Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-11-13

Average nett gain per mi run " 42rr : frW
Amt Eastern Tonnage On . . ,.a,,,c-
Msas " s%i Dc Do asses ia y so 1919
ra a"a e@ Of ali ela.se. sstss 6ion
Am moved rssea's' TOT e'e" Ton saso $50
f Do rat. ss Of pa.sss ss Te cen, 81
Average number Of miles trav. -
eed by each passenger not estimated AZ
Average number miles each m
freight moved do - '6ioo
Each passenger train averaged 1904 passen-
gers. making an average Of POI passengers NOV
ed daily.
Each freight train averaged 92.424 pounds.
making an average of I5i,5js pounds freight
moved and handled daily.
The results shown above are not onl y fayora-
Bile, hut indeed very encouraging
During the summer portion Of the year pre-
cedng the last, two daily trains were run tor the
accommodation Of the travel. but during the past
the mail train taking the time the acco mmoda-
ton train one daily was found to be sufficient,
and which had the effect to reduce the expenses
S12.24-wIthout il is believed, diminishing the
local travel to any extent
Whilst the receipts for the last year have con
siderably exceeded those Of the previous year,
they were much curtaed by the shortDess of the
crops of the preceding year. which soughtn mar
ket in the early portion of tho past,and the excited
state Of the present grain market caused great
deal Of the present abundant crop 10 be withheld
beyond the close of the present year, thus with
holding its due proportion of freight. which, how
ever will be added to the receipts of the present
year. and should the next crop of grain be good
one n large increase may be calculated on particu.
larly when we take into consideration the large
acces sion of freight which tho salt aud plaster of
Smythe and Washington counties will yield.
Discarding, however, these speculations, and
claiming for the present year tho same per cen
ium Of increase of the last over the preceding
year, and aggregate of s;D9,236 81 would be
the result.
This calculation may seem too extravagant to
be realised, yet it certainly justiiios the expec-
fancy of 1850, 900, which will be ample to pny
all expenses of operating the road and interest
upon the Funded debt
The apprentice system, which has been intro
duccd into the machine and other shops OF
the Company, has been found to answer an excel
lont purpose, whilst giving employment to many
deserving youths seeking labor of that kind ASA
means of support, as also others seeking the
trado from natural inclination. An opportunity
is thus afforded for the development of useful
and practical genius, and, when properly proper
toned. valuable labor is thus obtained at the
mere cost of instruction, and when masters of
their trade they become permanent employees oi
thet Company accustomed to the habits at our COM
mnnity, attached to its localities and identified
with the interest Of the Company. The neon
venienoe is avoided which IL often experienced
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from other sections, who having been mostly roar
ed in large cities find it difficult to become rec
onciled to, eomparatively,a country life: and when
their places can only be supplied by thoss SINH
larly situated changes under these circumstan-
ces necessarily involve the Company in loss, and
should be avoided whenever practicable TO do so.
II has also been found beneficial to have white
fremen on the trains, selecting, rs is the custom,
young men Of Intelligence and of steady and in
N ST I'm wit n INV of
the line of promotion to the charge of "a Loeomo-
tive; and as one of the good effects of this plan,
out of eleven Engineers now on the Road, six
who commenced n firemen or in some other train
service and for other good conduct and aptness,
have been promoted.
The regularity with which the mail and pass
enger trains have been moved is regarded worthy
of special notice, giving, rs it should, confidence
in the system adopted and it is due to the Con
ductors and Engineers who have faithfully
and regularly discharged their duties in carrying
it out On list. of June last it was required of
the secretary of tie Board to keep record of
the exact arrivals of each train, and report
monthly to the Bonrd, copy Of which record
you will find annexed
In thus calling attention to the passenger
trains. it is by no means designed to do so to the
prejudice ofthe freight for all engaged in that Ser
vice have faithfully and promptly discharged their
duties; and the regularity with which the l4ucono-
tive servicehns been performed gives ample proof
of the efficient manner in which the master ma!
chinist and those under his control have dis
charged their duty in keeping in repair the mo-
tive power.
Whilst there have been some of the accidents
common TO all Roads, and particularly new ones,
yet there have been resulting in loss of life
or limb TO single passenger on this Road.
PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION.
At the close of the last year, all of the gradu-
ation and masonry on the main line had been
completed except at two points. having about
$4,000 of work in the aggregate to finish.
During the past year 81 } miles Of track were
laid, making tho entire distance laid, up to Both
Sept. last, li9l miles, of which li54 are now in
use. The folio ,sing has been the progress of
track laying since the commencement in 1851.
Say,
On 30 Sept, 1851 there were - miles.
On 20 Snnt lalo AZ