. as to any one else, who would paylone shilling ster-

— generally; but on the contrary,judging from the sa-
.t tisfactory tone of his letter and the absence of com-

770

In order that our readers may fully understand the
views of the company-—owners of the patent, and
builders of these bridges——'we give, in this number,
the contents of a small pampelet, with anengraving
of a bridge of 150 feet span, designed for railroad

‘ trains, which we have received, and ask the atten-
'tion ofthose interested in such matters, as we are

sure that true economy to railroad companies will be
promoted by a general introduction of this plan of
bridge.

_ 1\Iorsc’s Claims to the Telegraph.

We copied into our last number a few pithy re-
rnarks bearing upon this subject, from the pen oi
the editor of the New York Observer. In looking

 

over the “ Pathfinder,” oi last week, our eye rested
-upon the following, which we ipseit for the benefit
of all concerned.

“ Marseis Claims.-——Although the telegraph contro-
versy, going on between Morse, House and Bain,
has been made the subject of judicial proceeding in

Kentucky, and more latterly at the patent oilice, and
the claim of Morse to priority of invention has been
partial ty substantiated by the authorities appealed to,
yet the matter at issue between the respective parties
is far from being settled, either to the satisfaction of
those immediately interested, or to the public at large.
In the declaration filed by Morse, he assumes to be
the first discoverer of the principle of transmitting
intelligence between distant points, by means of elec-
tricity produced from electro-magnets, and conveyed
by wires connected to certain apparatus at each ter-
minus, in such a manner as to form corresponding
hieroglyphic characters at each station by operating
the apparatus at either, and prays to be protected by
law against infringement on his alledged exclusive
right: or in other words desires an injunction,which
shall prevent House and Bain, and all others, from
using this principle without his consent—and thus
render their improvements useless, and them at his
mercy. On the other hand, House and Bain deny
l\/Ioi'se’s claim to originality of invention in the par-
ticular stated, and aver thatno one can by law claim
the application of a known principle to this purpose,
even iflie were the first to make it; and Bain, in a
letter published in the National Intelligencer, in re-
ference to the late decision of the commissioner of
patents, and the attorney general of the U. States, on
the case, states:

“ ‘A patent is now passing through the several
stages ol the patent otlice, and I expect to receive it
in a few days, for my original electro-chemical tel-
egraph, which transmits and records the signs with
great rapidity, by a single telegraphic circuit, en-
tirely without secondary circuits, and the cumbrous
apparatus to them.

“ ‘ It is true that Mr. Morse lays claim to such an
invention, and his allegations date in September,
1846. But Mr. Morse was in London, as I am in-
formed, in 1845, and the specification of my inven-
tion, dated 27th November, 1843, was open to him,

ling to. see it. ,
“ ‘By this the public will see thatl anti-date Mr.
Morse three years and a half, as my patent was is-

not probable, however, that the parties interested
will yield their claims to an invention so important
without carrying it to the highest tribunal of our
land, the supreme court, when we trust the question
at issue will be finally and satisfactorily settled, both
to the claimants and the public.”

[From the Philadelphia "Commercial List."]
Pennsylvania Coal 'l‘r:ule for 1818.
From the Le/rig/L ]Wi'7l6’S.

The amount of coal shipped from the Lehigh
mines during the week ending the 18th tilt., and
since the opening of the navigation, has been as
follows:

This week. Total this,

tons. ycar—tons.

By Lehigh company, Nov. 21 3,099 15.2l:2,1(38 03
By Room Run .. . .. . . ..“ .. .. 3,302 14.l1’7,98-1- 00
By I-Iazleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,097 00. .85,548 00
By Beaver Meadoxv. .. ..  2,196 03. 81,228 11
By Buck Mountain . . . . . . . .. 1,327 If-3..70,l6'2 00
By Spring Mountain. . . . . . . . 2,0-116 03..6l,9b'9 00
By Cranberry IVIines.. .. .. .. 1,506 00..17,031 00
Wliite Haven. ., . . . . .. .. . ._ 383 06..l0,356 ll
Diamond Co . . . . . . .   428 18.. 6,073 07

.M....._._.__.... _.Z__..._...

Total..'..   ....i7,477 17.602,5l'7 12
From the iS'c/tit?/Z/ltill }lft'7z.c5.
The amount of coal iorwarded by Reading rail-
road during the week ending the 23d ult., and
since the 1st of January, has been as follows-

Iohooo

Tons.
From Schuylkill Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘7,t-375 00
“ Pottsville . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. 3,844 16
“ PortCarbon.................... 6,*2:250:2
“ Port Clinton.. .. . . . . . . . . . . ..  2,418 09
Totalthisweck.. . . . .  l9,l6307
Total this year . . . . . . . . . . .L . . . . . . . . . . 1,139,046 07

The amount of coal brought to market by the
Schuylkill canal (luring theweek ending the 23d
ult., and since the opening of thecanal, has been
as follows:-—

Tn ..
From Pottsville and Port Carbon . . . . . . . . 5,I>’tliNl'7

“ Schuylkill Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3,025 ll

“ Port Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778_ 01

Totalthis week........... . . . . ..  9,105 09

Total this year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420,424 04
Rccopilulatio7L.—- Total ,S/tipmmtls L/its Season.

By Lehigh companies . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ..662,5i’7 153

Bv Reading railroad . . . . . . .. .. . . . . ..l,139,146 07

By Schuylkill canal....   .. ....420,424. 04

Total .......  ..... .......2,‘22:2,088 03

Troy and Grecnbusl; Railroad.

In pursuance of a resolution of the Assembly,
passed February 3, 1843, the Troy and Greenbush
railroad association respectfully submit the follow-
ing report:

The Troy and Greenbusli railroad, extending
from the city of Troy to Greenbush, opposite the city
of Albany, is 6 miles long.

The amount paid on construction of road to Janua-

ry 1, 1848 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:fl2:270,827 28
Received from 198,152 passengers. . . . . 36,366 74
“ freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,784 59

“ other sources . . . . . . . . . . . 677 73

Expended for repairing and runningthd
. road . - —- 42,756 03
Expanded on construction of road in ’47 19,414 53

cans ou--.- - . - . - . . . . . - . . ..

-'11
ii..-

sued _T_.ondon the 27th May, 18-13, previous to the
above specification ofit; \ViiiiC Mr. l\/l0rse’s caveat
only was entered in January, 18-17, and his applica-
tion for a patent was dated January, 1848, four years
and seven months o./Zer the issue of my English pa-
tent.’

. It would appear, from this statement of Bain, in
the opinion of the Patli/in-(le7', that “the decision of
the attorney general and commissioner of patents,

was not against his claim, as was stated by the press

P13-int On his Part, a5 favorable as he desired. It is

.:

Dividends, none. .
Number of locomotives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3
passenger cars, eight wheel . . . . . . . . . 3

freight cars, double, equal to single
cars....      
machineshops.     1
horses. . . . . .  2

Average number of men per day in the employ
of the company for the year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Number of miles run by passenger trains . . . .47,628
freight “ .. .. 3,816
other “ . . . . 3,000
Total number of miles run in 1847. . . . . . . . .54-A44

N. Srnyrron, Accountant.

AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL. .:.

Albany and VVest. Stoukbritlge R.i\il1-oad.w
The directors ofthe Albany and Vt/est Stoclibridge
railroad company submit the following report for
the year ending 31st Dec., 1847:

The length of road in operation under the lease
to the ‘Nestern railroad corporation, 38% miles. .
Cost of construction to Dec. 31, 1847, $1,789,808 '76
Number of through passengers. . . . . . .. . . 106,369;
“ way “ . . . . . . . . .. 30,077 A.
The expenses of the road repairs. including the re-
pairs ofbuilding ferry boat and docks in the city
of Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,234 07
No locomotives or cars of any description are own-

ed by the company.
No men or horses have been employed by the com-

any.
Odie machine shop at Greenbush is owned by the
company .
The number of miles run by the passenger trains of
the lessees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 54,786
The number of miles run by freighttrai'ns of
the lessees.... ..     ....l45,205
Number of miles run by all other trains . . . . 24,417
There is no income; the lessees pay the interest on
the bonds of the city of Albany, which amount as
rent, to.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..:ii>‘lU0,000
M. T. Rnvuonns, President, etc.

   

Noirthern (N. H.) Railroad.
T/L'i7'o3 Azimtal Report, Ilia]/, 1848.

Although this is the third annual report made bv
this company, yet it is the first we have seen——there-
fore it is new to us, and may be new to many of
our readers. Thisroad is, as is well known to our
readers, a conlxinualiozi of the Boston and Lowell,
the Nashua, and the Concord, N. H., roads, to the
Vermont line, where it connects, at the mouth of
VVhite river, with the Vermont Central road, to
Burlington, and thence another road to Rouse’s Pt.,
38 miles, where it is to cross the outlet, of lake
Champlain, and connect with the Ogdensbnrgh, or
Northern, N. Y., railroad, of 117 miles, making the
distance from Boston to Ogdensburgh _fom' llmtdred
miles.

This road, like the Central Vermont road, occu-
pies an exceedingly favorable position, being one
of the two lines which must pass the immense trade
between Boston and the lakes, and of the upper val-
ley of the Connecticut river, and it will yield to its
stockholders rich returns upon its cost, even though
its constrtiction, from the character of the country,
has been very expensive. ‘

It has been constructed in the most substantial
manner, as we are informed, and furnished with an
outfit equal to present demands; and has thus far
more than realised the expectations of its most san-
guine friends. Its day 01 prosperity has not yet
dawned. The completion of the Vermont Central,
the Ogdensburgh, and the Passumpsic river road

an amount of business not, even now, dreamed of
by the many who look upon it with i7lC‘.L‘])L’7‘i£7LC8d
eyes. _ ~

We have not yet passed over it, and cannot there-
fore speak from observation, but have reason to be-
lieve it a well constructed and a. well managed road.

The following report, to which we ask attention,
will show its cost and performance to date.

REPORT.‘

To the Sioc/1‘/tolclers of;/./Le Norif/1'3-7'77. Rctilrocui:

The fourth article of the By-laws of our
corporation requires the board of directors for
the time being to make an annual report of
their acts and doings, their receipts and ex-
penclitures, and the condition and prospects of
our road.

In compliance with this regulation we now

submit our third annual report, embracing

and their branches and connections, will bring to it '