Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-27
New York and tie
kelliEH Valley.

~ 'i'"i DSeHCCH ANcM L VI n
and Philadelphia, for the trade of the
Lehlgh Coal region and the northeastern
portions of Pennsylvania and northwest
ern Jersey, must be carried on with more
spirit by our citizens, if they wish to Sc
cure the advantages. The Central New
Jersey Railroad, now completed from
New York city to White House, dis
tance of about fifty miles, will in less than
two months, be entirely completed to Eas-
ton, and bring the seventy-nine miles be-
tween the two terminii within three hours
travel. A correspondent of the Ledger
calls attention to these facts, and savs.the
Trenton and Belvidee Railroad will
never serve the purposes of Philadelphia
as rival to the Central New Jersey Rail-
road, for the trade of Easton and the
Lehigh Valley, for these, among other
reasons: 1t is no shorter than the road
to New York difference in guage of
track will render inevitable a tranship-
ment at Easton there will always be de-
lay at Trenton the depots at Kensington
and Camden are both alike OF difficult
and inconvenient access the road is, and
always will be, under New Jersey man
agement. On the other hand, direct
railroad from Philadelphia to the Lehigh
Valley, wholly within our own State, will
be much shorter, and will, besides become
the main trunk Of two great projected
lines, diverging at the mouth of Saucon
Greek on the Lehigh river; the one ira
yersing the valley of the Lehigh, and
crossing over to the Susquehanna in the
! Wyoming Valley, the other passing up
ward along the Delaware through the
Water Gap, and thence onward to inter
sect the Cobb's Gap and New York and
Erie Railroads. There is nothing vision
airy, nor enigmatieal in all this it only
requires information Of what is actually
transpiring, to satisfy the most incredu-
lous skeptc. Sharp-sighted and keen
witted New Workers have long had their
eyes on northeastern Pennsylvania. From
year to year extending their iron arms
into her rich valleys, to draw into their
own Golfers profitable trade, which has
heretofore enriched our own merchants
Philadelphia has no railroad communiea-
ton with any valley east of the Schuyl-
kill. Business men will 60 to whatever
market affords the most facilities hence
it is not to be supposed that the people
Of the Lehigh Valley will occupy an en-
tire day inreaching Philadelphia bystage,
; across the country, or by railroad via
the Trenton circunbendibus route, when
they shall have opened to them direct
railroad passage of three hours running
time to New York.
Our last Legislature passed an act to
incorporate " The Philadelphia, Easton
and Water Gap Railroad Company"
which authorises the construction of a
railroad from Philadelphia to any point
in the county of Northampton, with a
right to extend northward along the val
ley OF the Delaware to the northeast cor
ner of the State, to make connection with
otherroads, and to build lateral and branch
roads any where in and through the coun-
ties of Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh,
Northampton, Monroe and Pike. 1t is
also made lawful for municipal corpora.
tons to make subscriptions to the capital
stock of this company, which is destined
to enlarge into the magnitude of a colos-
sal enterprise, Of paramount Importance
to the business interests and enduring
prosperity of our city The time when
this work shall be commenced, is not dis
tant in the future. BY midsummer of the
present year, its necessity viii be made
manifest and palpable to the understand
ing as well as the pockets of those of our
merchants who have so long enjoyed the
profits of a large Lehigh and Easton trade
In anticipation Of coming events, which
cast their shadow before" it is said that
some of the intelligent gentlemen named,
as Commissioners in the act of incorpora-
ton, intend forthwith to take out letters
patent, organize the company, and then
bide fitting day to begin the work To
insure a permanent organization of the
company, so that subsequent legislation
cannot repeal nor annul the powers YES
ted in the stockholders by the character,
will only require an aggregate subscrip-
ton of three thousand shares of stock, at
fifty dollars each, and the payment of
five dollars on each share.
Now, if we look at the geographical pos
ition Of Philadelphia, as this correspon-
dent shows, it will be found such, that if
she be true to her own interests, she can
forever hold in her hands the dead latch
to the Lehigh and the country beyond.--
Easton can be brought by railroad to
within sixty-fve miles of Philadelphia,
and the coal mines at Mauch Chunk can
be brought nearer than the mines at
Pottsville. It has been shown that the
Philadelphia, Easton and Water Gap
Railroad Company, has the right to con
meet with any railroad that occupies any
part of any route covered by their broad
charter Thus, from a point on the Nor.
ristown Railroad, a route might ascend