Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-07

The Figures

| The arguments aud suggestions OF our leader Ut
Yesterday. Ii will be tecollected that set
oui with the obvious declaration, that Us the
commerce of nm Atlantic seaport must be made
from the expectations Of the produce of our own
country, and the bIportaiIunz from Europe, that
that point which could by The spcedesi and
cheapest route. reach the great centres of inter
nal trade, md which could also ship TO and i'm
port from the centres of Foreign trade. in the
/ fhortc-t time, and Mt the enst EXPENSE. must
possess the supremacy in the Atlantic trade. and
/ by natural process, might become in time the
! greatest Commercial Entrepot Of our Domestic
| and Foreign trade.
We then proceeded 10 declare, that the esial,-
| lishnrnt Of tho Mammoth Steam Line from this
| port to Milford Haven, would give US Ocean
| ward facilities that with the ndyantane Of time.
W. might transport across the ocean at one. third
less expense ihan by any rivn route. We nlso
declared thai by the completion Of the James
| River and kanawhh Canal. should have II
route 10 the great centre Of domestic trade- Gin
ennnii-which would take goods aud produce on
/ that route cheaper than by any rival route. We
propose now 10 1--WE the figures aud facts upon
which We founded these declarations. more fully
than could in The hurried article of yester
day.
We first take up the Ocean transit
The rival modes oi carriage across the Atan.
/ tic will, OF course, be the ordinary size ocean
steamers. 4a vessels. and the mammoth steam
cr-. In considering TINT while with n crew of
! 100 persons the mammoth steamers can trims
/ port at lsnsi eight times the number of Inssen.
gers aud six times the amount of freight If the
steamers of the Collins or Cunard lines. which
require nbout 100 persons 10 man them, and in
one third less iime--with an increase IF fuel not
/ nj all comparable with the difference Of pnsscn-
! gers and freight capacity, it needs but II glance
to see that the advantage OF the mammoth over
/ the ordinary steamships, would be more than
one third Ia say nothing of the saving Of ono
third of the lime employed on the voyage.
A greater rival TO the Mammoth Steamers " Il
! be found in the sail vessels, but even here. il
will be found upon strict comparison, that the
steamers will carry freight infinitely cheaper
thnn sail vessels possibly can do This will look
mnrvellous-but examine the figures.
We stated Yesterday that the freight capnc
~ of the Mammoth Steamers was $4,000 tons.
We should have stated that this was considers
bile average load out that their actual capacity
/ was 7,oO3 tons trip. la - trips therefore. "a
weekly hnel the Steamers could carry 9lO.oDO
+ tons, each way ncro~s the ocean. Ordinary suil
vessels average four tips per annum, averaging
each 1000 tons Il trip onch, or 1000 tons per an
mum. +" cnrry n much freight therefore, rs the
line Of steamer, would require 227 sell To
show that ours Is not AN extfavagnnt calculation
We w"uld r"mnrk that another writer has placed
F the number of vessels ut BOO.
1t remains then but Ia compare the cosi of
+ these ships with tho steamers with II COMPARISON
al the cost Of running for n year.
The 227 -hl vessels al go per ton each would
eost Sl6.0DpuoD. The Steamers between J and
Slu0OUUOO showing difference on first cost
betwecn the steamer, ard sud vessels Of say
1000 600 IN which the annual saving OF interest
would be- Ti2,O0O.
The Steamers owing 10 their almost perfect
safety, could be insured Mt . per cent on their
cost The tate Of insurance On ,ail vessels aver
/ ages from h . per cent -ayeraging per cent.
i The relative insur nee then would be
On Sl60Oo,0Oo dollars worth of sail vessels --
It per cent annum
1920, 900
On $5.09O.0o0 worth of Steamers at 3 per
cen S2iOOOO
Difference in inyor of Mammoth Steamers
GI.0iD00J
Aenin III insurance on enrgo. BY ships it n.
mounts to per cent each way on the value On
the Mammoth Lime it would not he over one per
cont Corn e. worth LAY 81 per ton, flour go,
/ do cotton $40 II therefore the out freight
wps composed of an cqunI weight of these anti.
/ elcs. the average value If the freight would be
sliI per ton. The valne ol the return fre;gh,
] (9OO 500 tons) would be at lehst that value
The total vatae then Of the freight both ways
then would be 422i,000 0o0. On this the in,u.
ranco Ivy the ship at per cent would he:
S.,,iSn0lO
! On the Steamers it would be $2.2lO 900
Differences S22l00OO
Again the 90 SHIPS would require ut least
l60U officers aid mru, Ia man aud load them
constantly empioy ed. The four Mammoth Steam.
ers 600 The average cost ct these hands ia.
Guiding board. wouli be- my S25 per month or
$500 per yenr (inriuding ofieers) The relative