Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-01-30
s.nbury ami Er,. Railroad Convention.

The committee on business made the following
report:
First, That committee of seven be appointed
TO report resolutions expressive Of the sense Of
the convention.
/ Second, The appointment Of a committee Of
seven 10 prepare an Address to the People of the
State, embracing the views of the convention on
the proposed Railroad
Third, That a committee Of five on Finance,
be appointed And that the consideration OF the
matters submitted by said committee, with a
general discussion, and comparison of views be
suggested as the business of the convention. The
report was accepted
The President then appointed the committees
as follows;
On Resolutions-Chas w Higgins, John Rid
die, irwin Camp, Saml Bell, Josiah Randall, lnc
c Boyd, Strange n Palmer.
On Addres.-John Tucker, Jacob Hoffman,
Robert Ferris, w A Irwin, NJ Moore, L
Mackey, and VIM Packer.
On Finance-Saml Bell, Geo w Edwards, An.
drew NJ Jones' John II Purdy, John White.
On motion uf Gen Packer, it was resolved, that
Wnen tne convention aulouIneu, IL NouIu nhJoutH
TO meet at o'clock in the evening.
Judge Burnside, with few remarks, in which
he maintained that for the protection and pros
perity of Phi!adelph railroad must be made
from Pittsburg TO Philadelphia. and from the har.
Dor Of Erie to Philadelphia, offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That this convention most earnest
ly and respectfully request the managers Of the
Railroad company about TO be incorporated for
making Railroad from Harrisburg to Pi,tsburg,
before they locate their road TO cause survey to
be made by the Valley of the Susquehanna, and
to keep in view in their location, railroad 10
.he harbor of Erie, which was adopted, and on his
motion, referred to the committee on resolutions
Or motion Of G A Nichols, the following com
mittee on statistics was appointed: G Nichols,
w Higgins, Camp, S Lewis, A P Cleaver.
On motion, John NJ Sandersen was requested
TO address the convention, whereupon Mr. San.
herson stated that he had prepared some statisti.
cal information in relation 10 the object contem-
plated by the convention, which he would lay
before them.
The paper read by Mr. was long, important,
and contained much valuable information in re-
lation to travel and transportation uron other
railroads. estimates of grading aud cost and
freight and travel upon the proposed road. II
was shown that the distance from Erie TO New
York, by way Of Pottsville and Philadelphia,
would be twenty three miles less than by way
of Ounkirk. Various routes by which the road
might be laid out to Philadelphia, were suggrs
ted, and it was shown that suck railroad would
be Of the utmost importance to the prosperity
of this city.
On motion, the communication read by Mr..
! Sanderson was referred to the Committee on
Statistics.
On motion, the members of the City Councils
and the Commissioners Of the Central Railroad
were invited to take seats as members of the
/ Convention.
On motion, Messrs. Kcating iIeister, Jones,
Markly and j. II. Hart were appointed Com.
mittee to invite the attendance of the members
of the CITY Councils and Central Railroad Com.
missioners Adjourned.
FvENryG Srssios-The meeting was called to
order by the President The Committee on Re.
/ solutions presented the following report and re-.
! solutions -
Resolved, That the Convention of Delegates
from fifteen Counties in Eastern, Northern and
/ Western Pennsylvania. have met for the single
purpose of appealing to the sober judgment of
their fellow citizens throughout the Common
wealth, in behalf OF an Improvement which has
long been neglected, and which they believe
to be entitled to the most favorable considera.
ton.
Resolved, That they are satisfied that the
West Branch of the SusQuehanna is the route
by which q railway communication between
Eastern and Western Pennsy lvania can best be
made, and the only one by which Lake Erie
and the Ohio River can with equal facility be
reached.
Resolved, That, for the promotion of the gen.
eral interest. the West Branch Is, in their judg
ment, preferable, as il involves no conflict with
the State Improvements, which, il is well to re-
member, are not yet paid for, and whose income
as pledged to the public creditors, we as citizens
of a community anxious to pay our just debts
have no righ, to trihe with.
Resolved, That for the promotion Of local In
terests, as well Of the country through whicl
it passes, as Of the extreme points, and especial
ly of Philaeelphis, the West Branch route il
D preferable as beneht,ing part of The country o
? peculiar though uhdeveloped RESOURCES. and Oh
b which little Of the public bounty has been be
slowed. and in relation TO Philadelphia by ter