The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-08-16
NORTH BRANCH CANAL.

10 WORK goes bravery on--'he
wheels are moving, We this week
give notice of the election of manager,
and ollicers--they are OF the right mate
rial. We are glad to see at the head
familiar name 20 The dwellers OF the
North country. No other would have
made the work more POPULAR the nam
oi Garick Mallery is strong one il
Luzerne, Wyoming aud Bradford. The
managers that are from this section are
good selections; better could not wei
have been made; the gentlemen from
New York we know only by reputation
and that speaks well OF them, and wei
for the enterprise. One thing deserves
notice as connected with the improve
ments of Northern Pennsylvania. III
you enquire at Danville wh) are the
men, aud whence The capital employed
ia driving those large furnaces and that
magnificent rolling mill-lhe answer is,
they are New Workers, working with
Gotham funds. Our own rolling mill is
owned by New Yorker, driven by
New Yorkers,& employing New York
capital. The Llckawanna workswlIl give
you about the same answer, but may
add that there is small sprinkle OF
New Jersey and Connecticut there. Go
10 the axe and scylhe factories, and you
will hnd the active and intelligent yam
kee has his hand busy al the forge ham
ner; his is the capital that New Eus'
land sends out with all her sons and may
be cOuned thus: intelligence added to
natural shrewdness industry, economy
Integrity, clear understanding of wha
hey undertake, and promptness in all
things: all of the Northern agricultural
ISIS and lumbermen pay them tribute
At Carbondale all the immense opera
tous there are the fruits of New York
foresight and New York capital; and
asst and greatest, the New YoIkers sez.
lied upon lhe North Branch Canal, the
greatest and most profitable inVes mem
of The day of the 10000 shares New
York holds near 5000. The only i'm
prosement touching Luzerne aod Co
Iumba that has been completed by Phil
adelphia is the Letigh aud S1>quehanna
Iral road. and The canal of that company.
New York indeed ms TO have laslen-
ed Aer giant arms aronnd the Creates
coal and iron field in The world; ano
Philadelphia with her millions o. idle
capl,aI, has looked on aud quietly per
milled the golden hour 10 pass from her
orever. Her rival in trade aud COM
merce has seated herself in the richest
Iparl Of her own state, and is now turn.
; ling hel own artillery ag1ins; her. 1t il
Ihard indeed TO give any reasonable ex.
cuse for her apathy toward US. She ha,
millions 10 loan to companies that are
far from solvercy, bu, not dollar for
!Iinves,men, here. II canal lhat she
should have had every share in, she has
some or 400 ooly out OF lO,o00.-We
should have rejoDced 10 have seen ouI
own metropolis which has 10 bear her
par, Of ,he.axttlon for the money eX.
pended ouhhis branch, resping The be n.
efs Of The lnvesjmentj bot she has turn
ed US over 10 the slraoger--lhe IairesD
and richest portion of The state. Our
Iinclinarlons Uere elsewhere, but our
sympalhies 90 with our necessities. and
we have cause 10 regard New York
more friendly TO us than Philadelphia.
We started out TO speak OF the North
IBranch Canal, and getting. pff he track
we have been talking somewhat al rau-
dom, and can now only add, that by
resolution of the board further install.
lof 50 per share has been directed 10 bt
called in; the time and place of pay
ment we shall give timely notice OF.
This will en,itle the company TO the
possession Of the cana from The Pool lo
he l.ackswans. We hope the letting
will take place this f,l'; there can br
no reason Tor delay, and there are mary
Tor hasle.
We shall ever look back with pleas
ure 10 our efforts in regared TO lhs in
provement and it will be a happy day
indeed 10 the people Of our valley, wheu
our coal shall be travelling over this
canal to the North and WesI: markets
hat cannot be stocked, and where we
shall 90 without rivals. As we have
said before we shall come back 10 this
subject again.
Luzerne Democrat.
RATHER FISHY.