The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-11

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il is not his purpose 10 apply the federal goveramen
for mail subsidy, other pecunary assistance the
amount Of one cent Such have been entered
into for conducting the foreign post service should be
faithfully observed until they expire BY limitation when
none of them should be renewed and all mail matter
yeyed by foreign subsidized should be met with
discriminating postage aer that time Our policy hsnos
forth should be TO give all vessels the possges which
they earn and cent This win be due 70 the
Steam Ferry Line.
From Richmond Enquirer Fes a.
In FIRST article under this caption erpresed The
opinion that the railroads which would be completed dl
ring this year from the interior the Chesapeake To-
gether with existing traffic communications would attract
and be ample convey than suniceney Of eighH
for the contemplated ferry line OF ieyathAn
Upon closer examination Of the subject con6osnt
that this would be the The low price which thy
could carry and the rapdty with which they would cross
from the shore the other would draw the staple
products Of the earth for many hundred miles south AND
west to the haven in which they would II wsuld
be found that al the capital which southern seaboAa
cities might otherwise be disposed employ in foreign
igahon would obtain profitable Investment in s,eamcu
to convey and from the ferry landing the Chsss
peake Small steamships land when Say small
such draw under twenty feet water cannot pos
by carry ponderous articles 5000 miles except exorb
The fuel required TO prope them such dis
veying cargo except to very limited extent This
never be remedied except power dispens-
ing with bulk and weight shall be discovered The
my in fuel greater in the sssmer than in the pad
dls-whee and yet there few if any of them in
service which do not thirtyfyt tons per dcn
while their passages presume will average more than
days between New York and Liverpoc siruu tney
carry ton, if more of ec 70 convey two ton. Of
merchandise OF passengers becauss Of their slow
msn they carry comparatively but few for the saving OF
day at sea is desirable 10 all who cross il.
II is estimated upon reliable data that $50 tons OF fuel
per diem will prope 1890 OF freight such vessel
the Great Eastern, and Of speed that viii
able her to make average passage in days. II
this shall occur, any thing experimenting il
doubt that the levathans monopoze the traf
c from the fact that they afford 10 conduct II at lower
prices and expediousy than il yet been
conveyed be conveyed by such bottoms
ahoat The Ferry lin. rival because there
Is no either the English seaboard
board in all respects adapted to 1t but Milford Haven and
the Chesapeake bay depth Of 2s feet tho least that
is required and only 23 can be had up 10 New York
The Immense of the proposed Ferry Line s
calculated 10 bewilder mems minds who eminent
utltarans Let inquire for their instruction wheh
the has kept up with the land in improvements
for transportation and whether Bcieace after having At
tained what considered perfection the latter
should naturally It's attention TO the former
The locomotive may draw l5o tons weight rail NJ
the of IL miles per honrwe will say from Gordons
willie TO Richmond of six horses would draw
twenty years age than ton the rate Of three
miles per hour between those places Now 5ooton ss
ing ship that time stood in relation of magnitude
to the wagon-cart than the evathan steamship does
this moment to the locomotive and Let those who
doubt it make the calculation Ocean facilities have there
fore become necessity and science would be fsthess
its trust false ITSELF if it not to provide them IL
shrinks from duty assigned it, and prepared and pre-
pairing astonish and the obstinate in
credulity with its almost marvellous exploits.
The largest seam-engine constructed e in operation
the ironworks of the late Sir John Guest Merthyr
Tidvil in South Wales about 100 miles from Milford
Haven This engine has sufficient power to blow eight
furnaces which out about l5o tons Of pig metal
daily. 1t approaches nearly 10 the of Archimedes
any machine constructed, and when in
ton by those who behold it for the fret time impress
sion created in the midst of the experienced
that it is in reality moving the earth Is strength and
proportions and performances but in simple
pondence with the wants for the ocean, which Brunei
| and his coadjutors endeavoring to supply.
iB asked and again, how long will il tkks
to load such vessel the Great Eastern We answer
from the subject upon which rely,
not than three days-perhaps not two. At Cardiff
the Bristol channel coal shipped at the rate Of
hundred and fifty tons per hour Thus with twelve trans
for each compartment the Great Eastern could receive
eighteen hundred tons per hour.
Cunard who has been cminently succsssul with steam
the ocean building Glasgow vessel Of the
largest size that the win admit of entering the port
Of New York. She Is be a5o feet long, and
straced insure the utmost speed asinabe for her
size 1t calculated that she will In something
less than nine days Cunard commenced with steamers
the length Of the Persia but be has ascertaned
that strength and size have enabled him diminish the
time first required for passage nearly onehan No prsc
tcsl mind longer indulges fears that long ships win
break in pieces on a wave.
Let us in view of all that wonderfully transpring
get rapidly with railroads. in order that may be
early prepared profit by the natural advantages Law
ishy bestowed upon The great lsndlocked bay water
in front and the mineral tesminR mountain va
eys at back designed confer peculiar benefits
upon ourstlves the entire South and the uniou. Let
be true to apparent destiny in leaving efforts
tried TO turn them to valuable account.
We will conclude this number with the following state
OF the railroad receipts in Great Britain during
cent week Wild many OF the railway schemes
considered in England which subsequently,
mated there nobody who believes that there
line too long or rail many in operation What hns
transpired in England viii under good management Srans
pire in Virginia:
SThe traffic receipts or tls week fs54,4ss 1871
This has been acquired on s,l4G9 niles, and -
equal f55 u "A per mile Tie revenue for the cores
ponding week last year EEiaT7s on 793s miles, ana
gave average Of f52 Is 9s per mile The increase In
favor Of the present the extent of E3 Ut pr
mile The aggregate income from the hrst week In July
R fT eO4 the number Of miles open being Bl463 the
average il f974 u per mile Ia the corresponding period
last year the income 1854 miles ws f7,4sss0s
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