S2 On Improving Internal [J.\n. 



would be able to drag a much heavier load. The accompanying figiu-es 

 and extract from Gordon on Loco-motion will shew at a., glance the 

 advantages which this description of way possesses over iron railroads : — 





Iron 

 rail- 

 road. 



Granite 

 tram- 

 way. 



Broken 

 stone- 

 road. 



Tractive power required to ) 

 move one ton on a level . . . > 



10-lb. 



l2-,Vlb. 



43-lbs. 



Annual maintenance per> 

 mile .\ 



£400 



£5 



£133 











** Upon this road (the Commercial-Road tram-way to the E. I. Docks) 

 Mr. Walker found, that one powerful horse was able to draw 30i tons, 

 upon a level, at the speed of four miles per hour; but the exertion of 

 the horse was too great to be continued for any consi lerable time; 

 and hence this must not form a basis for calculation. Mr. Walker has 

 however shov\m, that upon a level, ten tons gross may be consider^-'d a 

 proper load for a draught horse." — "The facility of turning off and on 

 such a road, and of crossmg it, the advantage being uncon fined to any 

 one species of carriage, or branch of trade, — being open to all, — being 

 y^^ths cheaper in construction than any railway, — and costing for annu- 

 al maintenance less than U per cent of the acknowledged sum required 

 to maintain the Liverpool and Manchester railway, compensate amply 

 for the mere ditFerence of tractive power." 



I have thus endeavoured, however imperfectly, to point out the com- 

 parative value — the advantages and disadvantages of these two descrip- 

 tions of "roads." The one in my opinion combining in its formation 

 cheapness, simplicity, and efficiency, proportioned to the present state 

 of society in India, the other, complicated in its construction, enor- 

 mously expensive, and immediately interfering with the prejudices and 

 interests of a large portion of the inhabitants. Iron railroads are un- 

 doubtedly the most scientific means of transport yet known or probably 

 that can be devised, but their great cost &c. is a bar to their introduction 

 in India. Tram-ways stand next in importance, and may be used with 

 advantage \vhen the poverty of a country or small traffic will not justify 

 the construction of an iron railroad. 



However, the superiority, and the advantages which would flow from 

 such A means of communication could only be fully developed, and 



