Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-08
: BONDED CELLAR.

sauDiug out, Tor our railroads have
destroyed ali wsyside inns and enDihi-
iEted ali rival lines Of stages. Or, il you
have a fsw superiiuOus millions aud can
.-l g ge8 charter through the Legisla-
I Iure, y.u mGy put down Bew track by
uir -iae. WEsn we viii either buy you
oul or agree upon common tariff and
! let the people pay tribute to two railroads
instead OF Oug
Seeing then Gov completely we are in
The power VI railway managers, it is in
terestiug 10 learn the actual cost of the
transportation We are compelled 10 ac-
cspr. AT Ehst cost per mile can ton Of
Te.gut be carried gPJn a railway?
LbeTe is q plegalen5 opinion that tine
charges must be prOpOrGeGed 10
the cost Of conssructioo-Fbat when
The cost is heavy Ee charges
must ee prOPOFtioEablsee great. Now,
Jbe English rsilgsgs, Oa which
the greatest amount OF capital per mile
has ueeu expended, are precisely tEuse
on winch the fares are lowest. The Char
Iug Cross Railway, for instance, cost
mIiIon AID u half sterling, or seven mil
lion nye HuGdred tEOusahd dollars il
gold per mile aGa YET passengers are
carried a. Is lover fsis JhHn on some rail-
WAYS that were CONSTRUCTED 9 hun
dredth pant Oi that east. The error srises
from cOuIOuudIng the cost Of the ma
chiueTy by " wulch the passengers are con
vayea win the cost VI the conveyance
ilself-WLea lhe fares exceed the actual
expense iucurred iu conveyance, it be-
comes a mere question Of numbers as to
what isfg> best pay.
4 pound of coEe under q locomotive
boiler viii sVapuFats i've piuJs Of water
iu this evaporation a mechanical force is
developed sufficient 70 draw two tons
weight ou railway, a distance Of one
mile 10 Two minutes The same weight
10 q Stsge-cOach on a common road would
require four horses, sud occupy six min
utes DR. LsTCneF says; To transport
q train with 24D passengers from London
70 Birmingham auu back, 2OO miles each
way. in tlrse hOugs sud q half, is effected
by mechauiga! forge pFoduced by the
com bus lion uf ave tons Of cole, the value
number by age coaches would require
tgeBuy coaches and $50 horses and would
he BeIfurmed 10 twelve hours. The
auOnsiy is, that while the cost is re-
,'uced 10 Irsg than one-tweHJletb, the
fsIes have on ~ average, not been re-
ducsd One-half"
Ia buTsUing this inquiry, regret to be
conpellhJ 90 rely SO much on English
authorities. But the managers Of our
American RAILROADS. seem TO object to our
getting ~ statistics. The President of
principal one confessed before Legisla-
tive committee that they only divided
their EXPENSES in their report 70 The Leg
islature, which was made up arbitrarily,
zs best they could. But in England
their retuFus are more exact.
The following estimates of the English
Board Of Trade are made upon tine prin-
cip.e that the ordinary current expenses
Of the establishment are paid, the rail-
,gsy Kept in state OF efficient repair by
the substitution OF new rails and sieeDers
for old ones, and all other work Of SINH
lar kind which may be necessary, such
as keeping the rolling stock, eBgines,
wagons, carriages, aad tracks in order,
replacing them by nsV ones when neces-
sary All this outlay Is comprised IN
working expenses.
The average expenditure per train per
mile, taking al the railways in the
United Kingdom, has, according to the
reports Of tie Board Of Trade for the
year 1853. been two shiliings and seven
pence, (82 cepts). The different items
which 60 TO form the whole, are from
the data furnished by the companies and
reproduced by the Board Of Trade.
Il is TO be observed that this average
expenditure per train per mile includes
goods, coal and other minetai trains,
conveying two OF three hundred tUns
each, as well As passengers.