The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-11-28

cannot agree with our neighbor in Danvills,
that that place is the most proper location
for furnaces, ,and that the " ore in that neigh
borhood is superior 10 any in the immediate
nsighborhood of the coal region" because
we have the evidence OF miners and iron
masters 10 the fact that ibe ore ia the neigh
borhood Of BIoomsburg is from 25 TO 80
per cent better, and Of course can be man
laetured cheaper.
"Now that the business Of President ma
king is disposed of, the minds Of the people
which seemed 10 have been absorbe6,to the
exclusion Of almost every thing else, during
the canvass, will settle down 10 calm rea-
son. And there will not probably be any
public question brought forward for some
time 10 come, which will divert the attention
of the whole people, as was the case in the
contest just closed, from the regular sebeF
business Of every day life II so,,heir minds
will be brought TO the serious peint Of CEN
sideration Of what to be at, some. whereby
to earn their daily bread, and some to make
their fortunes over again, which but a few
years since they had in their grasp, but
were wresled from them during the pro-
gress of tho convulsion which has passed
over the land Among all the projects that
will be thought of by the business part Of
the community, the Iron business, in cur
opinion, holds prominent place. We are
led TO this opinion in part from the fact that
amidst all the ups and downs, for tie last
several years, among tho various NanufacS
turing aud commercial interests in England
the Iron and Coal business ale the enly OK
cepiions that have escaped the general dis
aster-these It seems have been unaffected
by the times, which can be accounted fer
only by the fact that they are the basis on
which almost every other business rests.-
And upon examination iii most astonishing
TO find the sure, steady, and rapid expaR-
sion of these great interests. They are
seemingly the pillars on which, net only the
prosperity Of greatness, but also The very
being OF England depends. If SOL may be
well 10 contemplate what agency these
commodities are likely 10 have on the fu-
ture destiny Of this nation. Ii 10 admitted
that more improvement has been made dur
ing the last few years in this country in the
manufacture Of Iron than for half century
beforehand the late discovery tha, an,hra-
cite does answer as well for fusl, il not bst-
ter, than any other, for smelling, pudding
and reheaiug Iron, and fer every other pro-
cess through which ithas to pass to convert
1t TO bars, will be the means Of reyolutioni-
zing the business of making Irea in this
and in every other country; and if it can be
made hers with this fuel az cheap az il can
be imported, land il 10 believed by some who
are conversant with the business. that it
can; for we have all the raw materials in as
great abundance as tn ey are found. on any
part of the globe, then it will battle all cal
cnlation to approximate the magnitude 10
which this branch Of the business will be
carried in Pennsylvania. We are indebted
to coal and iron for the application TO all
pructicsl and useful purposes, Of the great
discovery of the age-lhe steam Locomotive
and the steam sea ship. The one is essen
tial in the construction of thsse powerful
machines, and the other to give them life
and motion. Although it may be said tina,
these discoveries are just beginning to be
brought into general use, yet who will IN
dertake to estimate the quantity of iron that
will be required, in comparatively, but a
few years,to consiruc. all the rail roads and
locomotives which will be ssen leading in
every direction, and all the iron steam
ships that will be found OH every part oil
the ocean, together with what will DO wan.
ted for all the other many purposes by a
manufacturing and commercial country,
such as this is, And then again let any
one estimate if he can the quantity OF coal
+ that will be wanted to put in FaVtiOu all these
running and floating machines, and TO keep
in blast all the anthracite fornacss that will
be erected, and TO drive all the Sitting mills
and other machinery necessary and connee.
ted with the mandatory Of iron, as we'll as
what will bo wanted for all other branches
Of manufacturing purposes and fer domestic
use, and the estimate will in all probability
fell short OF tie reality. To rejecting
mind i! must be evident, that these articles
iron and coal,are destined TO have mighty
influence in promoting the prosperity Of
this county, and Of directing il to height
Of greatness, unknown in the history Of The
world. And we may indeed be thankful tc
a kind providence for laying up in store
for this nat on in such abundance, these
useful and valuable treasures. We have
INDUCED in these reflections with view oi
drawing attention to the fact mentioned by
+ the collector Of this port few days since
that during the year 1889 about twelve mil,
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