Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-11-22

ANY one acquainted with the resources con-
tiguous to our N.'w. Lakes, and large rivers Of
the West, will not doubta moment that the tra,e
and travel pouring into this road, will fully COM
pensate the stockholders who embark in the en-
terprize. 1t is estimated that 500 900 passen-
gers are now annually passing between the East
ern and Western States, Of this number an able
writer in the Railway Journal" states, 10000
pass through Buffalo, the remainder seek the.
East by the line on the Monongahela and the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad. Finish this road, and
the majority of this vast number will pass over
it. The immense tonnage that annually is to be
transported East and West by some means
way, burdens even thought with its weight Du-
ring 1874 eight millions of dollars worth ofhour
| and wheat were brought into Buffalo alone seek
ing an Eastern market, this is bnt one item of
! the vast catalogue of Commerce of the North
west, but from it the rest can in some measure
! be judged. A Northern Statesman estimates "the
lake region within the United States, at $50 600
square miles, and adds it is twice as large as
! France and about six times that of England ha.
wing $50 mil ions Of acres arabic land and large
part of surprising fertility" Bordering the O.
hio and Mississippi, is the most extensive tract
of fertile land known in the world, thousands on
thousands of people added annually to the
millions who inhabt that far region.
Who can conceive the prospective extent of
that population who conjecture the amount
in tons or the valhe in dollars of the commerce
1 between that population and the East Going
! East we shall have the surplus produce of 49,
600. 600 busy and industrious people. Going
West we shall have all the Injuries and neces.
? saries for that population. Those of the East
K will get their bread from the West, ard we Of
the East will supply their wearing fabrics and
I other products of every sort, of every mechanic
, and manufacturer. This commerce and the null
:. ttude who must travel IN consequence, we say
e miH SEEK this route, because it is the nearest TO
n the Atlantic, of any practicable way, grades ca
|, sier, fully as cheap, and all tending to furnish
!. speedy and low transit. There is 24OO feet less
I. rise and fall than on the New York and Erie
20 Railroad our Northern rival and about 1000 feet
j.. less than the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, ouI
,e Southern rival for the Ohio trade we have nc
h grades but those admitting locomotives with hea
m w trains, and without extra power, whilst ou
e. rivals will be compelled to have their road ove
,e the steepest OF ouis. 33 feet per mile.
h 1t is said that Philade phans have never know
"a the value o: their position in regard TO the West
in and that generally little is known of the irnpor
he tance Of that trade this should not be. Now y
e, the time to secure to this city, commerce with
or out stint trade that during this generation vii
realize more wealth TO Philadelphia and the pee
n pie of State by ten times than the cost OF tn
he means by which it is TO be secured
is. LEHMAN.