The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-10-02
Sunbury II Erie Railroad Convention.

On last Thursday the Sdnbury and Erie
Railroad convention met in the SAMSON
street Hall, Philadelphia and was addres.
sed by Hugh Bellas of Northumberland,
Edward Biddle Of New York, Thomas Struth.
ers of Warren county, Charles B. Penrose
of Adams, Joseph R. Chandler, VIM. D.
Kelly, Arson V. Parsons, Edward A. Pen
niman of Philadelphia, George w. Wood.
ward Of Luzerne, John Galbraiih of Erie
and James L. ellis of Elk. Morning, after
noon and evening sessions were held, the
latter at the Musical Fund Hall.
Judge Woodward, from the Committee
on Resolutions, offered the following, which
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That Pennsylvania, endowed
as she is with varied and unbouuded min
eral resources-ra liking, as she does, with
the first Agricultural States of the Union,
and possessing, in Pittsburg, the key 10 the
valley Of Tie Mississippi-in Erie, the best
and safest harbor Oh the lakes-and in Phil.
adelphia, the second commercial and first
manufacturing city of the Union-is des.
tined TO a position in the first rank of com.
mercial communities.
Resolved, That the present wants OF the
State demand the immediate connection Of
Philadelphia and Erie by a continuous rail-
road, which shall penetrate the now neglec-
ted but rich arabic and mineral regions of
the State.
Resolved, That subscriptions, 10 The a.
mount of one million dollars 10 the stock Of
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, having al
ready been pledged by the people of the
counties through which the road will pass,
il hoped hat the citizens of Philadelphia
will make such additions thereto as will Sc.
cure the immediate commencement and
early completion of the work.
Resolved, That the extensive system OF
railroads constructed, or about being COM
pleted by our sister States of Ohio, Mich.
gan, Indiana and Illinois, on which a sum of
over forty millions is being expended-ver-
sing towards our unrivalled harbor of Erie,
on Lake Erie, demands that this State
should be prepared, at the very earliest prac-
ticable moment 10 open for public use this,
the shortest aud most direct avenue through
the heart oil Pennsylvania from that port to
the city of Philadelphia.
Resolved, That we believe lha. the pros
perity of The agricultural, manufacturing,
mining and commercial interests of The
State will be immensely promoted by the
early completion of the Sunbury and Erie
Railroad, the most direct route from the
lakesse the seaboard cities and that we
therefore urge upon our citizens TO sub
scribe promptly and literally TO the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad stock.
Resolved, That the commerce and rapid.
ly growing business of the several lines of
Railroad and Canal, by which New York
and Boston are connected with the Lakes, is
a sufficient guarantee of the proitableness
Of this road as an investment.
Resolved, That no public work could now
be projected that would increase so vastly
the value of the taxable property of our cit
liens, and the revenues of the State, as the
Sunbury and Erie Railroad.
Resolved, That a Committee of-be ap-
pointed by the Chairman of the Convention,
10 prepare and publish an address to the
public, in aid of the enterprise in which we
are engaged.