The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-09-12
THE BUBBLE BURSTING.

$4,000 =" ""''N 'iSl NOlllH8 m Ills AZ Wilkes
barre and have purchased two tracts of land
at that place whereon to erect their works.
Thus we see the promises of the Dan.
vile felix's, 20 have two Rolling Mills in on.
Grafton this fall at that place, have all dis,n.
peared in moonshino the one bmlrr
erected year ago for Rolling Mil, re.
mains IN g StdtU quo," and is likely 10 20.
main SO. However, it answers ysfy well
for the Donylle Band to practice in, for
which purpose it is now used, bu; whelber
it pays the owners for tho amount expanast
in its erection, we are unable to ansvs,--
The other Rolling Mill was never caan,eac.
ed, and The gsniomenn engaged in t. IN.
dertaking have discovered rather too lst,
that Danville dOes not possess all those
"transcendcns" advantages claimed for it
by the " Intellgencr"
A writer in the Bloomfield, tPa.) Perry
Freeman, speaking Of the dilToren, locations
for the manufactue Of iron, says, in regsrs
to Bloomsburg and Danvile "rh. v,iar
power of Fishing Greek, and it's err.Ueat
ore, give Bloomsbury decided advantage.
At Daaville, they nrust work on,ifoiy Nv
steam, this will add 25 per cent to the ma3.
ulacturing Of q ton Of iron, and this is dis
advantage, for which compensation is to
be found, if found at all, in The ore boine
close to the canal" Again the same wri.
ter says: "I'he conclusohn we aave arriy.
ed at is,thatthcre may be many situations on
the Susquehanna where iron can be mann.
factured cheaper than at Danvil!e. .If the uni.
led expense of fuel, power and transror,a.
ton is less al Harrisburg, than DanyiIle, it
is then the superior situation, and SO Of cy.
cry other place.
BY the above will be seen the view taken
by persons At a distance, who are entirely
dlsinIerested in the mater.
Now with regard to power, fuel, aal
cost OF transportation" we have few words
to say in relation to Blooms5urg
The water Of Fishing CreeG is known
to be superior to any in This sectisn Of tho
state, and is capable Of driving oil tho ma.
chinery necessary for a large iron establish
menI, and it is An established opinion, that
water power is much superior 10 steam for
all manufacturing purposes, being less TX.
Pensive, and less liable to getting out of Or
der,
With regard to tho fuel, Bioomsburg pos
sesses decided advant--o over Danvie,
in being II miles nearer the coal mines than
that place.
The BlOoms5urg ore is universally ad.
mtted by all practicable /" ircn men" to Be
from 20 to 80 per cent. better than the ore
at Danvile, and in proof of the fact, we
can state, that there has been more iron
make at the Roaring Creek furnace, (whero
they use Bloomsburg ore,) for tho liG.e ST.
has been in blast, and from the s7me GUAM.
tity of ore, than at any anthracite furnanco
Of her size in the United STATES.
The location of BIoonsburg possesses
these advantages over Danyiila-,so or. !s
Of much superior quality, the e2cyllsul
water power Of Fishing Greek, and .L9 fl.
ei IL miles nearer thau ai Danviila
Taus in every yiaw, llcoms54la has
the decided advantage, fol if it should be
found more profitable 10 aca,a laa Boiling
Mills at Wi.ke9baue, ,ayso viii ne n csr.
0! u miles in transportation yr ~yA
down and the metal r2, o.4 even -sool
they erect their furnaces there, they will
come 10 BIooms0urg for their c.e, ava ,hose
who purchase il, to take below, waterways
give decided preference to tno Gloon8-
burg ore, as the difference Ia .aa ui- ~.
Will be more than made up in ,ae difference
IN qaaidy. These arc stubborn lac!s, md
cannot be got over by paper yalculauon.
Bloonsburg mast and viii % aEead, and
VIII be the centre OF the iron business OF Co.
Iumbla county, snd we will see Daayille
sank into lis former insisnlfceace. If Daa-
vile possesses all the adyau;asas claimed
Ter It BY the ln!e.iiseacr, why is it NJ
citizen of OanyiIla bo, a non o.,,LorI.cl IN