Stock can
not be purchased.
Charlottesville Road has paid two halEyearly
dividends OF 10 per cent, and lays by sinking
fund.- This stock cannot be purchased
Inc above are few of the instances Of the
return plank-roal stock will make TO the stock
holder"
The advantages of Plank Roads.
"The farmer has what he never hal before
asood road every day in the year-ihc same in
all seasons. Formerly, the spring and mil
were periods, when the avenues to the neigh
boring city were closed 10 him. On the plank
road, he can select for his journey days when he
cannot work on the farm, taking with greater
case, III half the time. three times what he for
lncrly could carry; and while residing close TO
The road, he sees his ncighbor living five miles
OH, bringing Two wagons to the planks and
then transferring the contents into the larger
and moving off with the can load his SINGLE
vehicle with the full amount il can carry. and
proceed onward without DELAY. His woodlands
acquire, lntrlnsIcally, value which they had
not before, for he can cart sufficiently in, one
load to pay him for the expense of caring and
cnltng, allowing a iair value for his timber.
Ills farm increases IN value from 10 TO so per
cent. and commands a sale from the fact that
The produce never lacks market, and hns a
more regular and higher net value. By the
current price, he knows what he can coun, upon
HIS grain Is worth what all grain ietchcs in the
next market, deducting the cost of carriage In
take it there, which he can calculate to n cent.
and deliver when he needs money. The sd
lining tannery (and the probability is that there
IS one within twenty miles) will buy his bark.
His cord-wOod can be carried the same distance
lie sells, for rcmunera,lng prices, his pcrisiia-
bic produce, such as vegetables and fruit. pumn
kIns corn-stalks an fall apples. which brought
nm, previously. very small sum, as the only
market was in the small villages where there
was little demand for them.
The wear aud tear to his horse. harness, and
vehicle is reduced at least one half. The tolls
not only pay themselves in this saving, but even
leave surplus in the pocket of the farmer
which would otherwise have been spent ON re-
pairs. HorSe-shoes last twice the time. In
stead OF frequent new shoes, it is only necessary
t. have the old ones periodically removed. The
very labor OF cleaning the horse comes into cal
cnlatIon; one farmer assuring the writer that in
W. N ynnt hnt Sattt a.. ~
increase OF load and saving of time, he would
sooner pay the tolls than to have to rub down
his horses IN the state they used TO be aler tray
ell on the old road.
The question of draught is the one first TO be
considered Experiment has determined the
load which horse is capable oidrawing on the
plank road TO be so wei9hiy, that one almost
htSitales 10 sci 1t down from fear ofthe accusa-
ton OF eHaggerallon. On the Salna and Cen
trail road. n few weeks back for a wager. n
team (Which means two horses) brought in
without any extraordinary strain, six tons of
iron from Beaverton, a distance of,welyc miles
10 Syracuse. One and half cords of green
beach Is common load, which l.. equivalent 1o
80 cWt.-4Y tons. And there is so little re-
Sislancc toa properly constructed road, that an
average team can travel with this load from
thirty to thlrly-hve miles day after day, at the
NJ
deed, the farmer does not seem 20 make any
calculations OF the weight taken. He loads his
wagon as best he can, and the only care is not
10 exceed the quantity which il will carry;
whether the team can draw the lead. is no,
consideration for those who travel on plank
roads aliirm that that the only danger is that
the wagon cannot bear the load not lla, the
horse cannot draw il.
A tter reldiur the above extracts Mr.
Earle remarked that the pamphlet con-
tanned much information equally as USE
lul and interesting as that he had read
that he did not wish to consume more
of the time of the meeting by reading
additional extracts, bot that the pam
Lhlet could be had at his Office by any
one feeling sufficient interest in the
matt,'r.
Mr.. James McCauley submitted tn.