Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-09-10

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Correspondence Of the Commercially fI
.. .. BALTIMORE, Nd, August, 1874.
We left Wilmington at 10. =. M, on the 14th
en- route for the Far West, thus explicitly follow.
ing tho advice of . worthy and lamentsd late
candidate for the Presidency. D. 17u-lp.
LOur correspondent here describes his tlip
from Wilmington to Baltimore, which portion we
are obliged to omit After noticing Patterson
Park 1t the cxtree cast end Of the built-up city.
strolling up Pratt street, was passed by the
Washington and New York train Of railway pas
senger cars, moving across the city by horse and
mule power. Feeling desire to know more
about this
OLD-FAsHIoNED METHOD or TnANsYxR,
l called OH Mr.. Fairbanks, General Transporta-
ton Agent Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad, and
Phils., Wilmington Baltimore Co. for freights
coming from the north oeases when they arc
delivered by them at their depot at President
St. and Canton Avenue, and begins when goods
from the south arc delivered ct the same place.
The track connecting the p. W. d B. with the
y. n y. Il. Il. depot belongs to the latter Com
pany and all the horses used by the two COM
panies belong to the same. Questioning Mr.. +.
still further, he said: sour horses wear ont
very rapidly three years is the average time
horse will continue to be useful to M. We own
some horses that have been on tho road contin-
ually for nine years, and to-day are perfectly
sound and apparently good for = number OF
years more. But again others break down in .
year or two, 90 completely that they are never
good for anything Afterwards IF'
The 3. H. o. Co have in all about 90 horses
and mules in this service. These are divided
into gangs Of from to 8 animals each. They
have q gangs, three of which are called psssen-
ger teams, being used exclusively for hauling
passenger cars. They are all horses and each
team contains8. II other teams are wanted for
passengers work, they are selected from the
freight teams Of mules with lT
il. HORSE ron LrApxR, Nv
a. there are but one or two mules in every hum
dred, that are worth anything for that purpose.
The Northern Central X n Co also use
. large number Of horses aud mules in this local
transportation business their complement Of
animals Is 119, nearly twice that OF the D. 4 o.,
work is more with freight. They use horses on
ly TO lead thoir teams, Of which they have 10.
This Company owns most Of the tracks north Of
Canton Avenue, and east Of Jones's Falls.
asked Mr.. Fairbanks II the tunnel now cut
R.1sa tS1eIsh the 9ity BY the Northern Central and
business Of the old corporation much. His
answer was Hardly at all We offer, now, as
good facilities for running through freights az
the tunnel companies possibly can, and as it is
possible for us to increase our capacity indef-
mtely, We do not fear the competition greatly"
In answer to another question he said "If
the tracks through the city are taken up, it will
only Ahect our local business, 1. e. that done with
tho horses for we can then deliver freight as
nearly central as any other company, while all
through freights and passenger traffic will be
conducted by way Of Locust Point a0.r.-silI
Wishing to know #.....r .g.l'El
10 MORE ABOUT LOCUST POINT, 'lu. 4
visited that locality. Approaching from the
canton side, proceeded to the wharf, whers the
Irdnyer, one Of the Compsny's tugboats, was
preparing to take car barge across to the Point
The captains hearty, certainly" in answer to
oar desire 70 ride to the other side with him, in
'pircd us with courage, and we were on board IN
moment. After looking the Transfer over,we
ind that she is fine specimen Of workmanship
700 feet long, and about 100 tons burden, With an
ron hull she 10 finely proportioned and was
of Wilmington. The Railroad Co. has three
tugs in this service, the 1ran.ter, the Conuoy,
and the Hse,nerton The first named 10 the lar
gest, and the second is the most powerful. The
Conocy does what Ia called the ''up-town work.
FOR the ferry. The Bre,oertOn 10 an extra to be
used when either Of the others Ia disabled, or OH
special work. At present the company uses
three barges Of capacity Of ten cars each, and
wv VI caphcAty u 0i8ut cars e4cn.
On the Locust Point side, the ferry wharfage
consists Of two slips, each 40 feet wide, and
room is reserved for another 65 feet wide, to be
used in the transfer Of passengers. Tho bargos
are tied up securely to these slips, and the cars
are run on or OF by . locomotive 'f
Here the Baltimore h Ohio Company has its
two in'9
MONSTER GRAIN ELEVATORS '".-
which are said to possess facilities superior to
my other buildings Of the kind on the Atlantic
Coast. The first built and smaller Of the two has
! capacity Of nearly GOO, 900 bushels. The main |
building IL 80 feet wide by 150 feet in length and
3 1875 feet high in the center. This elevator has
;wo engines with combined power OF about 1876 |
lcrse. This power is used for loading aud un-
oading carr and vessels, and cleansing the grain,
which ia effected by means OF large fans s,,ita-
bly, situated to blow the chatf from the fgran Oh |
t passes through spouts The larger elevator
If the two is 1924 feet long, by 96 feet in width,
md 1863 feet high. 1t has an engine of 800 |
lorse power. There are two hugo driving belts |
feet in width which communicate power to = |
'haft at the top of the building This shaft has |
10 elevator belts running from it each Of these
provided with 800 buckets and has capa-
,ity OF elevation Of 100 bushels per minute. |
The total capacity Of the elevator is over l,5OO-
NO bushels. ....I,. ur
Leaving Locust Point, strolled through the |
sreat rolling mills Of the Canton Iron Company.
They arc in full working order, running day and |
light, with two full Hets Of hands. TRAyELRR u |