Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1849-12-08
Correspondence of The Lewistown Gazette
YpRk Pa Novemher 9a 1910

uRK. Pa, November 80, 1910.
Mr.. Edtor-Being at leisure, concluded
tat | could in no wise better while away an
hour than IN pennlng a short correspondence
tor your journal, aud although have no sire
mandOus explosion" horrible trauedv.' or
highly important intelligence to communal
cate, yet tiatter myself my" production viii
contain suthcient or interest to exculpate it
from the charge OF being an intruder
On Tuesday morning last | babe the " good
ly denlzens" OF LewIstown farewell, and took
my departure in the elegantly finished cars of
the Central Railroad At o'clock | reached
Harrisburg, and being obliged to remain there
until next day, passed the time in perigrna-
ting the principal thoroughfdres, visiting print
ing offices. passing through the various public
buildings, and viewing numerous osher objects
Of interest to be found IN that capital town
Harrisburg Is well lald-nut and finely bult
town, containing a large number of elegantly
finished buildings; yet the place seems to be
improving but slowly. In tact TO my optics
Harrisburg is as Harrisburg WAS.
On Wednesday morning took the stage and
started for this place; and although fhe weather
was cold our trip was rendered quite agreeable
By having for fellow passenger i've YAM
hee," who kept up such continuous strain of
lively conversation as successfully disprled all
some
of an eccentric chaTacter-a boiling abolition
island, as he avowed a universal liberty
man. And his notions of liberty were rather
comprehensive. as he advocated a uniUersai re-
form in the whole social, poiIitica and religious
condition of the world,
York is one of the largest and most beauti-
FL. inland towns in the State, containing a
population of about eight thousand and for bu
slness enterprise and rapIdIty of growth, has
no equal in this part Of the State. New streets
are continually being laid out and rapidly built
up, Old houses are torn down and handsome
three and four story brick buildings erected,
and the whole place presents stirring bus-
ness like aspect that reminds one more of our
sesports than an inland town. Among the
alnIsome edIfces are the Court House.
he churches, and several hotels. The Odd
Fellows Hall. now IN course OF erection, bids
i2l' 70 become the principal structure in the
,2ce. 1t is large four story brick building,
.-yn,Ing on South George street, and occupy
.7g perhaps as much space as the pio at
Harrisburg. Preparations too are making to
supply the town with gas-but few weeks
beng required 10 complete the fixtures.
The reservoir being found inadequate to
supply the town with water, the entcTprlslng
Water Company have determined upon con-
s,ructlng wCrRs similar 10 Fairmount Water
Works on the Schuy kill TO throw water from
Codorus creek, in order to supply the increas-
-ag demand. Thus, you see, York is rapidly
becoming City and for my part | would not
ossurprlsed if in twenty years hence, it would
brow both Lancaster and Reading into the
sa3de. ] shall leave here to-day or tomorrow,
aud if anything worthy Of notice comes under
ny observation, you may hear from me again.
Yours, respectfully, II. f.