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Phenix Gazette
Alexandria, Virginia
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A Pittsburgh newspaper presents an argument for building canals in Pennsylvania, citing a merchant's statement in the Greensburg Gazette on lower transportation costs from Philadelphia to Meadville via New York, the Canal, and Erie ($1 per 100 pounds) compared to $3 per hundred by wagon.
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Statement furnished him by a merchant of Greensburg published in the Greensburg Gazette, a Transportation by the North about.—Mr. Fosdick Headtitle, showing the amount which the merchant paid for the transportation of his goods this fall from Philadelphia by way of New York, the Canal, and Erie, to the town of Meadville. The whole cost per 100 pounds, was $1 wol-We are now paying $3. per hundred for carriage in waggons from Philadelphia to this city. Need any thing more be said, to show the advantages of Canals, or to convince, our citizens that, without a Canal, Pennsylvania would lose the carrying trade? But with our shorter and more southern Canal completed, we may bid defiance to our northern rivals.
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Pennsylvania
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transportation cost via new york, canal, and erie to meadville: $1 per 100 pounds; wagon carriage from philadelphia: $3 per hundred.
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Statement from a merchant of Greensburg, published in the Greensburg Gazette, details costs paid for goods transport this fall from Philadelphia by way of New York, the Canal, and Erie to Meadville, arguing advantages of canals over wagons to retain Pennsylvania's carrying trade against northern rivals.