The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-10-02
Agriculture.



TIE sdsoe.lss ui good resas ell sst
plesty Of asumsEts 10 TIE sesSs report
Of The fBtssltisi Con nissioa 90 The Gn
tsiins ssa eiarieauon Of isrniss Pred
usls. Ths upof, shoss the ,slus 81 seed
eoaptry roads ssd The in meme ssvins ih.i
could be ,Gsosed ,hrossh then. J, slse
furnishes stsnnents 10 hrer OF The eon
,ruelien Of electric li1es through The farm
Ina sections OF The cosrify. roi ooly Tor
the hsalins Of pssssassr,, bat Tor ihs hssl
las Of height
The report shows ibs, the cost Of bail
Ing farm proaac,s over eeapiry roads 10
800 600 900 year. or more than the en
tire eO.i OF operating oil the rsilssys ia
The DATED States. The total optrstios 81
pspses u fsiirosds 10 estims,ed at only
ssis 900 600 sbpnsliy. The average heal
to the nearest stippioe station 10 The trans
pOrl.,iou Of farm prcduc., Is iselve
miles. snd the average COS. 10 % cents q
tn . mile. OF - . ton TOR the tsslve
miIss by comparing this ton mile COS.
With the average ton mile revenue Of the
railroads 10 TIE county. Which amounts
to seven mills . mile, the immense oppor
tanity for saving which would be tasoied
through good roads msy readily be seen.
II fsru products could DO hauled 10 mar
kst Of seven mile ton mile, - 10 The case
with railway trfil.. The entire charge for
transportation would bs lees thsu $40,
000. 900. ~ tompsred With the 5000. 900.
600 /. costs the farmers TO hsul their pred
ucts over ,rIiaTy roads.
Toe bailJius OF good road. and th cen
siruc,ion OF electric lioes sill mesu 80
en nous saving to the frmios eiisses.
,me OF the sd,ocstes OF coed 7 ads be
lieve tia the two could be constructed
] istly. ss the cott would be proportion
.tsly less for the building Of eood wagon
rosds. Sbi,h could slso be lsed Tor cleo
THO r.ilwiys These electric rsilssys
could be constructed through those SEQ
tions OF the frming comm unity which
sould oH.r the best possibilities 10 the
way OF freight and passenger trsfiic re
turns, and wagon roads o,uld be built con
Meeting these With sll sections OF the coun
Try. The istntr Who did not live on the
direct lice OF sn electric railway could
haul his freight TO the nearest point where
|. could be quickly transferred to 90 cleo
trio train.
That this possibility is fully resliz d by
the builders OF electric railways is shown
by the rapid development that these lines
ere making as freight carriers. Through
ont the couotry they are extending their
lines inlo new Territory and ttsudizing
equipment and road beds 10 order to pro
vide for the hauling OF the heaviest freight.
II 10 said by james j Hill that trunk
lines ss al present constituted ere capable
OF handling from three 10 i've times the
smount OF traffic they now carry, To par
slIel existing lines would, therefore, be i'm
prsc icsble and Improbable. leaving out
OF considers loo tie slmts. insurmounts
bic difficulties the lev companies would
10 attem pting 10 secure suita
BILE night OF way with adequate terminals
10 any Ct the larger cities. IL Is certain
that DO banking booss would consider for
8 non ent the nBderwiitiog for the securi
ties oil sny proposed company pstslleline
existing lints
Tue f Ia Of the electric railway is net in
psr,llelipg. but In sntplemsbting. the
steam railway system OF the country, II
has been pointed Gu, 10 The Commercial"
that electric rsilwsJs hsYe materially les
sened the number OF p issepgers carried by
steam railways. snd thst more and more OF
the short haul passenger business is going
10 the more chesply operated electric
lines. This competition is WELDON by
The steam railways A similar situation
exists 10 regard TO freight trsfio The
steam railroads Of the Uoiled States would
Welcome any addition to transportation 10
cilities which would result in The central
izing OF trsii, st shipping points by 9
more economical method than the present
sum bersome one Of hauling II 10 wagons
over country iosds. Electric railways can
be made feeders for the steam rsilrosds
Ind il built With due regard to the avoid
Jog Of competition they will supplement
md Increase The trsffic oil the steam rail
Ways without 10 any way interfering With I