The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-09
VOL. XLVI.

II 1nauSufaieu WITHOUT ue'as. J" a..
once to clasp hands with you, ana from tns
embrace see our population douoi'hg any
trebling, and with all the power that great,
wealthy, and commanding cities give. and
cemented by connecting bond that VIII
make the hearts Of the two great cities, haV-
ing a common interest, to beat as one.
In continuation of his letter Colonel
CABEIL states fact which VIC had not be-
fore heard: that prominent official Of the
Northwestern Oranges had written letter
Of inquiry asking if the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad could be leased so as to be run
IN the interest of the producing classes.
The Colonel infers That it is proof of the great
advantages Of this road that it has attracted
the notice Of the powerful Oranges.
The Colonel states, as an advantage OF Tue
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad to the western
nroducer that for great part OF lis line
through the Virginias the local freight upon
j, will be always light, thus giving IL greater
mower TO transport through freight. 10
show how heavy local freights cripple tInes
for through business, the Colonel states that
the business for the year III on the ba'i'
more and Ohio railroad reached the enor-
nous amount of 2,226, 135 tons, and yet It's
through business under an increase OF gene
raj transportation the year following only
amounted to 557 600 tons. The New York
Central reports an annual business OF $685.
96j tons the Erie, 5,564,2I4 tons, and the
PENNSYLVANIA Central 7,s44,779 tons. Inc
Colonel thinks that the through business on
these lines bears no greater proportloh 10
the aggregate than in the case OF the baltl'
more and Ohio railroad, the local trelshts
Of all being immense. Therefore, he con-
tends ,ba; the Chesapeake and ONO ral'roaa
will be comparatively much more uselul 10
the West in through transportation.
He deyotcs a considerable space to the eX-
PLANTATION of the power Of towage by steam
tucs. They carry no freight save their tuei,
are worked by few hands, and dprope hea'y
fleet of lighters. On the Hudson one VIII
tow from forty to fifty canal-boats eacn ot
two hundred and twenty-five to two bum
dred and forty tons-equal to thirty or forty
loaded freight trains on the Hudson River
railroad. On tue Mississippi tug takes ten
baroes of six hundred tons each-equal TO
six thousand tons. A tug and enough
barees to carry six thousand tons cost SIO,-
600. whereas q steamboat which carries one
thousand five hundred tons costs Sloo,oVo.
The daily running expenses OF the former Is
5000 against 81 900 for the latter. The in
surance must be lighter for the tug and its
boats: for in case of fire they may be sepa-
rated. while if the steamer takes fire it is
likely to be lost with all its cargo. So OF
| being wrecked by sawyers, &c. The tugs
fleet cannot be all lost, while the steamer
| goes down rs whole.
After discussing this point of very great
importance to show how towing may be en-
! nloycd in the trade between the Mississippi
and the present terminus Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad. at Huntington, Colonel
CABELL disayows any disposition to dis
| parage the advantages of the great outlet by
the Mississippi, which cannot be deprecated
and which is invaluable. Indeed, he states
but 4 truth when he says that that outlet
and all others existing and projected will not
be equal to the great labor Of transporting
the commerce between the Atlantic and the
West. But lie impreSScS the central route
mon the favor Of the West as one they
should earnestly support for its advantages
of climate, cheapness, directness, and eXpe"
dition. saving insurance and interest and
| avoiding climatic injury and delay.
The valuable essay concludes with'an ex-
| tract from paper presented to the New
York Board OF Trade, designed to urge Con-
yrcss to measures for the cheapenng and ia
ciltation of transportation between the East
and the West. This paper, as an argument
with ConsreSs, makes the following sur.
prising statements
"Resolred, That the Chamber of Com.
merce Of the State Of New York is gratitied
| to learn that the recent and careful eXamina-
L.tion OF the census of the agricultural pro-
| ducts of the different portions of the United
States in the years 1910. 1850, 1860, and 1870
| has resulted in showing the following facts,
| which are respectfully commended to the
| earnest attention OF the commercial and agri-
| cultural classes Of the country:
"1. That the total products Of cereals
| consisting of wheat, Indian corn, oats, rye,
| buckwheat, and barley in all the States and
| Territories of the United States amounted
in the year 1910 to G15,535, ,077 bushels, in
| 1850 TO SG7,454,032 bushels, in 1850 to 1885,
| lSS, ,g47 bushels, and in 1870 to 1857 ,230, 600
| bushels. The aggregate cereal product of
all the nations of Europe in 1868, with
total population of 296, ,12S,293, was reported
to the international Statistical Congress, at
| the Hague, in 1869 to be 4,754, ,516,6 ,604 BUSH
els, being l6 bushels to the head. The pro-
duct in the United States in 1870, of 1856
23O,O96 bushels, with a population OF 3S,-
| 55S, 81, was 80 bushels to the head.
"2. That the cereal products of the inte.
rior States north of the Ohio river, embra-
cling the present States Of Ohio, Indiana,
| Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin,, Minnesota,
| 10 wa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, were
in the year 1910, 1G6 1904. POI bushels; in 1850,
3ll ,5s1 ,066 bushels in 1850, 577, ,255,1 10
| bushels, and in 1870, 81, ,055,564 bushels.
"3. Estimating these cereals at 60 pounds
ayoirdupois per bushcl for wheat, 56 for In
dim corn, aud 32 for oats, with the customary
| rates for the minor grains (rye, buckwheat,
and barley, the total weight Of the S12 ,05S,-
364 bushels was A., ,302, 1892 ,904 pounds, or in
round numbers 2l,000,00O Of tons of 1900
| mounds, slightly exceeding DO bushels to
| ton. If II 100000 of tons were reserved
(which is an extravagant allowance) to feed
| the population and animals OF the interior
States there would remain for other pur-
poses 100000 tons, nearly all Of which,
with ADEQUATE channels furnishing cheap and
r.nid tronsnortation would be exported