| From the Richmond Whig |
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| December 11, 1862 |
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| Financial and Commercial |
| Wednesday, Dec. 10, 1862 |
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| The following resolutions were adopted at
the late Convention of Manufacturers in North Carolina: |
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| The following is a comparison of the number of car
loads of coal (Midlothia) transported on the Richmond & Danville
railroad from 1st January to 1st December, to the coal yard in Richmond:
(1) to the coal yard, opposite Rocketts; (2) to boats, for Tredegar
Works, etc., (3) and to Bell Isle, (4): |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| 1861 |
1,576 |
483 |
291 |
304 |
2,654 |
| 1862 |
1,837 |
1083 |
585 |
466 |
3,971 |
| Increase |
261 |
600 |
294 |
162 |
1,217 |
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| A car load is estimated to contain 6 3/4
tons, so that the receipts from 1st January to 1st December, this year
except the quantity sent to Belle Isle, was 3,505 car loads, or 23,658
tons; and same time '61, 15,850 tons. Increase 6,541 tons. We have a
record showing that the receipts of coal, by this railroad, from 1st
January to 1st December '60 were 31,072 tons; and same time, in '59,
26,847 tons. |
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