Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-11-22
PHILADELPHIA AND THE LAKES.

Under this head, the Committee appoint
ed at the Convention held in Phladelph
on the Goth of September last, and deSigra-
ted as the Sunbury and Erie Rail Road
Convention, have reported an address, not
exactly on the subject of the Sunbury and
Erie Rail Road, for which purpose the
Convention pro:essel to be called, but for
the purpose Of advancing the private inter-
ests of certain spectators, who are inter-
estsd in another route. That such de-
sign was on flot, was evident to the true
friends of the great improvement intending
to connect Philadel pha with the Lakes.
and therefore many of the most prominent
and leading men, favorable to the project,
refused to attend the Convention. 1t was,
however, thought advisable 10 send strong
delegation, and to keep an eye on the
movements of certain interested individual
spectators, and this County and Schuyl-
kill, were represented by large delegations.
We attended as one Of the delegates from
this place, and were sooE convinced from
the course of certain proceedings, that a
concentrated effort was making, to revivily
and galvanse into being, the defunct
CattawSSa rail road, which like the Get
tysburg tape worm road, owed lis existence
wholly to the plunder secured from the
stockholders Of the U. 8. Bank, which had
been made to bleed most profuscly for OF
IjectS OF this kind.
Believing however, that a large major
ity of the members of the Conventil n
would oppose the ClttawisSa project, I
the merits of the different routes should be
discussed, overtureS were made 70 ourself
as we'll as to others Of the real friends q
the Sunbury and Erie route, that nothing
should be said or done, to raise any local
disputes, and that the Convention should
in pursuance of its call, designate no points,
except those embraced in the call of the
Convention. These terms We're acceded
too, and We're offered, we were satisfied, be-
cause the friends Of the Cattawissa route
found they could do no better in the Con.
vention. We were satisfied, however
that their Efforts to divert public attention
from the true route, and to for, stall public
opinion in favor of the Caltawissa route
would show itself in another form, anc
here it is, embraced in a single paragraph
at the beginning of the addr IS of the Com.
mttee, in the appointment Of which, th,
friends of the Sunbury route were sadly
overlooked.
The object is to connect the city OF Phi'a
dephia with the Harbur Of Erie, by The
shortest possible route, and at the least pos
s.ble expense. The link from Wiliamspor
? 10 Philadelphia, by the Ca'awissa ,nd wi
: Transport, Lillle Schuylkll and Rradinl
Roads, requires but lille to rer der il com
plele 4; aud we have only therefore to pro
vide for the construction of road TO con
meet WillIamsplrt with Erie, a distance o
2l0 miles, and the object is accomplished
This it is The desire of The Sunbury an,
Erie Rail Road Company to effect at once
We do not, of course, intend 10 charg
f favoritism or plrtialty on all the member
: of that Committee. Among them we OBJ
:. serve number of gentlemen distinguished
for their talents, enterprise, and mora
r worth, who no doubt assented to the re
o port, without fully investigating its correct
y ness, or looking into its merits, nor hav
# we any fault TO find with the other poi
g tions of the address. 1t will be seen tha
the address t'aaiou,ly avoids even the men