Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-03-13
Correspondence Of the Miners Journal.
PatLapsLruta, March Sd, i6t7.

longer. or be made . cat's-paw Of for her benefit
Our trade lies west eur interests are west, and
to the wesf let ne 60 The Advertiser says 9ake
cure that Philadelphia does not have the control
Of . road between Us and our msrket-Ths
would be suicidsi-tse selling Of our brthright.
II Pittsburg 10 wise, ..e will make any and eve.
ry sacrifice before she will permit any city or
corporation whose interests are dis,imiar 10 ours
to control Rail road between this city and the
west. In the scramble for the western trade,
she i, not 10 be- made the cat's.rsw of her more
wealthy and powerful Atlantic Neighbors'
Thus il appears, there is no more truth than
poetry 10 the remark OF Mr. Rosblins. tha, that
road will secure most business, which first shall
connect with the Improvements OF the State Of
Ohio. and render them tributary. To stop At
Pit,sburg. would therefore be . halfway mes.
sure
Now a. our good citizens are professcdly in
search of the trade Of the west, why 20 where il
isnot? break their necks from the bridges, or
bury themselves in the tunnels Of the Allegheny
70 grope at shadow Mr.. Roebling who 10
central from the chin TO the toes, most empha,
prove the most formidable rival ofthe Baltimore
and Ohio rs it will intercept all the trade Of the
Ohio River below Parkersbure, and will not al
low il to reach the termination Of the Baltimore
line This being the fact, il we place any con.
f6ence in the operations Of this civil engineer,
and connecting il with the evidence Of the Pitts.
burg Editors, will il not appear that we are the
cat' nd ,rit h.v -f.
ing, before we reach the desirable objett17-in
the distance. After expending our three million
Of dollars, will it then be time 10 enquire into
the facts will it be consistent with our "ws.
dom and intelligence" to run to the Ohio line,
and ask if the trade 10 there? Or would il be
consistent with common sense 10 60 where il 10
not consisten, with the natural -ndowmen,s Of
men Of business, TO expend sl4 $50 o00 and then
ask our sister Ohio. 10 dig up her Canals and let
u. pass where the trade may be found' The
Ohio and Erie Canal is only 300 miles long, and
connects Portsmouth with the city of cleveland
The Miami Canal connecting Cine innaii with the
city Of Toledo, is also bu, 247 miles long and as
these Improvements have only cost about sl3,.
600, GOO, il would at least be modest 10 ask them
tor an accommodation we 50 generously with.
hold from our nrighbors. But like the Pitts.
burgers will they not say we are making eats.
paws 'ral'ry villages or anything but rational
creatures Of those who have the power in their
hands'
But without referring TO any Of the previons
evid noes ofour wisd m 70 the good things we
have said or done for the benefit of ourselves and
the city-'o our operations in vicksburg stock
in Sunbury and 9eaver-in Chessp Ike and Del.
aware-in Lehish Canal, or in any ofth. schemes
that may some day be successful, would il NOT
be we'll, would il not be to our interests TO throw
on our 'ramm.ls, our consequence our prejudc-s
against the Reading Railroad, and look at the
only praeucable scheme. from which advantage
may be desired, instead Of listening 10 the fiat.
terry ofinttrested parties, TO the schemes of En-.
giheers and Contractors, or to the representa-.
tions OF those seeking office would it not be
better to open our eyes, to look npon the position
Of the Sunbury and Erie, at the facility with
which II can be constructed, at the local advan-
'ases 1t Will bes'ow upon the City and State, at
the ade that will be secured at its ,ermini. and
at the prospects of advantage. that must evident.
ly be secured by its stockholders,
Besides the positive certainty Of local busi.
ness, the intersection Of numerous work. within
our own boundaries, we have to view the con.
nec'isn with the "grandest trunk line" yet con.
eeived in our country, and that too withou, the
expenditure OF dollar, from Erie to Iowa city.
We have also to look at the various intersectinx
lines that run from the cities on the lake, to the
cities on the Ohio and the Mississippi. The
charters being granted upon the main stem, and
in many instances the work commenced. there
will be no taxes, no $40 600 per year, TO inter.
fere with the profits Of the stockholders. Then
too, as the lakes are obs,ructed from November
TO May, we have 10 look at our advantages in
grades, at the advantage in distance and at the
fact that one Engine can carry more produce than
two on the New York and Erie--Na,ure having
pointed out the course. We have but TO follow il,
and If she leads Us 10 the .pot where merehan.
diIe must concentrate, it will be our fault if the
mins'e with people whose property is our pro.
per'y-~hose prosperity is our prosperity, and
whose friendship 10 based upon mutual interests.
instead Of "eass 'a,o" jealonsies-we kin no pub.
lie works whose funeral expenses are hot provi.
ded for, but We assist in srestoring 10 a healthy
condition, those that have been tapped "for the
benefit OF the city" SuNBURY AND ERIE.
BALTIMORE MARKET.
Ofiee ef the BAlrrNoRs Axunrcis, M.rehs
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