Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-16

Sh, wing the expenses to have OK
ccedcd the revenues by the sum Of SlO,4l4 81
Tho reduction in the revenue Of the pastmonth
Ms compared with corresponding period oil 1877
was. VIZ:
Revenue for March, lS72................ SlG,7l6 90
1873 5,lO5 Al
Decrease. ,...................... sll,GIO So
The decrease in the expenses was viz:
Expenses for March, 1872 werc.... 1850 IS
:" -" 1873, " ..~. 1888 "a
Showing the decrease in expenses to
Observation-Disclosures. o., zoo 81
The interruption TO our trade and diminutlOn
in receipts arc mainly attributable to the refusal
of the bnAinc to carry freight 1T tho Rates OF
1872, viz: To Georgetown Sl.35, and to AleXan-
drln 81 40 per ton. They demanded an increase
Of u cents per ton which WIS refused by the
coitt companies The difficulty was adjusted on
the Both by giving an advance of . cents per
ton and the shipments of coal have been active
since the first day Of April, and there is every
rc!son t. expect largely increased tradc dur
ing the present season, the entire line of canal
berg in good condition t., meet tue demands OF
the trade.
Notwithstanding the decrease in the
past month the receipts in tho
treasury from June |, 1872, TO
March 81 1873 show an increase
period Of Isl and 1877, of........., Sl2,3oi 81
To which add the decrease III cX-
pti.Srs Tor i,y Of officers, oper#t-
ing and maintaining the canil...... 1899 70
Making the net increase balance. sd, G@l 63
Aprii WIS $50, os5 SO
pcrl:c. for March 1888 81
Balance. $:23 Al 80
The accrued revenue for the first fourteen
days of the present month exceeds 50 ,UO
Tits, together with the estimated tolls for bal
uncc Of April, will leave sufficient in the trcasu.
~ Oh May 1T t, pay coupon on the preferred
construction bond due January, 1857.
l therefore respectfully recommend that a
sutt lent sum be appropriated TO pay one cou,
pom and that notice b" given that it will lie paid
on and after Nay |. Respectfully,
President c. s. o. Canal Go.
\ large amount of routine business was
transacted, and, agrecably to the recommenda
lou Of the president, the sum of $50 9S5 was
appropriated TO pay the January, 1857, coupons
on the preferred construction bonds, the pay
mcnts to be made at the Office of Messrs. Alex.
Brown l. Sons, in Baltimore, on and after the
LIST Of May The sum of 81 900 was also ap-
prnpriatcd, upon the communication OF the
president, for the purchase Of steam pump
for the Cumberland division. The board then
adjourned, to meet in Annapolis on the 18th
OF May.
Production OF WHEAT IN TIE I. S.-The
culture of wheat, by far the most important OF
our bread crops, is q subject OF universal inter
est. The principal production Of wheat 10 the
early days Of the country was from the alluvlal
lands along the Connecticut, Hudson, Della
ware, and Su~quehauna rivers and their trlbu-
tarcs. Then Oslo Michigan, aud Indiana be-
came in their turn the great wheat-producing
States, ard as the wheat culture there declined
10 Importance it increased IN districts further
wlst. The Chicago Tribune, in an article re-
viewing the progress OF wheat culture 10 this
country, shows that the line of supply is still
moving steadily westward. During the period
embraced between the years 1865 and 1872
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
and Missouri, although growing Immensely 10
population and in general productivcuess, fell
off in their relative yield Of wheat, while Min
ncsota increased its productiveness from
3,0UO,000 to 100000 bushels, Iowa from
l3,7oO,O00 to ~, 900, Kansas from 200,OOO
TO 2,OOO0OU, and Nebraska from 1861 to
2 500, 900. And still the boundaries of the
wheat region are extending toward the West.
that section east of the Rocky Mountains which
can be utilized by irrigation. Should the ex-
pertinent OF art.sian wells succeed generally as
it has in a few cases along the line of the Union
Pacific railway the entire GOO or 100 miles be-
tween the Missouri river and the Rocky Noun
tains-oncc called in all our school biographies
the Great American Desert-may 10 the next
half-ccntury become one vast whcat-tcld.
Northern Minnesota and the central sections
along the line of the Northern Pacific railway
will produce the finest wheat in abundance.
Manitoba gives excellent promise as wheat
producing region while in the Saskatchewan
valley, extending from Lake Winnipeg to the
Rocky Mountains, aud the country directly
cast of the mountains as far south as New
Mexico there is au area suitable for the pro-
duction of wheat which bids fair to afford an
ample supply of this great staple for centuries
to come.
\ VETERAN LEGIsLATOR.-Th Winchester
N.ws has kind word for the returned lcgisla-
tors from its cnuntv Saws the News.