Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-09


Friday Morning.. ..-.-....--.Msreh Q. 1850
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Ran Head Iron ana Raa kond Aeeidsufs
The fresusaey Of sssidsass u our tailrcad
re-alsiag fsoa the sreaking Of rails. axlsr, and
wheels--all ef which may be traced to the inferior
sva that s< a-ssries OF years re have been i'm.
por.;as sr.m abroad; iron that is deemel unit for
ne in aelsaA and i. oaly .-nt here because VIC
- Sly enesgh y buy il, snd for the further rea
ssMsk 1shsprssens advaiurem system ofinposts sti
4 - infrodusfica Of an article upon which
- - l. csuparatirsiy lights beginning to
il Is considerable as,ensica IN the Western
roads espesially. hare hess accidents been sstea.
ed wit; ssrsoss rssais satAia the loss Of kfe and
in heavy sossse II. corporations sustaining them.
with such hcss ia view, says the Philadelphia
Eaesirsr. tits importan, to consider il something
cAnaos be done ~ save The public and corpora
siess frem these frequent sesssli.ie> IN our
opinion, II 10 necessary TO use the best irn -
safeguard. Iaferior irsa has been sent from Eng
lAna ,oshis country, and cur corporations have
been betrayed int using il, as matter Of econa-
say, when 10 fac,it !. the dearest AZ lhe ead.-
The ordiss-y csrrsst priee Of weleh rails is from
forty six TO fftytwe dollars ton. while Ameri-
can rails manufactured from pure Msg~etio or
goed hema,ic ores. can be purchased here for from
ffyy-fwo % sixty dollars q tea. Our American
rails cost more money. bat they are cheaper
They viii Usually wear twioe a. long a. such
rails as re are receiving from the English iron
Il f-.s; II Ia al far 80
every way TO nay seventy dollars ton for Amer
can rails than to use the weak and inferior ones
which arc exported from abroad as good enough
for market that pays for Them 10 very doubtful
bonds
We view this so9iee, Ia lependently Of all The
considerations which may he urged By those who
claim that W. saeald surport osr own enterprises,
resources. ani industry. AL that VIC need 10 to
apply simple rue that wise men always act
upon in making purchases, % buy the best article
because in the long ran it will I've found cheaper
than tisai as.U... a. less cost. Some expert
meats have rceeatly been made to discover the
relative strength Of ordinary east iron made by
mixture efeommon pig iron Of ordinary grade
with Scotch pig. and bean., cast from the same
patterns, male exclusively # American iron -
The result showed tina, THE latter kind gave an
iarease il strength TO the beams Of over eighty
per ccntum above those made ftom the former
citedndmixture. The French Government has
recently decided by tests that the tensile strength
of Frankliuise frrn, this countryis grcater than
that Of the bsst Swedish iron. hitherto deemed the
best and struneest In tho world
1t is to be regretted that English capitalists
should be the 6rst In tine field to prove to US tho
vaGe of American iron; but it IL so. They arc
now taking American pig iron from Ills country
on account e. its streng h and durability. and il
cur corpora,pn- would NC; with equal wisdom and
make their machinery and rails from the
bast combinations If American iron, the public
wonidbe startled by fewer rec ,rds of caastrophes
AMI railroads would have fewer damages to &C.
count For and settle.
Could there. we ask, be more extraordinary
example of fituity than Is evincei by us ia this
matter? Wild, the Boctpurt iron. the best in tho
woraislying nj our very dpor.. the rails that are
laid o. Is 1t, and they Of inferior quality, were
brought from Europe! And We are even now sen
ding our pig iron abroad, and, it not paying the
transportation upon it two ways, and the duty
sureraddel. are exchanging it for an article in
compirab!y inferior to it. At the same time,
VIC are i'e.ag the benefit of the Labor that would
muald itf, for use What country but this could
survive sts'' policy