Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-06-08
Survey Of the Shamokin, MahOnoy and Schuyl.
kill Rail Road.


Our readers, no doubt, will be highly gra,ifed
TO learn that the result of the survey Of the Rail
Road from Shamokn to connect with the Phia.
delphia Rail Road will prove favorable 10 the |
construction Of a road without planes. Our
latest intelligence is, that the Engineers have |
ascertaned, by actual survey that they can pass
through the Broad Mountain by about 5000 feet |
oftunnel, from the head ofthe West West Branch,
Of Schuylkill, to the head of deep creek The |
proposed tunnel is about 1876 feet higher than the
Rail Road at Mt. Carbon, or, about ! 65 feet low
er than the Broad Mountain summit level OF the
Danvile g. Pottsvilc r. Road. From the pro-
posed tunnel along the North descent of the
Broad Mountain, line was run descending 47I
feet per mile, which grade line crosses the Cen.
tire Turnpike near Peter Seitzingcr's and the
Little Mahonoy creek as feet - watcr) about
a half mile east of the turnpike where the line
doubles and recrosses the turnpike, in the ravine
little south of Larrishs tavern, which ra.
vine it is intended to descend with the grade
line and cross the Big Mahonoy about of
mile above the confluence of the two branches
! The whole elevation Of the tunnel, above the
point where the Big Mahonoy Creek is crossed.
is about $50 feet, or probably less, with suffi.
cient room to increase the length of the road SO
as TO reduce the grade 10 as feet per mile. From
! Big Mahonoy Creek they purpose to ascend at
| grade of about rs feet per mile, through Big Run
| Gap, TO the Locust Gap summit an elevation of
perhaps $40 feet, and from Locust Gap descend
to Shamokin at about 20 feet grade per mile
AL, RI.
posed tunnel through the Broad Mountain the dc.
scent will be at about IS feet per mile to the
Philadelphia Reading and Pottsvillc Rail Road
or TO connection with some one of the roads Of
the Schuylkill Region that connect with the
Pottsville Reading and Philadelphia Rail Road
The Mine Hill Rail Road Company have, we arc
informed, objected to the connection with their
road or running parallel within one mile This
objection, however, will not amount TO much
They feel very certain of finding route through
that will not greatly exceed in length the Dan.
vile and Pottsvile Rail Road, and at grades
that can be readily traversed by locomotive steam
engines. The length of the road will depend up
on the height of SUBMITS to be overcome These
submits are 10 be overcome by gentle grades
The tunnel through the Broad Mountain will be
the means of reducing the elevation of that sum
init l65 feet, and will decrease the length of tn,
, oadnearly 81 miles, by ascending the North sid,
Of Broad Mountain with AZ feet grade per mile
and descending the South side at 5 feet per mile
, Another favorable feature of this route one tina
must not be lost sight of, is, that it crosses thu
: Shamokin Creek after that stream leaves the Ma
, honoy Coal region and consequently, at a leve
e. sufficiently low to run the branch Rail Roads in
0 10 that coal region at water level, and thereb,
= render every natural facility available in mining
- coal from that region.
The corps engaged in the survey expect to Sc
through TO Shamokin in about week or two
We will apprise our readers of the result as the
progress The survey is being made b. Kin
Der Cleaver, Esq of Shamokn