Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-05-22
FROM the Not,A American 4 U. s. Gazette.
SHALL PHILADELPHIA OR BALTIMORE
HOLD TsiE KEY TO THE susaUE,
HANNA VALLEYS

with this brief recurrence 10 the scheme
Of Baltimore 10 reach the Western trade
through Pennsylvania, let us glance a, her
now maturing, TO reach the trade
os the lakes through the Susquehanua valley
IN our own State. In 1851 a company was
chartered under the auspices Of parties
known TO be in the interest Of Baltimore,
with authority 10 construct rail road from
the terminus Of the Baltimore line of rail
road, opposite Harrisburg, TO Sunbury, dis.
lance OF fifty odd miles up the Susquehanna
river, with the righ, to extend TO Williams |
port, OIL the West Branch, and 10 make
branch road 10 Wilkes5arre, on the North |
Branch. AT the late session of the Legisla-
iure the Sunbury and Erie Rail Road Com
pany obtained The righ, to build their road
as Tar down the Susquehanna as Harrisburg,
Instead Of Sunbury, which was the poin,
fixed in their original charter. Now, as but
one rail road can be made along the Susque.
hanna, between the Pennsylvania Rail Road
bridge and Suubury, tne Baltimoreans are
s,raining all the energies they possess TO
start their work first, and thus ge, possession
Of the ground Therefore, time is the es.
sence OF The whole matter, and if, by pro-
eraslination, Philadelphia interests should
he compelled 10 give way 10 Baltimore in
lerest in the Susquehanna valley, then say
we, woe 10 Philadelphia, and farewell for
N oil nj lata rad
which now beam upon our city. 1t is the
most positive conviction Of the writer lha,
the Select Council had better give TO The
Sunbury and Erie Rail Road Company one
million of dollars as grdtuity, rather than
suffer Baltimore 10 fasten her iron grasp
above Harrisburg in the Susquehanna valley.
Why, then, should the Select Council hesi-
tate to subscribe TO that amount of the capi-
tai stock Of the Sudbury and Erie Company,
which is certain 10 pay more than six per
cent A subscription of one million dollars
made now to The Sunbury and Erie Rail
Road, will keep Baltimore influence from
extending beyond lis present termination,
and will, besides, inspire confidence and
faith along the entire route TO Erie. Flom
Harrisburg 10 Sunbury is the cream of the
route. The tonnage and travel which
would be thrown upon a rail road between
those points, would alone make the section
profitable and remunerative, while the
would be clear profit. From the eastern
bank Of the Susquehanna, between Harris
burg and Sunbury, there are a, This time
four rail roads already constructed, which
These four roads, TO wit the Ssuquehanna
and Dauphin Rail Road, the Lykens Valley
Rail Road, The Treverton Rail Road, and the
Shamokim Rail Road would pour an i'm
mense tonnage on the main trunk line ex-
tending along the river.
By keeping Baltimore below the pass in
the Blue Mountain, near Harrisburg, Phila-
deiphia can always hold The dead latch
upon her whereas if Baltimore, through
delay of action on the part of our Selec,
Council, once gets her iron arm beyond ,ha,
pass she will extend it entirely across our
State 10 Elmira in New York, and there
connect with the New York and Erie Rail
Road. This is the Baltimore programme
for 1852, as plainly laid down and as zeal.
ously urged as was the Baltimore pro.
gramme to reach Pittsburg in 1916. Will
the Councils of Philadelphia of 1852 mani
fest less enterprise aud foresight than the
Councls of 1876, whose action raised the
character of our city in the estimation OF
the whole country! Delay then would
have been fatal TO the hopes Of Philadelphia
for the trade of the West-deay nor will
be fatal TO the hopes Of Philadelphia for The
trade of The Lakes.
With two great iron ways stretching
athwart the great State Of which she is the
metropolis-he one 10 the brink of The Ohio
and the other TO the margin of the Lakes,
Philadelphia may in verify become the en-
pire city Of the nation.
The irite words Hnow or never' apply
with resislless emphasis TO the Sunbury and
Erie enterprise at the present time. Having
faith in the promises and confidence in the
ludgmen. OF Philadelphia, the counties along
The line have all made subscriptions 10 the
stock OF he Sunbury and Erie Company II
Philadelphia adds her million, the road will
be begun and prosecuted TO speedy compile.
,ion. Northern Pennsylvania will be made
popuIous and glad the metropolis will be
stlong in her own Commonwealth the
trade of the Lakes will enrich our citizens
If, on The contrary, the Sunbury and Erie
project is permitted to break down, the peo
pie Of The interior will, in their disappoiut
meni, turn 10 New York and Baltimore fo
that aid which Philadelphia foolishly with
held from them. The New York and Eri,
Rail Road Co., will be invited 10 extend il
branches everywhere along The northern
5order, aud Baltimore will be welcomed
with a carte blanche into The very heart O
the State. It is idle TO expect The interio
counties TO do without raii roads in this tim
Of progress. Philadelphia caRnOt play lh
"dog in The manger," because the potiticd
poper Of The State is IN the r,usi counties =
As new avenues ate opened with New fod
and Baltimore OF the north and south, th