Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1836-11-23

the northern Atlantic ci&es, and that on &C.
count of the inpediments offered by the ice
at an average period Of three weeks earlier
than it can take place at Buffalo and
TIE other towns at the lower end of the
lake.
There are also other leading and important
communications which will terminate here
and among them as one of vast magnitude,
is the great Philadelphia, Northumberland
and Erie Rail Road, which will doubtless
be undertaken and completed with all pos
sible despatch, the whole length of the route
which has been surveyed, not exceeding
four hundred miles, through rich and d.
versifed country, Astounding with coal,
iron, timber, and every agricultural produc.
ton.
The New-York and Erie Rail Road will
also pay large tribute to this town, two
companies having been recently incorpo-
rated. one in Pennsylvania and the other in
New York to construct rail road from
hence to point intersecting the New York
road. A company has also been incorpo-
rated to make rail road from Warren to
the New York State line, in the direction
\
ren) road, the Bank of the United States,
has subscribed twenty thousand dollars. A
raj! road is now being constructed from
Williamspurt, on the west branch Of the
Susquehanna through which place the
Pennsylvania also passes, to Elmira, in the
State of New York, intersecting the
great southern road. To this (Elmira) road
the Bank of the u. S. is bound to SUBJ
scribe two hundred thousand dollars. With
such means of distributing western produce
in every direction throughout the interior,
and to every market on the Atlantic, so
much earlier than her less fortunate neigh
bors who can doubt the superior advanta-
ges of Erie. The time is near at hand
when the Erie and Wabash Canal will go
into operation, which will open a boundless
trade from the south west.
Now, suppose through this canal, pro-
duce, early in the spring, to have reached
the MaumHe Bay, as it is not easy to see
that preference will be given to the town
of Erie as the safest harbor, through which
it can soonest reach an eastern market at
the least expence. But enough has been
said of the local and geographical advanta-
gcs Of this beautiful town SO far us trans
portation and internal commerce are con-
cerned. Yet before | leave it, let few
words be placed upon record to give
short view of the prospects of its home trade
and the facilities of doing business. Four.
teen miles from Erie is the beautiful bor-
ough of Wattsburg with its fine land and
valuable water power, and Immediately on
the rail road between Erie and jamestown,
connecting also with the New York and E.
rio rail road. Within fourteen miles is the
} handsome borough of Northeast, immed-
ately on the east and west road to Buffalo,
; with the general soil in its neghborhood,
, streams for manufacturing purposes, and its
J already established grist, paper, and CLOTH
ing mills.
, Sixteen miles on the west, is the flourish
5 ing village of Girard, Immediately OIL the
} road leading to Cleveland and south to
, Meadville, through which the canal from
Conneaut Lake to Erie, has been located,
! with a surrounding country unsurpassed for
fertility, watered as it is by the Elk Creek.
= where various mills are in active operation,
{ and where there are numerous mill sites for
Y future use.
$ These are some of the home advantages
1 of Erie; but there are others equally i'm
v portant, and which cannot exist any where
J, else on the lake. The Bank ofthe u. s..
It with accustomed sagacity, has seen the RI
J, sing importance of the place, and has Sc
: lected i; as one Of the very few towns ir
L Pennsylvania in which to establish an Office
S with a large capital. This, in addition tc
i the capital ($2OO,OOO) of the Erie Bank
h will naturally give great impetus to trade
It 1t is time now to draw this chapter to 9
# close. Let no one however think the pic
S ture here drawn of Erie, too highly co.ored
G or that my anticipations of its increase ar
II too sanguine; for in my next chapter,
d shall have to write of the town of Cleveland
l. in the state of Ohio, and shall then narrate
y not anticipations, but facts of such an as
a founding increase of prosperity and appre
citation in the value of real estate, as will
IS draw much more largely upon the credulit.
s. of my readers, were it not that they cal
Z, be substantiated by the most abundant proc
5, upon proof, if necessary.
II The truth is, the trade Of the great ives
}. through the lakes, has now reached an i'm
S, portance almost incalculablc and as tina
S, vast country shall become peopled and rem
:. dered subservent 10 the uses of man, un
y, der the present advanced state of the arts
y the human mind is not susceptible OF be
lievng in anticipation what will be tho rapi
3. growth of Cleveland, Erie and Buffalo
r. which according to governing circumstar
n. ces, must divide that trade among them.
ty Indeed those who never visit those re
u gions, which are but the commencement {
as the western hemisphere, can form no ide
of what wonderful world lies beyond,
o, which thousands upon thousands are dali
d. rushing. We, who have seen, can testify
it, these facts; and looking but a short d
g, lance ahead, have no fears in declaring OF
u. belief, that at no distant period of time, I'll
il. inland trade of the lakes must rival if NJ
We exceed the home trade on the coast of tn
cs Atlantic. Y. Tines.
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