Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-01-25
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10 as Editor Of Gss oomszezcial. -TFF
Your correspondent ssFarnsrs IN your issue
OF thia date, needs Answering upon oDs point Al
least, which, with yOzF permission. will at
tampsto do. He AAks '.whsthsE it Nonld nos look
more reasonable II the great majority OF those
asking for repeal of UsurT laws were borrow
eE instead OF money lenders and brokers l
monex lepdezs in this county are opposed to
the reTsf, - by the vefy stringent lAU ue have,
the risk being 20 great, they can ssk, OF Tsaher
demand. beavisr interest, becauss OF the rsk-
have yeE to hsAr Of the frst money lender
and We have many IN our neighborhood,) in
favor Of the rsDeAl and hear many Who are
borrowers Eishing its modification. at leSst, 50
that The money which nov leaves this State,
for better rates than Per cent, can be invss-
ted 81 h0ms- Reliable authority estimates the
amount sent for investment 20 PhilAdelPhiA.
GRElRg the Fssch season just paessd On soeeunf
Of our present Usury Lave, At s50.0oO, from
town Of about l200 Inhabitants One party
who sent Sl5.0Q1. told the writer a. that money
xAs worth what Il sonid bring, and sent Il 70
PiilEdelphiA, simply because he dared NOT max
the penalty Of our laws.
We mnsi fsos the fact, that money is like
mereh andise, suhiect to the same laws OF sup
ply and demand, and We think Farmer
would send his corn and oats to other mar
ksts II our State, by laws, compelled hiEa 10
dispose OF 1t far belOw other mArketa. One
other point and am done Mi1dle-mea are in
nv opinion the lifs OF trade. They encourage
competition, and safes, and do for the producer
that which be cannot do in nine cases out OF
ten for hlnaseh. Producing is one art; selling
another. Each has its skill each is dependent
upon the other. II 1t were not for the middle
men fear the Peach Trade, which lie our only
salvation, here, would not pay our taxes
Is not the text Of the UsuT! Law, 90 stringent
that under strict reading Of 1t. those who IN
vest In Government seven and thFee-tenths per
cent, bonds, liable to its penalties
81. GEoR6Es HUSDRKD.
January q. ls7s.
THE ADEAsIASE OF NARROW eAuGK RAILEArs-
THEIB PoISTs OF EooSONT.
To ne Efttor Of ne Commercial;
Among your Letters from the People" in
last evenings COMMERCIAL, You presented over
the nom-de-plume Of Kent some leading
questions on the narrow gauge subject.
While would not be guilty Of trespAssing on
| your own good nature with multitude of facts
| and figures and while / feel quite sure you
would treat an Intelligent reading public no lees
courteously; cannot refrain from suggesting 8
thought or two which may serve 70 develop the
idea in the mind OF your correspondent, that
after all there may be SorRs lsitss sdring il =
narrow gauge railway.
He Is quite night in his suppoaition, that there
| must be TWO rails to DArroW gauge railway
tthat Is. TO one Of any gauge greater than zero
i but he should bear IN mind, that the tlno rails
for the narrow gauge weigh only Az much Sc one
| OF the broad gauge rails. Hence, 20 far IS the
rails alone are concerned, q marrow gauge double
/ track, can be laid st exactly the same expense
az = broad gauge sJsgk tr rick.
whether any saving can be effected in cutting
| rOck-tunnels, can beet be inferred from cousid-
Grafton Of the dimensions Of the largest car sec
| tons. In round numbers, the largest cars on
| tine broad gauge, measure ten feet In width by
/ fourteen feet in height giving a minimum sec
| tisn Of $50 square feet, while the same on the
narroE gauge, measure seven feet by eleven
| feet, giving q section OF u square fest. Fear
| ing, however, that this difference may seem
trhing in amount let uA pass on 70 another
| point
In designing wooden bridges for broad gauge
| railways, It is customary to proportion the
| strength OF the chords, rods, braces, and coun-
terbrAces for load OF 4 tons per foot Of length
| figures which contemplate the possibility Of the
| bridge. at sometime, being loaded with contln-
Gus line Of locomotives
The weight OF such line OF narrow gauge 10
comouyes. (propouioned according TO present
pratice) together with that Of the structure
could not exceed Of ton per foot Of length.
| What Engineer would have the hardihOod V
| erect structure capable Of safely carrying i
| tons per line on foot. when the maximum loaC
It could possibly be called upon to bear would
never exceed One-ldtf that AmOunti
And 60 on, for other parts Of the roadway and
plant.
With regard to the subject Of weight Of roll
ing stock. II We grant, tfor sake Of argument
| that there II no saving IN weight, Ask. nigh
| there not pos=ibly be saving III the points jus
| mentioned that would make the economy worth
n careful confederation The reverse, however
s true. and the reduced weight Of the rollinl
-tOck, by iiH le-s heavy drains upon the motly
power. all- it leclled economy to that Of thu
roadway and plant.
With these few hints. l beg leave to expires
the hope hat at no diztaut:lsy it will be a. cleA
70 the mind Of Kent that narrow gauge road
zEe necessity In zparsely settled districts, as
- 10 that u EsuIsEEE.
WEXIsGTos, Jan. 2j.