Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-24

L. viii Be too that tonnage has been estimated Al
the low rate OF cts per ton per mie-tho ouest
raroad According the late experience On the subject
The convention Of railroad companies tia, In New
York recen'H decided that sc' per per mile should
be charged on agricultural per ton per
mile groccries and ct on other articles Of srchsn.
disc So that, leaving Out tho import trade altogether
which bears much higher charge, would strengthen
greatly the probability Of estimate being fully verified
These items give gross receip, Of 81 100000, and
no rational argument be adiuced why this result
should no; be fully realized Nevertheless will be suf-
hcient Tor the prescott calculation assume freight
recep;s, the which WAS actually received on the
Georgia Railroad during the year ending the sls, March
last satI.4s1 %. That road Is LIE miles long, aud
bears striking resemblance in lie POSITION and
the character Of the business which its support de-
ponds.
Tho vgns and Tennessee road IL superior to |. In the
fertility OF tho soil which passes aud In the mine
raj wealth Of the adj country we'll In the se,u.
r'ty OF its position for through trade aud rsve-n fact
In every point Of comp .rson.
Lei Us nov eude IKE estimts Of tho oil
bs'd on the experience Of other ro,d. applied to the
population OF tho country which depend.
has bsen ssceraioed from rcren, iuvcsS ,ons that
the passenger receipts Of the Massachusetts, railroads
amount to 1856 per each inhsbtaut Of tho STATE Ths
Is even better than the result sscerainej fs~ yesrs
ago. when vas proven that the movement OF p,sen-
gers on tho Massachusetts, railroads arouuted to four
times the entire population of tho State This established
principle will guide to approximation the truth A.
to the travel which have right expect tho Yir
ginia and Tennessee railroad when flashed.
have assumed that traveller from Atsuta Ia Geor-
sii, will reach Washington City, aud points north aud
est ofihst in shorter distance through the Vrgin, aud
Tennessee R,ilroad by loo miles, than by any other
route. have assumed that the ROAD from Chattanooga
10 Memphis f5rms base line. fro point on which
we have the advantage all other routes and that
coaseq realty all TIE lines Of ivel pouring into this
line from the south will seek the northern cities through
this road.
We will first take the white population of Lcui.i.p.
AaSsm, and saissipp. leaving Georgia aud Tennessee
on! OF III. question. Aceor Jag to the Of 1850
hess three States had white population OF 9T77ss Il
cannot DO Tor one moment doubted that every
hundred OF this number will pass our road and back
each yer Tbs will give e.777 passengers at sl2 EACH
or III S2i, at 8 eta por MIL.
Tao white population of those counties OF East Ten
nes'ee, which trade to our potts, es7,sl6 Al
though the popali ion OF tai, region pretty much
in the same attitude towards the seapcrts OF Virginia
tia, the people OF Massachusetts, do towards the port
o. Boston, aud my 'her foe. DO supposed to ap
pro1mro the same law oi movement, yet | have |
assumed that only one in twenty OF this number |
will pass road and back. This woall give US
IL $50 pas'cngeos at Sl2 or lac $50.
The white ,pnlation Of tho counties OF Virgins, i'm
mediatey the luc Of this road il lI27s2 This pop
ulsoa occupi exactly the position in reference to
our roid That OF Msssa huses ars their roads
we mgl, fairly anticipate the result. Bu, will
mat the here will b, onl, eighth of
what We see in Aissa rhuset will say. tia, Ouch III
Of this number will psss half OF this rod and
turn. This III give Il, SOL So 42S loo
would call your tent'on, particularly, cobsd
eratols going to strengthen this cicul itoD. FIRST,
have taken only the white population. phnr-is tho es
OaSsd on the whos population.
large portion OF the aboring classes Of MasSich lsei
engaged in agricultural pursuits, profanity. travel
little. The existence Of slavery In the Southern States
goes reduce the number of white citizens DO uo
sSe therefor in counting the white population alone
Is fair TO presume that even greater portion of the
Southern people, Than OF tho Northern people, will pa
the railroads And have, in Gaze, taken
the Southern road, than ghth OF ;ha result
which has actually taken place In the Northern States
In the second place have taken ,hs cen.u' Of 1880
without making any allow fof tho increase of popul-
ton since that time. This increase has heretofore ossu
At of about % in every years and
will pb,by be still greSter counrry rich in soil
and mineral deposits tho through which ,hI line Of
road Is about 10 Ne opened.
Aoo:her vcri: OF this estimate is that there
actually passed the Georgii railroad the situation
of which Is in every respect similar ours, l3I4i7
passengers duras the year ending the 3ls: OF
March last The whole numhc- which | have assumed |
fjs ths road is 90 C2s. Again, have allowed no;hg
all for passengers from L'uchburg points
and east OF Lynchbnrg, going TO the mineral
springs, or the extreme souhwes', rn,d. Il il hr-
ieved, therefore, that the going estimates are really
lar short Of what viii be realized.
II should be no,i sl,o thai the chsrg, for passengers
has been put lou three per e lover charge
ihau is made AM other road IN the State, aud at
cent? 34 oi this number would yield the amount.
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