In the district where it has long been used as a manure either for arable
or grassing land, no comment on its superior utility is requisite; but to
those parts where its presence hitherto hath been forbidden by the rugged
and steep hills, and to others at too great a distance to warrant the
expense of a long land carriage, something of its superior quality as a
manure in this place may not, we hope, be deemed unseasonable, especially
as the carriage of it, when the Railway is constructed, will be an object
of less notice, and this will be exemplified hereafter.
We have said before, the stone of Greenhow-hill has been submitted to
analysis, to prove a corresponding property with that of Middleton-Tyas;
this inquiry was extended to ascertain if they produced similar lime, and
we have great satisfaction to inform the public this was the case.
We say a great satisfaction, because we have it in proof, that the
Middleton-Tyas lime is situated in a country, where a knowledge of its
excellence is not confined to narrow limits by steep and forbidding
hills, but being more favourably situated, it has been for a great number
of years, and is now, with increasing demand, conveyed generally 17 or 18
miles, and in some instances, into the immediate vicinity of other kilns,
even at 24 miles distance.
The reader will be best able to calculate the expense of this lime to the
consumer, when he is informed that the cost at the kilns is 12s. per
chaldron of 32 bushels Winchester, one of which weighs 7st. 8lb.
Under this view of the case, we hope it may not be deemed impertinent to
recommend a trial of this lime, even in districts where lime is plentiful
and cheap, and which hath been upon proof hitherto satisfactory; and
should it unexpectedly fail upon arable land, we still beg it may be
admitted to a trial on grassing land. For the purpose of bleaching it
hath been carted to Bilton-cum-Harrogate, and used with satisfaction, and
frequently 9 or 10 miles towards Ripley, to places distant from the Nidd
lime-kilns only 3 or 3.5 miles. To say any thing of this lime for the
purpose of building we are completely unable; for whenever it became a
topic of conversation, its excellence as a manure alone may be named as
one reason, and that of having at Knaresbro' kilns, a kind as well
adapted for building as any lime probably can be, and at a rate as
reasonable as circumstances will admit of, may be offered as another
reason.
Having ascertained that two tons of this lime stone will make one
chaldron of lime, weighing 1 ton 7 cwt. 2qrs. we give below a statement
of what it will cost at different points on the line, recommending at the
same time on all occasions the lime-stone to meet the coal.
Pounds _s._ _d._
Cost of the 0 2 6
stone at
Pateley-bridge,
2 tons
10 miles 0 1 8
Rail-dues, at
1d. per ton per
mile
10 do. 0 1 8
Waggon-dues,
do.
7.5 bushels of 0 4 4.5
coals, at 7d.
per bushel
Breaking stone 0 1 0
and burning
At Killinghall 0 11 2.5
Toll-bar the
chaldron of
lime is
5 miles 0 1 8
additional
tonnage on
stone
0 12 10.5
5 miles 0 0 7.5
decrease of
tonnage on coal
At the Bond-End 0 12 3
Knaresbro' the
lime per chal.
6 miles 0 2 0
additional
tonnage on
stone
0 14 3
6 miles 0 0 9
decrease of
Tonnage on coal
0 13 6
By the above statement it appears the Greenhow-hill lime can be burnt at
Ribston, for 13s. 6d. per chaldron, a circumstance not unlikely to make
it in great demand, whenever its properties are known for agricultural
purposes.
Adverting now to some articles the exact quantity of which is difficult
to ascertain, such as slate, oak bark, wood, Irish flax and linens, ashes
and some other kinds of American and colonial produce imported into
Liverpool, and which will have a cheap conveyance from Liverpool to
Skipton by canal, and naturally become a back carriage from Skipton to
Pateley-Bridge; as corn, &c. will move in the other direction, and from
Pateley-Bridge to Knaresbro', by the Railway at a much cheaper rate than
heretofore, and will as a matter of course, increase the tonnage, as
example will prove: