Wherein there is little doubt but a saving of eight shillings per
chaldron will, on the completion of the work, be effected--a most
material object for the poor, and the general benefit of commerce. The
rule by which this computation is made, compared with others we have
seen, is very much on the safe side, but should a trifling mistake occur,
we confidently believe that the decrease in the price of this article
will very much enhance its consumption, without anticipating any
increased demand at the lime-works and bleach-grounds, arising from an
increase of business, which naturally follows the cheapness of carriage,
and the rapid transport of goods from place to place. The increase of
population, while speaking of this article, must not be omitted, since,
in the last twenty-one years it hath increased from four to near seven
thousand, including Knaresbro', Scriven-with-Tentergate, and Brearton.
The most correct statement we are able to give is below:--
TONS.
Knaresbro' and Scriven with 11,000
Tentergate, including lime-kilns
and bleach-grounds
Brearton 100
Flaxby 50
Goldsborough 100
Haverah Park 25
Killinghall 350
Plumpton 100
Harrowgate and Bilton 3,000
Ribston 150
Scotton 200
Stainburn 200
15,275
Birstwith Township 500
Hampsthwaite and Felliscliffe do. 600
Clint do. 260
Darley do. 400
Hartwith do. 450
Thornthwaite do. 200
Dacre do. 500
Bewerley do. 1,600
Bishopside do. 50
Updale do. 1,500
Pateley Tonnage 6,060
Knaresbro' do. 15,275
Total Tonnage of Coals 21,335
From good authority we are informed that Kippax and Haigh-Moor coals can
be delivered at Bolton-Percy for ten shillings per chaldron, or 8s. to 8s
6d. per ton.; and if any back carriage could be procured they would be
delivered for less, hence the advantage of taking yarns, &c. from
Knaresbro', and the neighbourhood of Pateley-Bridge to Barnsley, and
bringing coals back; but independent of such an advantage we are able to
prove the great saving named before in these coals:
Pounds _s._ _d._
Cost per 0 10 0
chaldron of the
Kippax, or
Haigh-moor
coals, at the
end of the
Rail-way, at or
near Bolton
Percy, is
Removing do. 0 0 9
into the
waggon, (if not
landed 4d.)
Rail-way dues, 0 3 0
18 miles, at
2d. per ton,
per mile
Waggon dues, 18 0 2 3
miles, at l.5d.
per ton, per
mile
0 16 0
The present cost by way of Boroughbridge, is one pound five shillings,
and hence the saving to the public on every ton, or chaldron of coals,
will be nine shillings, except the merchants' profit.
By the foregoing statement the tonnage of the Knaresbro' and
Pateley-Bridge coal, when it reaches Knaresbro', will yield a revenue of
3200 pounds annually, being 21,335 tons, at 2d. per ton, per mile, for 18
miles, and the tonnage on the coal belonging the district up to
Pateley-Bridge will be 6000 tons, for 6 miles, the average distance at
2d. per ton, per mile, or 303 pounds 0s. 0d. making together 3503 pounds
0s. 0d.
The next topic for our consideration which naturally presents itself, is
the surplus