The book History of the James River And Kanawha Company was written by author Dunaway Wayland Fuller Here you can read free online of History of the James River And Kanawha Company book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is History of the James River And Kanawha Company a good or bad book?
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To one who is both owner and captain of the boat the cost is less. The carrier's profit being 3 mills per ton per mile, the net earnings of a boat will be $1, 208 per year. 1 In 1854 the boats regularly engaged in transportation on the canal as freight carriers were as follows: 75 decked boats, 66 open boats, and 54 batteaux, making a total of 195 boats, which required for their operation 867 men and 423 horses. The estimated value of the decked boats, with their teams, was $1, 000 each; of the... open boats, with their teams, $500; and of the batteaux, $25; making an aggregate valuation of $IO9, 35O. 2 Passenger traffic on the canal was never extensive and even at its height was confined to six regular packet boats. There was a line of packet boats leaving Richmond ever other day for Buchanan; another line leaving Richmond every other day for Columbia, which was fifty-seven miles above Richmond at the mouth of the Rivanna river; and a third line leaving Richmond every other day for Scotts- ville.
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