Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-11-16
STEAMBOAT COMMUNICATION WITH
BALTIMORE
WITH

STEAMBOAT COMMUNICATION WITH
BALTIMORE.
The following is he'Repon of Com
mi,iee on this subject, to which reference is
made in the Proceedings Of the Agricultural
Society, on the frs, page of This paper:
In pursuance Of resolution passed al
meeting Of the Farmers and other persons
Of this county. appointing the undersigned
Q Committee 10 ascertain The cost of suite
BILE Steamboat, 10 ply between the waters of
this and ST. Mary's counties and the City
of Ballimore,-he cost Of running the same,
and the amount of stock that would be taxi
en- by The people of Charles end ST. Msry's
counties, Report, as the result Of their in
vesIgalion,
First, the cost of suitable new boat of
the following dimensions and description,
viz: l75 fee. long. 26 fee, beam, 8 feet
hold, and to draw when fully loaded about
6 l-2 fee. wafer; engine SO inches diameter,
10 feet stroke, boiler about 1900 feet heat
ing surfsce; 10 run IA to Is miles an hour,
aud to burn coal; all Of the main deck for
fiegh.; state rooms and passengers saloon
on the upper deck, with accommodations
for about SO passengers, and Of sufficient ca.
pacily to carry $4,000 to $4,000 bushels; TO-
gr her with fl { bottom boat or scow to dr.
when laden abou, inches water, carrying
1000 bushels. with small engine in the
censre,) 10 take off produce and passengers
from the upper parts Of Port Tobacco and
Nanjemoy creeks = the whole cost. with
suitable furniture, Sc, will be $4,000 10
$3500O
Secondly, the cost of running the same.
From most reliable sources we learn that
$500 per month will be sufficient.
Thirdly, the amour. Of stock thu, would
be taken in this and ST. Mary's counties. We
have made no account OF the stock, and
canno. stale any specific sum. as the amount
,ha, would be raised for such a purpose,
but judging from the general ma nifcs, favor
that the matter has received from all per-
sons with whom we have conversed, we are
warranted in saying we have 10 doubt but
that sufficient amount will be subscribed
Immediately on The opening of the books
for the subscription of stock, which we re.
commend to be done this day.
| ii is also proEerio state, we think, that the
owner of The steamer G. Vanderbilt, now in
Baltimore, has submitted, Of the instance If
one of the Comm.see, proposition for the
sale of tina, boat, " hich can be bought as she
now is for $4,000; and for $4,000 with
proper changes and repairs for the success
full navigation of the river and BAY. The
Vanderbilt, was, we learn, built al Whining
ton, N. C; cons 346; draws when fully la
den about 6 or l-2 feet water, III l-2
fee, long, "a "a fee. beam, 9 l2 fee, depth
Of hold diameter of cylinder AZ inches,
stroke 10 feet diameter Of wheel "a 3 4
feet, face of wheel 8 feet Her hull is near
| ly new, and bull of the bes. red cedar, and
considered frst-rate sea boat.
| The undersigned are unwilling to leave
The subject without adverling 10 the manifest
advantages TO all classes and pursuits 10 Re
derived from the success Of this project
We are warranted, we think. in stating that
The profits arising, from judicious man.
agement OF the affairs of the boat, canno. be
less than 20 10 80 per cent. per annum on
the stock, after deducling all expenses, be-
sides liberal allowance for renewal fund.
10 addition TO this, 1t INNS. be clear 10 the
| iuIuu vi every REJECTING obu CoICuia'iuS
farmer, tina. the increased facility 10 one Of
the best markets on the Atlantic coast; the
easy, cheap and rapid conversion Of many
articles of country produce, now thrown
away, into money the consequen. advance
in The price of lands; the advantage derived
from the system of shipping grain in bags,
thus insuring 10 every one ample remunera-
lion for the extra trouble and Gaze (now of
no kind of benefiD he may take in the pre-
para,ion of his grain for market, are only
ew Of the many reasons why we should at
once embark in the enterprise.
There remains now but prompt and en-
ergetic steps TO put the scheme in action and
prosperous operation, and with careful and
pruden, officers, both aboard and on shore,
to ensure success even beyond the probable
profits. JAMES H. NEALE,
VIM Boswell,
HENRY A. NEALE.