, 1869-04-05

Total CIR loads .,.,.,..,,.... 94,s93 ,a3d
The wnter rates 10 Buffalo during the season,
were a. follows tavetaRel: Wheat, u ecnts PEI LOO
ses; corn, 10 $40 cents per 100 Ia; oata Is cent?
per 100 ns. Canal rates from Bufralo arc estimated
1t 8 B1o cents FER 100 Il, making total average
rate from Chicago to New Tork, rtd lakes And
cannl, including cents for insurance, warehouse
commissions and transfer at Ruralo, Of 10 cents
per leo H. 49,. .. -.
think the ahoyc transportation rnaF be az
ranget and carried By raA In three eiasses, 4: t.
q snd - per ton for HiI mouths OF the year, and
during the sukpen1tou Of navigation at =, 80 and
I'll per ton; averaging y per ton throughout the
year THIS applied TO the abore tonnage, would
give gross income Of sls,4aoe ess from this city,
and estimating the we=t, bound fretghts to Pro-
dnce an equal income, We have the gross zmount
OF earnings, Hvm business 10 and from Chicago Of
tso,44o,44s- ....
During the year 1867, there were sss, 3la tons Of
coal brought 70 this CITY ty vcssels- This, to-
getnef 1ith building soone. pig iron md other
coa1se an0 heavy fretghtA naay be brought here BY
1nii, IN full trains, run the interior Of Ohio and
Pennsylyanla, at pro rata per mtlc Of the above
rates, or perhaps at N cents per ton per
mile, which will turn ali Of this tEananor-
tation, from that section Of the co1utEJ,
on to the railroads, IL It appeatB to me, loaln9
the return t1aina at Eruunerattse rites The in
crcnsIng consumption Of coal in this city Is 100 eoC
tans annually. Thus 1t viii be seen that full trains
carrying MI Of the products aoove enumerated, In
the year ending, as ni,oyc stated our road wou1t
have earned, assuming the fact that one-third o.
the business Of the year Was, and would have been
done By our line, Ut pm rata dlvtklons, a37, Sic
to th1s add locAl receipts, Il, 6sa i, which give.
us total Of s1s the gross freight earning
for that year. II the entire lake trade, as aeoTe
ahoxu, with an equal amount Of tunnago west
bound, had been carried BY rail-, our fuu propos
I'm SISx%
mile earning 51-0s per mile pcs train moro thai
the earnings per mile per traln Of freight durint
the fear 1861 II wc deduct II cent?
per mile ~ the cost Of Transporting
1his additional tonnage In tho same nan!
TINT wcrt run, VIC show net increase OF esrn'
tnSB rcI tI1in per mile Of - cent?. making tosa
net additional Income for the year Of z1.159 6o2 ~
To successfully work railroad Eherc the ton
mage is vefJ large, It should be provided with I
double trnck for freight trans and ano her for pas
seuSrr ttalnE, and the freight should he worked Il
nslow rate Of fpeed-sav siI or eight miles a.
hour with engines especially a'aptett to Fuet
greed. Cnder an Organization OF this kind Nngls
line between Chicago and New York would tEan'
roH more than I've times the E;iiiEnaIl and TAX
tonnage for the year under consideration III
trains can be safely worked within nItecu minute
Of each other, giving ninety -stx trains day tsot
Chicago nj $40 sons each for SIC tlnys tn the yea
total A64aoO0 ton1- This tsal!lc At - Per ton, o
tho ayesnFe, Will amount 10 sss,i Ooo, and csttn
ming xestbound receipts the s,ms, we have
total income, from . single line, OF slsa, SO, 90
OF which cur company would be entitled to So
61o,4eo TO economically transport this immen'
tonnage 81, ,ooo freight ca1s, 1t Il speed Of c!Et
miles the hour, and $1,000, ut Six niles thc hoo
and 1000 locomotive euzncA would be 1equircs
The receipts per train per NILE would average
from u!cago to New York rio Pittsburgh The
items Of tonnage and earnings multiplied oJ fou
tho nuu:tel Of railroad lines from this city to Ne
Yort, Ia.!adt,rhia and baltimore, give an 2Ggr
gate Of n, 900 Tons, counting both cast NJ
west tonnage, producing An Income annually
s6aa, ,0so, coo All this mention to shoF thai ra
Tuad llnes may be worked, wheTt the tounaSe
large, 10 as 10 entirely supcEEcdt water carT.a;
wht0 lakes, canals and nvers must be used l.
tween the terninI Of long route; ard that Il
capacity OF single line Of railway Is equal, II n
superior, TO that Of nvc canals IN this latitude,
the speed Of the trains would be three umes th
Of canal. boat movement during the scason of m
trns1op. With the nre month"; winter tmnASc
favor OF the all-rRi1 Inca
Reepeetfully submitted bg yours truly.
J. u. AoORl,
Comm cryiaI pc4 General Agent