Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-01-31
LIME FOR nELAwAnE FARMERS.


GAINESVILLE. PENNA., .laiL u.
Etiitor II he CommcrciW =
notice in your paper of the 18th that
~pine Of the Delaware farmers seem to he M
easy about the future supply Of lime for the
Peninsula. We of Coaireyillr think we can
supply the cnlire want of The State Of Drll-
ware from Our own uuaiiics. hui our neigh
hors at Springfield, | | miles above Us say.
That when the Wilmington and Reading
Railroad is completed they will be onr com
rr,i0rs for the market. Lime can now he
purchased at the kilns at tuatesvillc for ~
cents per hushel and AT Springti ED il can he
bought for | cents. Were the new railroad
il operation 1t would cost but three cents I .
transport II hushcl Of lime from Coatcsville
TO Wilmington aud four cents from Spring
field. and at that time too the cost of burning
will be reduced from one to two cents bush
81 by The decrease in price Of coal
The lines Of Springfield are more easily
quariied and burn with much less fuel than
those Of Coatcsyillc, while in turn thos, OF
Gainesville burn with less fuel than the hard
cr primitive on crystalline stones Of the more
Southern lime stone regions.
Upon the subject of lime however, your
Delaware farmers need feel no sort Of uncnsi-
ness as they will get I'm abundance of cheap
lime from all the different localities SO soon
us the railroad is opened.
Following up the Valley of the Brandy
Wine we cross the first or Toughkcnaindn
lime stone region near Cmdds Ford. and
find II underlying the surface along the line
OF the Baltimore Central Railroad. almost all
the way from there To Fairvile. but like
most OF the lime stones in this first region il
lies below the water level and is more eX-
pensive to quarry than those Of the second.
third, and fourth regions crossed ly the W.
~ II. X. X.
The second or Doe Run region is first
touched at the Poor House, - miles from
Wilmington Here there Isl very fine quarry
with II breast forty feet high above the water
level. Our road follows through this region
Til We come within mile Of Doe Run: 1T
Embreeville We cut through hlulTofihe blue
stones ofthis region that is so highly esteem
eel Tor agricultural purposes. on account OF
It's prompt action. It's effects upon vtgeta-
tion may bc seen in from four to six weeks
after it has been applied 10 the land.
NJ Gainesville we cross the third or Great
Valley region where The supply is mex
haustablc.
Before reaching the Wnynesburg Railroad
we cross the fourth or Waynesburg region :
this Is fine limestone but like that in the
illst or Ioughkcnamon region, much Of il
must be goi from below the water level. At
Springfield we touch the Eastern end of the
nth or Great Concstoga region which affords
, a greater deposit of limestone than any OF
the vallies above named Some OF its veins
are quarricd AT less cost and burn with less
fuel than any Of the stones crossed by our
road. and are especially valued as agricutur-
al lime. This lime, were our road in opera
lion, would now be delivered nj Wilmington
for fifteen cents per bushcl, and with coal
cleapcned as il will be by the new railroad.
Concstoga Valley will send lime to Whining
ton at from IL to II cents
Yours, Nc. Laurel.