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SOME
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REASONS
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Humble offered in
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SUPPORT of the RATES.
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THE Author of this having seen a Copy of a Scheme for
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Rates, at certain Prices therein set down, for any Quan-
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tity of Goods and Merchandize not exceeding 14 C.
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Weight, at and from that Quantity up to 26 C. Weight at cer-
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tain other Prices, according to the various Distances therein put
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down; from whence it appears, that any Carman has a Right
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to as much for 15 C. Weight as for 26 C. Weight, for the
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same Distances, which to the Drawers of this Scheme appears
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unequal and unreasonable, both with Regard to the Merchants
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and Traders, as well as the Carmen; and for this Reason have
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inserted in this Scheme another Denomination of Quantity, from
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12 C to 20 C. Weight, with proportionable Rates thereto,
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apprehending the three Estimations of Quantities in this Scheme
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more equal, beneficial, and satisfactory to Merchants, Traders,
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and Carmen, than only two in the other Scheme; especially
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with Regard to the Situation of drawing up the Hills from the
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River Thames
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, and so a Quarter of a Mile: It should be con-
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sidered, that of the very large Quantity of Goods landed be-
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twixt
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the Tower
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and
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London-Bridge
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, no small Part thereof is
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carried no further than the Warehouses, and to the wholesale
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Traders in and near
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Thames-Street
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, without going up the Hills,
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which makes it well worth the Carman's While to work at the
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Prices set within that Limitation; because every one will admit
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that the Carman can at least dispatch two Jobs, or Loads,
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within that Distance under the Hills, in the same or less Time
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than he is doing one Load at Half a Mile Distance, drawn up
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the Hills, and with much less Wear and Tare. The Estima-
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tion of Rates to a Quarter of a Mile its apprehended, if duly con-
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sidered, will be allowed to be the most equitable and reasonable
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in itself, most beneficial both to Traders and Carmen, If Is.
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6d. is thought to be full Pay for 14 C. Weight or under, per-
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haps often 6 or 8 C. Weight, Half a Mile, why should a Tra-
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der that lives five Yards beyond that Half Mile, pay Two Shil-
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lings? Whence appears the Reasonableness of stating the three
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several Estimations of Quantity by different Prices, for every
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Quarter of a Mile; and however it may appear at first Sight,
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the Computation is very easy and natural.
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