The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-05-22
From the Philadelphia" Uu.'cd States Gazette
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Tbs great tLuIoughlarc va, commenced il
Jul, la41. and Will be- completed with a -Iuyl,
Ii,k Hud ,itmgs, m August ur ScIuemb,r, 1853
Il Wi, extend nom Harrisburg 'p prishurpL
connecting lhr OHIO riycr with the capital of iu,
state and bN mean, uf the railroad aircaGy I'm
hcd uu d.. east with Ihladrulia the s,cuu,
citN ~ point # population On the Western conf
u,ui. nud hr.' ia the natural resources Of H.,
cuuurrN ,lhutaN it,
Ihy length OF the Pennsylvania Railroad vii
be- rs miles, of whlch lgl mile, are puw II
,uc,r..ti operation. The VIII lie Of the rr.un.
umg di-'au.cs Is Is under contract and rnptal,
au,.u,,rs towards ,,u,lcr.on IS mile. u,oi,
viii ~ upcu lu July aud ,hc remainder. ,xrrrr
dat pprt.un crossing the A,lr-lluy mDuut,In-
VL,r, jhr Portage RIirotl D.. i,lupuratih used
iug - uu'r, ~ September next.
The rrutr IT tia, road "a. Auugh it iu,cr.,ct,
u IT, course al the mountain f.u,r, Of the stat,
O. hr-hl, favorable The 4 Irul.uy n,nupl.,,r
is u, uul, one uu, severed in II, base h., SY.
qu,htuua ,luulatg. ~ CuIiomaru ,iyrrs. ,L. sal
Icy, Il ~ vhi,h urc followed hy hrrnlrugd thfnugl
ia, grcat gateway nature La, opened for its ,r
comuduiun.
lLrCicst uf he Al,r.h. ms mountain /, pas.,I
b, . tuunrl $50. feet lun, aud ai AN elevation
ol = lGI feet above tide water. No s,ai,onar,
power Is r,qpu,d un ANY pant oi he road IN,
distance luu il.rr,-Em-h tu 4 ltura. al the foo,
ul tie eastern ,,.Ic cot tie Mountains /, 1871
ul.,s an! ia. ascent overcome l. SOS feet. III,
s'rrIr,j sending gradient. un tia, part @, ia,
ruad passing ,usiwari.y, l. lo! trrt per mil,
aud Wr~tvuu.N ~ feet p,r ullr. From Altu,p,
T." u LGr-h. the -tr,Ir-i utH,Irnl Is 81 : ia
'rtt per mIIr with tlr tN.rptlur If "a -,Ii.,.s
tUu ,i-t,lu ,lop,. nl tli. uuuuiaIr vh,t,, ,,,.,
ulyut Df - Ert p,r uuic ur,u strai,h, lines
reduced mon cuiy,, according tn their radI-i,
encountered uluu which tN Ia lucumut,vc rowe,
Wi, BE- rmpultd
he b.ium.rc and Ohio Railroad ovcrcomes
lhl, uuuutalu ty a uaNuuul gr,di,n, n mile.
u lculih ui IIG feet urr mile. and ,,,.r,ud.
upon thc west side at the same -r'c Tor uIl,,
IL also uy,r,um,. laurr llll.vI l., avoided
uu uuI ruu' hy tunnel 200 irct .,., ~ l,b gra.
ulcui, uu each eide # les lr,i per u,I,r.
lie p,mp,S, wanna road Is gra,l,,. bra druI \,
track IN ALL The tuun,.s and rock ,.. ris.. AID
U.uyh ul the earth wurn the nl-oir. Ii ,,Il en-.
SOS, !, constructed ior a Guuhlc track 3, u,rIr,
Of the mountain division. and 80 rrnur,li,,rly
east Of II. .Ili. proposed to hy N.ha duuJI,
ua,h ai once. aud un the rest u. =, huc there
wli be sldug, every miles
The suurrsiIuc,uir l. uf the most +, h.tpn,i,l
character The cross ties Of " hic oa. by 5
ru,hc., ; feet lung. .! feet apart. are inh,idrd
N ballast Of broken stone, twenty inches IN drblh
hr r.ul, weigh 6I IT,, prr ynrd, ~ ,r, ON the
s.nrp gr.dru ui the Allruban, moun,a.r. where
20 ID rul, are to be used The buI.nng, are
commudlou, aud substantial. F,um Altoona to
r,tsburgh / : mrlcs th,rc are only two wooden
hrdec-, each of about loo feet spa, all the
others being constructed of stone or irou
1t l. believed that the road and It's appurtcnon.
ces thruu ghout wall compare lavnurab,y with any
work Of the kIud IN America. Will. vcry ltt!p
has been expended III unnecessary orn,,nrnt. no
expense hats been spared which was r-g,,.d to
secure substantial excellence.
ElrumInou- coal abounds on the western par,
Of the road from Pittsburgh to the summit ul
the Allegheny mountains, distance ul one hun
drcd aud htty miles; the road passing IN tins dis.
tancc Through numerous VEINS varying frcm four
t" thirteen inches IN thickness. The extensive
coal h"ld At Broad Top mountain il within fifteen
miles ut the road, ot point onc hundred and
hltl live miles east OF lI,tsluigh, and ninety
west 1t harrlNhurgh; while IN the valley of the
Su'qnchanna the road Is IN the immediate Vi.
tinlIS oi the anthracite coal region,
AZ ilarrnhurSh, commences the llRrrisburgh
and Lancaster ltIllroad, thirty six miles long, now
leased aud worked 10y the Ptnnsy ylvauia Railroad
Company, The road lnersccis the Columbia
Railroad at Lancaster, completing the railroad
communication 1" the cIty ut Philadelphia The