Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-30

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o New ork. q cents. 10 Liverpool So eerts.
From Davenport VIA Wisconsin improvement,
o new York, - ele CENTS to Liverpool 80 2-lo.
From Davenport, via Central Wster line. via
James river ard kanswha, TO New fork, - 5-lo,
o Liverpool. IS 5 10.
IRON Dxvsnpsr.. via Gulf roufs TO New
York. 70 $40 cents, to Liverpool. 81 s-lo.
The ehurRes for transportation BY rsil-
road from Any Of these points, at the rate
II two cents per tun per mile, will exceed
e23, or tI.l5 per hundred, and 60 cents
per busbsl or more than three fimes as much
- il 10 practicable 10 carry it BY either enc
Of the above described water lines.
Al meeting held sons years. ago Of
Railroad men. representing aeerly Ill the
fsilroad interests u ths Dated States. II
resolved, that this was The Lowest rate ct
~hch railroads esuld - osoetrnctsd and
operated FOR the carrying 81 pFeducs and
the average ra,ss actually charged are high
er. Fer the esa0op0r asien OF coal on easy |
grades. AMI whsa - considerable surplus |
81 rolling stock nesd 70 b kept en- hand
and Whsn each trais gee With foil freight,
III. shsfsss mar b made y pay II . lower
rate.
1t IL not sxsravsgsna 10 say, that more
than half the cost Of transportation viii bs
saved by the construction Of these water
lines Of Communication. And this in one
year r,H be more Than four times the total
cost Of completing each and trery one Of
them.
IT. will be seen, from the foregoing tabu-
lar statement, that when the water lines
are oil open the difference in cost frsm this
point by either enc Of thc.fou routes Ia 80
small ~ scarcely TO BE- an objsct-Ths diff
ference, however, being slightly in favor
Of the one starting near this point and ex.
tending through Illinois 70 Chicago. OF
course TO those on the line in Illinois, the
difference will be greater. Fre0 Dubuque
and up, the Wisconsin route will be the
/ cheapest. From about Muscatins TO point
/ below Caire, the Central liss will: and
from Memphis and below the Gulf route.
Between each one Of these routes. there
will BE- margin Of rich country extending
through the States Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Iowa. to be competed for BY rival routes
which competirion will compel facilities to
| b furnished and transportatisn ever each
route while oil are spsn) At the very lev :
sst payisg rates in esder to meet the CON-
| rite Of charge to BE- thus secured, that 10
The object to be obtained.
SThs Central route will have the advan-
tags over any Of the routes connecting
with the Lakes. Of being open for feur
msnths In every year. whom heavy trans
portatioa 10 moot wanted, while the others
are closed, either in their outlet - the
iskss or from them.
The increase Of charges Of transporta
ton on beth the Lakes and the Erie Cana
in the months Of October and November,
when there 10 the greatest amount of freight
going forward and the navigation dra~ing
towards its close, hes, for years past, been
more than double the usual charges in the
earlier part Of tee season. The making Of
either CT both the Communications bstw cen
the Mississippi and Lake Michigan will
have . tsadsrcy 10 increase this evil; but
IN increase Of enc or two cents per bushel
will turn the scale in favor Of the Central
line. even from the country naturally trib-
utary 10 the others, aud thus conpel low
charges throughout tho ssason.
In time between the three routes, ether
than the Gulf route, there will be but little
difference; but each one of the other three
will have considerably the advantage cver
the Gulf route in that respect.
Over the Gulf route, tho Central route
through Virginia will lave not only the
advantage in time, bat also in avoiding the
heavy rates oil insurance, costly wharfage,
and Instructions at the mouth Of the Mis-
sIsspri; it will also have the great advan
age of . climate more friendly TO the trans
portatisn of Northern products.
II will At all times be the shortest, cheap
, est and best route for q large territory, cx
Guiding Cor a considerable distance on botk
sides Of the Ohio, and across through Mis-
souri, and Iowa and including Kansas ant
Nebraska. binds the advantage o: an oper
line for tho country lying aleng the Who'll,
line north Of It, whom the more Northerr
lines are elosed. II passes wholly from
West to East through the centre Of our owr
country, and is not. therefore, liable TO b,
) interrupted in time Of war, as either Of the
others may be.
Tho Central line has one other advantas,
over all others, the Importance OF whiel
can hardly be overestimated. 1t passe.
through the very heart Of the Great Kama
, wha coal region, which, in its area, th,
number and thickness Of the VEINS, til,
quantity and quality ofthe coal, the facilit,
, tor mining it, and in the chcapness a
which it can be placed ON the line of thu,
! improvement ready for shipment, has III,
advantage over any and all other coal re-
gons in the United States.
From two thirds to thres-fourths Of III,
hsrges which will 90 into the Kanaxh,
river freiehted with produce for an Atlanti,
market, after transferring their cargce
into the canal boats, will be empty ant
wanting return freights; this the coal, tn
salt and the iron Of that isn will furnish
And, in order to have such return frsights
carriers will be willing and able, at Z profit
to bring them back at I've thirds the chars
for forward frsights.
Splint Goa, "a oemiscaDnsl bituminous
coal, free from sulphur, and superior q
the best Yonshsoy heny csal, from Pitts
burg, can - delivered On the route, alonl
the Kanawha, at from e. to $3.50 per ton
while camel eel equal to the very best
English camel, aud more valuable than any
other coal in the United States, can be de
livssod q che sams points at from % TO 81
cents per ten more.
The charge fer trssspestisg it. ~ return
freight In baress. to this city, ct the rate
named. will be 1882 making tho entire
60 - ten ef esal delivered hugs, ahsut
IS, and ranging from that sum up to s. e
81. Paul. And this can BE- done during Il
least three months Of the year, during ihs
) Geld season, whom coal csnnst be trans
ported ever any water line connected with
the lakes. and at much cheaper rate thar
! ever my ether line vhspe oil other votel
csmmunieAtions are open.
WILL IT FAT ~ Az INVESTMENT.
i Az preliminary TO the asking Of any
advance from the Government to complst,
THE Wosk, with . prsspscs Of suecsss, Il Il
conceded that Il must be shown to rsae
enable certainty that the work, when CON
ple.ed' willpay the interest and reduce tn,
principal Of such advance in reasonable
time. Is
Il The capacity cf the canal through vir
ginia, measured by the capacity Of thu
locke. and esvrebosatsd BY the actual oper
atiens Of the Erie Canal, will be to pass q
least one million hre hundred thousand ton
per month
Fromi::hs State Engineers Report OF
Canals, Of the State Of New York, for III,
year 1868. on page AL. the following fact.
appear: The total cost Of the Erie Canal
irsm the commencement up to the 30th Of
September. 1862, including the enlarge
ment, with Improvements and land dam