The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-12-12
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From the Union

! GENTLEMEN-hnOw that YOU take
deep interest in the proper conduct of
| all the minutia CT the government, | ad-
dress you few lines in relation 10 one
very essential part, and that part is tha
Portage railroad. Although that is
corn paratively small portion of the ma
chinery, so loEg as II is well conducted,
1t adds proportionate part in the well
running of the wheels of government; and
while that is predominant characteristic
OF the great party which you have so ably
defended, 1t at once gives it credit and
strength, and last, Eut not least, SUCCESS
First. Whatever the opinions of others
may be w. S. Campbell. Esq. has proved
himself a very efficient, a most excellent
uperintendent-whi is. indeed a very
important evidence of the wisdom and
selection Of our uneXcelled Canal Board,
which unanimously placed him in that
station. The road, when he came upon
IT, was, from probably sufficient reasons,
necessarily IN bad repair; but his untiring
industry and active vigilance, together with
good discrimination in the appointment in
repairs, has enabled him TO surpass the
most sanguine expectations. Nor TO the
repairs alone have | confined my obser-
vations: TO the engineers and hItchers at
the planes,-is much credit due-also to the
officers and hands OF the .'slips," from
''boss" to truck greaser." His choice of
mechanics and machinists in the depots
have 6een the very best, for skill and
promptness. | challenge comparison from
any quarter. Like all the rest, be the
occasion what it might-the emergency
whatIt would-whether in rain or in shine
they were ever ready. And many is tie
night have heard the gloom of midnight
hour oispelled by the merry ring of their
lncessant cllckering hammers. To name
all these iron-nerved, ready, merry-heart-
ed men would needs be too much of
task; but of the slip upon the ,Uest side,
&. s. Goodman, Esq is superintendent
OF the depot, J. Pringle, Esq, and, by
the way, | must not forget to mention
Charles Kinney, who has been there ever
since lis erection, and for putting boat
upon the trucks. will beat the Jews
| have lived just long enough, sirs, TO
learn that while there may be a person for
every place, eUery person is not adapted
TO eUery place. And not to cast my eye
farther along upon the catalogue Of names
upon the Allegheny Portage, would be
an ungenerous neglect | should not like
10 be guilty of. The locomotive engi-
neers, since so muck depends upon them,
have been a source of considerable inter
ested observation to me. But while want
Of acquain tance disqualifes me for giving
names fully, | am not deficient in the
fact that they have all most nobly done
their duty. Of those can name, who
certainly stand pre-eminent to the many
have known elsewhere. John Campbell,
Lewis Miller, Marcus Campbell, Robert
Mason, and Barney Collier. have been
both "to mll'' and ''to meeting in my
day, and have thus been enabled TO OBJ
serve a great many OF this profession OF
danger; but none TO excel them. And
thus | may continue to end the catalogue
of public servants upon the road. The
two assistant superintendents, Messrs NJ
Herman and Nelson, as well as the clerk
Mr.. Babb. are gentlemen eminenlly quail
i6ed for the stations they have SO ably fill
ed this season. This is no sycophantic.
fulsom fatery; if any person is any part
SkST1ttt, ne Is invited TO make the examina-
ton, as hare. OF repairs, Mr.. Price,
of Mercer, Mr.. Brownell, of Elk, Mr..
Rose, of Cambria, as well as the rest,
are foremen truly of merit and ability.
OF The express and telegra ph captains:
Messrs. Phelps of Crawford, Barr MIN
tyre, Seely, Roof and NJ Farland. are all
gentlemen of fine capabilities, correct in
business, while affability and courtesy
adorn and grace their department. This
is of intrinsic value in those spheres of
public function; and am not little graf
flied TO see it a characteristic in the present
case. The whole, then, forms combined I
evidence, of the wisdom and excellence of /
our Canal Board. Nor is this all. Il
preUes to the people that Democrats /,
serve Them beSg. Yours, &c
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