Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-10-30
Our Advantages.

The Phisd, pila Gazette, in copying an article
upon 'rhe anthracite iron business from our paper
Of the Cd Of October, remarks:
ave copy The following from the Sunhury A.
mercan of October 2. The editor, ii appears 10 US,
has not stated all the advantages OF ihe position Of
Sunbury, either for iron Other MAJ ufacturcs.
lie has omitted any mention of tha great Water
Power created there hy the State. We will endea.
vor to supply the deficiency. To feed the Canal,
from Shamokin Falls, a, Sunbury, TO Duncan's
Island, on the Susquehanna. distance Of about
forty miles, il was necessary 10 make a dam across
the river at the aforementioned place. This dam
is abou, three thousand feet in length and nine
feet four inches high, with schultz on the Union
county shore, for the passage Of srks aad RATS,
There it, after allowing sufcien, w,,er to feed the
Consl. large surplus 10 ho applied to manufac-
turing purposes, which now rolls over the dam
with the noise OF thunder, and forms the mos,
magnificent artificial water power in the world.
a better opportunity for capitalists does not exist
And we hope they will moi be long in taking aS.
vantage OF it,"
We are glad 10 see editor Of ciy prin, cal
ling the attention ofcspaliss to the opPor unite,
which the interior Of Pennsylvania offers for The
profitable investment of capital, and we join tn.
Gazette in the hope that capi,alists will not be long
in taking advantage OF them The great waite
| power created by the Shamokin dam is not exceedel
| by any in the Union, and hi power can be hroueh
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4 company oltand charter several Years since
to oconslruc; canll 80 wulc from In" hlsn form
cd ty tie dam in front Of hs place 10 ia" ShamokiI
creek, which emp,es Into the Susquehanns about
I quarter of mile below the dam. Part Of the stoc
of this company has been subscribed, and the cana
commenced; hut the pressure cf The times has pre-
vented the prosecution Of the work. The lengt
OF the canal from the liver to the creek is about
half a mile. and the fall obtained upwards of egh
feet. This fall, with the whole Susquehanna for
lorelsy, affords power sufficient to drive any a
mount of machinery, and the supply Of water wi
be eIhaus,ess the fountains Of our noble rive
The total costs Of the construction OF The canal, rcg
dy for the erection of iron other manufacture:
has been estimated by competent, engineer a, s G,
| 900. The facility Of communication between thi
place and the seabord Is an important cons deraiioI
| We have a causl down the Susquehanna, reachiu
the Chesapeake bay al Have de GrIcr. Foowln
the Prnns,lvan Canal 10 Middletown, thence b
the Union aud SchuylkiIl canals, We have CON
munica,on by water TO Philadelphia. a rail roa
is nearly constructed from Philadelphia to TN
place, by the way of PotsviIle and Reading, and j
addition to these we have canals running up hot
branches OF the Susquehsnna, the one intended t
connect with tho Erie Canal Of New York, an
the other with the great New York and Eiie Ra
Road.
Cannot the capitalists Of our cities who have M
lions to invest in fancy stocks, perceive these u,
vantagesl We sPe'k not to spectators who e,
pect to realize fortune in day, but to the ma
who desiIes 10 invest his capital IN and re
manent business, which wall yield him handsum
profit,