Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-09-24
Railroad RumOYs.

Oe L EStufl VI 1siCs IL ~ '1 'i'N -
: tons. We can put or scissors to half a
dozen distinct fabrications-now in print
as to the prospects Of the Susquehanua
Railroad. A Committee of Conference
met at Philadelphia last Friday, and their
, report (if any is to be submitted to their
, respective Boards, next week. Ii they
make any agreement, it will be made
p known as soon as practicable. Until then,
Z it is useless to repeat the thousand-and-
one rumors, plans, surmises, and false
hoods which the emissaries and advocates
. of the lnbury & Erie Road may1in.
geniousN get ahoa', to injuTs the Susqae.
hanna Company and to impose upon Its
s friends. The Directors of the latter Com
PAW are discreet men, whose interests are
=, identified with the Road, and who have
. the nerve, the energy, and the means to
q seeule for it the best location.
!, Perhap- the most ludicrons article going
the rouuls, is one purporiihg to come
= from Hon. John F. Kennedy-but which
Z We are Informed is not his-prcposing as
4 =. compromise" that the Susq. Co. shall
Il give up ali their rights above Sudbury,
y and that Union county shall contribute
u Sa25,000 to have the road through Lew
isburg. When i, is remembered that
= there are but $4,000 subscribed to the
Il 5. & T.. Road between Northumberland
and Muney--aDd that the right of way
- is more costly, and the road is as expen-
sye, on the Eas, as on tic West bank Of
y the Rirer-,he idea Of requiring SO, 900
Il ,-7ra as an iuducement to take the J-st
ropt,, i, too Daniel L. Miler-ish TO re-
strain the ,idicuie Of any one acquainted
y viii the two proposed routes. The
n truth :, the West bank of the l!yer, he
z Canal Ten. on the East bank Is ny far
. :ac most desirable for either Company.
= We presume that if any Bai.lporeans
= ever ceucurred in this Philadel phia pro-
= position, ,hey we're those who know no
- thing Of the West Branch country, and
n who have studied only the. Maps which
we're "on exhibition at the March Con-
vention, Those Maps represented Nor
thumbcrlaad and Milton as quite con
siderable cities, with six or eight parallel
streets crossing each other-Wiliamspors
another, at the bend Of the river, (where
Muncy is)-"M'Cusdytown," Louis
burgh," and Selinsgro,e as simple points
or post-offre., designated by dot and a
J ring, on the West side-with a large
. Valley, called r,humberland," stretch
= ing 10 or Is by 80 or 40 miles back Of
3 Milton-vi,h no Bufaloc Valley, but
with Muney Hills" close below " Louis
= sburgh," leaving hardly room to turn
around between the aforesaid "MuDcy
Hills and Louisburgh post-ofioe
n -So~,6ody must have taken sxtraor-
y dinar, PAINS to get up such plans, "hlca
> entirely nisrepresent the whole facts OF
II the ca.e-icnoring the existence Of some
y towns, creating one, and maguifying OF
distortiug the relative Importance OF others
N sAThs Merchants, Druggists, &c, IN
Lewisburg, have agreed to close theii
y Stores, &c, at eight o'clock in the evening
When accustomed to this, beth sellers ant
BUYERS will acknowledge its propriety
And if those released from care aud con
haemeni, make good Improvement Of thu
extra hour, it will be great benefit to
deserving class of citizens. But if the.
make poor OF bad use Of their time
the change will be Al. evil rather than ;
blessing to them BY good reading, ane
virtuous society, only, en- the youn;
keep Of the track.