gentleman nor any man living, in a situation
where they might be influenced by considerations
which they were not aware of
Mr. DAVIS said:
That his venerable friend had remaked that he
would not trust him in such a position, because
his interests and connections were such with the
District of Columbia, that in all probability, he
would be biassed by them to the detriment of the
interests of the State, He felt this to be unkind
coming from the source it did.
If his venerable friend would refresh his usu-
ally vigorous memory, he would recollect, he
must recollect, that he, [Mr. D.,] had parted
with every dollars worth of property, he had in
the District of Columbia, and had placed it along
side of him in Howard District, and near to the
Baltimore and Ohio rail road. His friend knew
also, that he had interests in the city of Balti-
more, and that his residence and interests in
Montgomery was too remote from the canal ever
to be benefitted by it.
His venerable friend seemed to have forgotten
that in ascribing controling motives of personal
interest to gentlemen from Allegany, from Wash-
ington, and forsooth himself, as being connected
with the canal, he had used a two edged sword
which, while it cut those gentlemen as deeply
with the other edge cut his friends, the directors
of the Baltimore and Ohio rail road company.
He seemed to have forgotten that he had used
an argument which might be returned with
effect—but he forbore. Less upon this point lie
could not say—more he dare not attempt.
His venerable friend had called upon him, to
state some facts with regard to the rates of toll
charged upon the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. Upon
this subject he had not desired to say a word
more than had already been said. He had said
to the gentleman from Baltimore county, (Mr.
Howard,) yesterday that he felt no desire to en-
ter into this subject, but if advanced he should
not decline it. But for the direct call upon him,
he would not now allude to it.
He would repeat what he had said yesterday,
that the charge for transporting coal on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, one hundred and
eighty-four miles long, was 46 cts and including
boat duty, 54 cts. By comparing the same arti-
cle with the rates charged on the Erie Canal, three
hundred and sixty-four miles long, he found it to
be for whole distance, 36 cts.
Same rate applied to the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal would be 18 cts.
Actual charge as above shown is 54 cts.
Charge for flour on Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal per barrel, 28 cts.
On Erie Canal, three hundred and sixty-four
miles, 28 cts.
Same rate applied to Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, 14 cts.
The Erie is a forty foot Canal—the Chesa-
peake and Ohio a sixty foot Canal.
On the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road the
charge for coal is per ton per mile, whole dis-
tance, 11-3 cts. |
NOTE. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
has made (according to the Sun,) a reduction on
flour since the first instant, viz: from Ijamsville
fifty-four miles from Baltimore, 1 ct. Frederick,
sixty-two miles from Baltimore, 1 1-2 ct. Har-
pers Ferry, eigty-two miles from Baltimore, 7 cts.
Peachen Mills, Va., eighty-fourty miles from
Baltimore, 3 cts. Martinsburg, one hundred and
one miles, 3 cts. North Mountain, one hundred and
ten miles, 3 cts., and Cumberland one hundred
and seventy-nine miles, 14 cts. per barrel. The
paper does not state whether a corresponding
reduction, or whether any reduction has been
made between Ijamsville and Baltimore.
To be reduced after 1st June to a fraction less
than 1 1-4 cents.
Average cost of transportation, as shown by
twenty-third annual report, is per ton per mile,
$1 64, or within a small fraction of 1 2-3 cents.
Cost upon the Reading Railroad, the most favorable
coal road in the United States, as shown
by their report, is per ton per mile, 170-100 cts.
The charge for transporting flour on the Bal-
timore and Ohio Railroad, is not uniform. For
instance, from Elysville, twenty-one miles from
Baltimore, the charge is 13 cents per bbl., or
5 cents 7 1-4 mills per ton per mile.
From Hood's mill, thirty-five miles from Bal-
timore, the charge is 15 cents per bbl., or 4 1-5
cts, per ton per mile.
From Monrovia, fifty miles from Baltimore,
it is 20 cents per bbl., or 4 cents per ton per
mile.
From Point of Rocks, seventy miles from Bal-
timore, it is 23 cents per bbl., or 33 9-100 cts.
per ton per mile.
From Weaverton, eighty miles from Balti-
more, the charge is 20 cents per bbl., or 3 25-
100 cts. per ton per mile.
From North Mountain, one hundred and ten
miles from Baltimore, 38 cents per bbl., or 3 45-
100 cts. per ton per mile.
From Cumberland, one hundred and seventy-
nine miles from Baltimore, 54 cents per bbl., or
3 1-10 cts. per ton per mile.
Upon plaster, the charge is 2 cents per ton per
mile, up to Monrovia, fifty miles; from thence
to Harpers' Ferry, eighty-two miles, the charge
is uniformly $1; to North Mountain and other
points in Virginia, about 1 1-4 cents per ton per
mile.
He felt no disposition to go further into this
subject. He had only risen to set himself right
in regard to the statement, that he had interests
in the District of Columbia, to bias his public
acts against the interests of Maryland. Having
shown that such was not the case, he would not
trouble the Convention further.
He would say nothing further in relation to
the matter of tolls. There were, however, other
things to which he could refer, but he felt no
disposition do it at present. He had simply risen
to set himself right in regard to the statement
that he had some interest in the District of Co-
lumbia, Now, such was not the fact, for what
interest he formerly had there, had been trans- |
