Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-08-28

population, wealth and refinement when western
Pennsylvania becomes The manufacturing depen-
dencc of the Western States can hardly be con-
jectured
Nor is this great bituminous coal field entirely
separated from the Atlantic. We have abundance
Of b,uminous COAL the nearest in the IT, States, of
any quantity, to Tide Water. The Virginia and
Maryland mines on the Potomac, are from SO to
| 200 miles from sloop navigation at Georgetown.
The completion last year of the Tide Water canal
from Havre de Grace, in Maryland, to the Penn
sylvania canal at Columbia, has this year, for the
first time, opened a navigation for the btumnous
coal of the Junia,a, and the West Branch of the
Susquehanna to the Chesapeake. 1t is estimated
that the trade will this year reach 00, 900 tons
The amount is unlimited which can he sen, from
these places on canals to market. A rail 70 ID
has been construct,d d 40 miles long, from the nor.
lhern end of coal basin to Corning on the Che
mung canal of New York, leading into Seneca
lake. There how six locomotives and between
and 400 cars this road, conveying coal from
our Blosburg mines into the State of New York.
The quantity of iron produced in Pcnnsylvani
is equal to Aout onc-,hirj OF the produc, of the
whole Union Her iron is superior in quality to
any other. According 10 the remarks of the Hon.
James Irwin in late speech in Congress, we had
in 1899, 2l0 charcoal furnaces producing 9S35O
tons of pig metal, aud 10000 tons of this was
converted into bar on by forges and rolling mills
More than $4,000 wokmcn, together making 90,-
900 reoplc with their families, consume annually
s7,O0o,O00 worth of agricultural produce and mes.
chsndse. The number has increased greatly since,
by the establishment Of anthracite furnaces.
The amount of bar and pig iron is now worth /.
bout 100000. According to the returns to the
Secretary OF the Commonwealth, there was manu-
featured in 1898, 5O,55s tons of castings in 36
counties, valued at s5,sO5, ,599. Add estimated
value of cast iron in l6 counties, at least Sl.l94,-
40l and the amount OF bar, pig, and cast iron in
Pennsy ylvania is worth Sl4,OOOOO0. A considera.
bic amount of Jersey iron is made into castings and
rolled into bars in Philadelphia and guam ity of
the pigs of Western Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky
are made into castings and rolled into bars at Pitts
burg.
the grea, wealth of our St,te, we will enumerse
the following items taken from the returns of the
marshas, in taking the late census, from the
turns of the Commissioners to the Secretary Of the
| Commonwealth, and other sources. The returns
of the marshalls are much too low, owing TO
gect Of duty their part, and the great reluctance
on the part Of the people to answer the questions
put to them, it being circulated for party purposes
that ii a forerunner of direct taxation BY the
General Government. We have, however taken
these returns for calculations in most insi ances
The amount of the products of the Dliry, aud also
the value of lumber, annually produced in Penn
sylvana is manifestly untrue tha, we have taken
the returns of the county Commissioners TO the
Secretary of the Commonwealth authority
Real ESTATE.
Value of 80 $50 900 acres of Land in
Pennsy ylvanis, including water
power, quarrles, mines OF iron, salt.
coal, and all other materials, 1852, 600, 900
Value of 500 900 dwelling houses, 100000 900
Value of barns, work shops, stores,
furnaces, rolling mills, :orges and
factories, 2is 900 900
Value of 100 miles of canals & rail
roads, and of bridges, public build-
inss, gas and water-works, l00000,000
Total value of real estate, 81 Oo,OOn,0Ou
! Here il real estate to the amount of ONE Bill
LION, FOUR HUNDRED MILLIONS of dol.
l,rs A tax of three per cent upon IL will pay
80 900 600 of the public debt of Pcnnsy snL
leave 900, 900 in the Treasury besides
PERsoSAL PRorEnrr.
Value of 36l ,56s horses and
mules, al, s6O-S2l Goa, ,4sC
Value of @ g $40 neat cattle, Is lTi23,6i(
Value of ,755, ,597 sheep, 2, 4,sss 90.
Value of 0 ,2O7 $50 swine, 3. 32,575,7sl
Value of poultry, 579,9sl
Furniture of 100000 houses inclu-
; ding wearing apparel plate and
jewelry, 10000 eO(
Carriages, stages, wagons farmers
implements mechanic tools hooks
, of all kinds, ships, lTies, hsrges.
sehooneTs, rail road cars, sstionN.
ry and locomotive steam engines
, and steam boats, 2sO,OoOOO(
Goods, wares, merchandise, stocks,
money and all other personal pro.
, perty, a, leas, 22s,2s7lis
Value of personal property. sToo,ooo,oo'
Value of real estate, as above, 4oO,oO0oO'