The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07
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rer,uneyat;ve hut In recard to The
roads penefrat;nu the mineral regions
of Xlabaml,a. i can spcak with posi-
five Certainty and from ,persopal OBJ
serratione Tbe object of raiIroads Is
TO create new values. to make wealth.
The northern counties of Aiabarns
contain enough coal and iron. which
ara now worthless. for uanf of means
Of TRANSFORMATION r, nav "a twehtv
vears 'fbc bu;hf;tx ~ al fhe nro.
;ected roads in AJaLama<s Tt ne learn
from other StatrsE an PecnsvIvania
4 i'm 1871 The an,hunts az coal senti ia
marirf xras 'os,Sv 1yifS,s67 TONS ! in
! 1850 tba.cosl ,,roan1i 81 Psn,tstf vaniu
Was 500n61 torsr AZ aph;cE about
~ ae0 IN, wss transnorf1d lbr rail
In IsSn Penney I've "a f,af ir0ip -
only 500 miles Of rpaiIwayi:3nI 1850
sha md in oneration 55f mixes,
hn;,t nr;nc,naIlu To Sicvelotg her
coal and irnf, interest Iythikk am
safe in saving that Ajabamo has mere
and better iron chan. Penf,syIyauia.
and her coaI fields are eanel,i rs esxtant
and contain. as mpchs coal as theselof
Pennsvlvania. ChedD coal and ,cAeup
| from G-e essenf;ol to fhe uerponent
,,rosne,.;t,,, M NM, nonnfru IIa
The foIiow;nS erfrscf from n 4 recent
letter of Col 7HuIbert. of Georgia.
states this So clearly thai take The
liberty of him f1Ifp
"Tbe c,sl nroanct ot Grcat Rritain
| Z; e abonA Ino IA I'm TONS mar annnm
and, ber iron nrodnct ahont 4 750 OO0
tons or one. half the total iron .pro-
dnct of tbe world. and wbife the ay-
erage nuant;tv Of iron used ner head
thronohout The. ,rorld,is DO hounds.
tho aTaraga .,sed mar head in Great
Rr;tain.is '1S9 ponnds. The greatest
iron and coal producing and consnm-
ing country is the most powerful of
the nations of the earth, though but
little more than specE .onits surface.
GAS q coal scam five feet thick,
land the aggregate of the, several
seams in coal field exceeds that
many fold--in Pennsylvania, in some
| instances, 12-fold,1 gives 8, 600 tons
per acre /: and as It is estimated that
! IL tons coal produces a power equal
| to the labor of an able-bodied man
one wear, it will be perceived how
immensely valuable even small coal
field is. ifaappIied to the production
of mechanical power. Great Britain,
it is estimated. EMPLOYS j ZOO, 600
tons of her coal in the production of
| mechanical power. which represents
the labor of 1900, 900 able-bod!ed Ia
borers; and it is computed tllat.i its
application to machinery LAS in cotton
spinning, where a l2-year Old girl
can tend 200 spindfes-equivalent to
that number Of spinning wheelse ut
performs the labor Of nearly 100000.
900 operatiyes.D Z > 4 z. Z n
As an Illustration of the value of the
| coal fieldsof. Alabama and of the ne
| cessity of penetrating them by. rail-
roads. ne matter what the cost, NAV
| be. let me mention the fact that whilst
YOU in Montgomery have been paying
SIS Der ton for coal, they are getting
| it in Atlanta from. the mines near
Chattanooga, at So 30 per ton. The
rolling mills and foundries of Atlanta
| consume fifty tons of coal per day;
one ton of coal is said to be equal to
three cords of wood for heating pro-
/ perties. an the saving to Atlanta IN
the use of coal for domestic purposes
is estimated at 100000 per annum.
This does not include the coal con-
sumed by the rolling mills, foundries.
&c.
| Iron and coal are making Atlanta d
great CITY. Montgomery would save
by the construction of railroads
through the mineral regions Of Ala
bama. with her present population, by
the reduced price of fuel. more than
100000 per arinnm? What it will
be i'm the future / am unable even to
conjecture, so great viii. be the amount.
Coal can be placed in Montgomery,
when the Alabama and Chattanooga,
the North and south. and the Elyton
and Aberdeen roads are built, at "A
per ton.,iS can besdelivered at the
mines along the lines of these roads
at from 81 30 to So per ton: I can on
Nv Judge of the cost of transportation
on railroads by- ,giying-a letter written
by the Hon. A. s. Colyar. of Nashville,
on this subject a q
N.sur r,,r IN 1900
w S Asnr FL u'!' o0' Aoo
H. g.. r. Sao 40, : ssoId
horo o. mho,asola ~ s;rtoo u non ~ fnr
u,. az 1880 TS r. = ~ .hn rhoIol
saio IA thoSa nor,;as rUoT,d ,nafo |,
s sno n nrn ~, ~ .h a. owsn IN saIi;n +"
S hn, p On. "a, 'n"'' Wv N - S'"e
i"r q ohnut e. h,,auod ,n;,os &c
tha m Il D s,.om be,p Tn,nn or screen ~
o o coal con r. cold At the MINIS fer
oi,o No" tt;rtoou .nS holt cantS ond
noous M .e.i' aIG sa.t - IT,, "n
.ae sinai oo' ohort - 800 ooats ,nss
t a,at e. 49," cs Nv ItcnSte
via. :. ~ go 1900 n;t ho.c ~
us 'en uoi hnd ia 'a "a fftv husLois
say WV LUZ sa,o h.E.,s VS.
elgh.y poaras e. fs ~ DI h;rhor . Eo
SCI out H. vUai hnro ;mcIuS;nm fbe frs;oht
n,iaei ..:n h., nv .so No o,,o son
'i,a. - -, u -, We To- %,';u on 20 III
tlilct ior al ,ns cya. M aoo oi.nS ~ nd
pN'Ie, any, n,a' III Nv a. - '"o y
i !iahinS .nne ,,au: W. pu. M eo |"
WY " 'pIt Nv. .,n sr = 81, .n
! ons;do,.;ng Tho obnndanca and
chsanness Of coal lin a the y northern
counties. and taking the rates men.
toned by Col. Colyar as basis, it
NAV be confidently asserted, thai
when the railroads are completed,
Mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Pehsa-
cola and Brunswick will be supplied
from the coal fields of Alabama
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