Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-04-22
A Railroad from PhiIa delphi;s
TO the WaIer.Gap.

The following important Railroad bill. has
passed finally both branches of the Legisla-
ture.
The bill, beyond question, contains the
most liberal and comprehensive charter ever
granted TO railroad company in eastern
Pennsylvania; and, in year or two when
the railroads in progress Of construction from
the city of New York, across New Jersey, TO
connect with railroads in our own State shall
be completed, Philadelphia will be compelled
under the pressure of rivalry and competition,
to build a road to the Lebigh and the Wafer
Gap, by the shortest and most direct route.
In anticipation of these transactions, and TO
give to Philadelphans an opportunity whete-
by they may forever maintain the commercial
supremacy in one Of the richest regions Of the
State, this charter was gotten up.
The following is copy of the bill just,
passed
Sec. l. Be it enacted, &C., That John o.
James, Samuel II. Gillingham, Andrew Man
derson, Elwood II. Smith, Joshua Brant, l.
saac S. Waterman, John Jordan, VIM. p.
Brock, VIM. B. Hart, Charles Santee, Joseph
NJ. Hollinshead, Harry Conrad, John Gilbert,
James S. Young, Solomon Smith, Thoma s
Taylor, VIM. Raigul, John Ely, VIM. c. Lud-
wig, Samuel II. Bush, Daniel Daily, Benj.
Kemerer, S. NJ. Bum, George Barron, James
Shields, Charles Koons, Milton Cooper, and
Peter Sieger, of Philadelphia county, VIM.
T. Rogers, John S, Brown, G. Z. Wright,
Stephen Brock, John B. Pugh, VIM. S. Hen
drie, R. Thornton, r. Watson, VIM Carr,
and Z. j. Fox, Of Bucks county, Andrew II.
Reeder, NJ. H. Johnes, Jacob A. Wagner,
VIM. laval, Michael Butz, Jacob RAIDER
George Troxell, Jacob Rice, Augustus Wolfe
G. II. Gonder, J. ]. Levers, VIM. Beitel
Samuel Straub, and Samuel Taylor, of North.
ampton county, and Joseph Lukens, John
ShafTer, George Sechler, Jacob Wentz, and
Henry Dickson, of Montgomery county, OF
any three of them be, and they are hereby
appointed commissioners to open books, receive
subscriptions, and organize company by the
name, style and title of philadelphia, Easton
and Water Gap Railroad Company" with
power and authority to construct railroad,
beginning at point north of Vine street, in
the county of Philadelphia, and thence by the
most expedientand practicable route to or near
the borough of Easton, or some other point in
Northampton county, with the right to extend
: said railroad TO any point or place in Monroe
or Pike counties, and to connect with the
Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill, and Susque'
hanna railroad, the Delaware and Cobb's GAP
Railroad, and the New York and Erie rail
road, or any other railroad which may have
connected with it in Pennsylvania, subject
10 all the provisions and restrictions OF an
act regulating railroad companies, approved
the 10th day of February, l649, SO far as the
same are not altered or supplied by this act,
and the said Philadelphia and Easton railroad
company shall have the right, subject to the
provisions and restrictions of the act afore-
said, to connect their railroad by lateral OF
branch roads with any railroad constructed
or TO be constructed in any of the counties
through which the same may pass, and also
TO construct one or more bridges across the
river Delaware, and TO connect BY one or
more lateral or branch roads with any rail
road dor other public Improvement IN the State