Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-09-03

mokin and Mahanoy region TO Lake Erie,
and this fact alone establishes it as certain,
that the road will GU, rival all possible COM
petition.
He must bring his remarks TO close bni
he could mol DO so wilhou, directing attention
10 the great benefits TO result TO this imme.
date locality-lhe borough Of Suubury-
from the completion oil these great public
Improvements.
This ancieht town, started by the shrill
whistle Of the locomotive, was abou, to ava.
ken from lis Rip Van Wluke sleep, and, like
il giant refreshed, TO compete with energy in
The great rare of progress: improvement and
gaiI, Whele all are Struggling, The region !
that los 50 many years had laid, like some !
old forgotten gave, oyererown with grass
aud weeds, was vyileL with new lite -
Her old dnlness, and diapidaiion and easy
quiet, were among the things that have been,
in few years 10 be entirely forgotten, only
as recalled To mind by the ladors of some
old mortality who might find his pleasure in
brushing away the mildew and the moss
from above the buried memories of The past.
Suubury was destined to become the centre
of vast trade in lumber, in coal, in iron
manufactures, and as the central disiribu-
ting poin, for the great chain Of railroads
projected and in progress for the purpose
of opening the resources Of the counryio the
consumer as thoroughfares for the metchan.
disc aud general ,rafc of the country, and
line OF communication between the wa
, iers Of the lakes and the tides of lhe Della.
, ware aud Chesapeake.
In conclusion, said Mr.. Hushs, permit me
to submit the following sentiment: "The
5 Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad second
0 in Importance only 10 The Sudbury aud Erie
RMd.n
Genl William F. Packer, President OF the
6 Shsqurhanna Railroad Company, in an
swer TO the toast, remarked that no man
joined more heartily in the rejoicing Of this
interesting occasion than he did. The i'm
+, pr0voment OF this section Of the State, by the
, railroad this day opened for public use, and
:, others OF kindred character, was an objecr
:, which laid near his heart, aud which had oc
: cupied much Of his attention during the las
: fifteen or twenty years. A railroad opening
on The banks oil he Susquehonna is "A new
? thing among u.s. said he, and il is not there
u fore surprising that one and all should unite
! in the jubilee. Thirteen thousand miles o.
railway have been constructed in The United
y States at COS, of five hundred millions of dol
: lars, and yet the Valley of The Susqushanna
;. has never been made TO rejoice with rail
road opening along its green border. Doe.
it no! surprise you, gentlemen ol Phiade
!, pha, that you on the banks of river il
our own State, nearly mile wide at the vii
4 lage in which we are so sumpucusly enter
=, lained that rolls down its mighty wafer
from north 10 sou,h-cui,ing the Allephan,
:, mountains TO their very base and furnishin,
the most elligble route for railroad from
, the seaboard, and especially from Philadel
q phia TO the Lakes and yet no railroad
II found uponl those banks Why is it! Th
q gentle man who had just proceeded hin
n Mr.. Hughes) had referred TO the gree
II streets of this ancient borough, and TO tn
change which would Immediately follow ihi
!, days celebration. That the grass is no,
in growing in the streets Of Sunbury, said Nj
nj P, is not entirely the faul, of her citizen.
a nor is it because she does not possess na nrt
rn advantages The God Of Nature has lavish
or ed his gifts with profnsion al this point, an
ed along The entire valley. The reproach
on not improving them mus, be borne, in par
I lV the ia nil a lis,o of
on tropolls. Nj P. corrobora,ed all iha. ha
81. been said by Mr.. Hughes in fovor of III
Iic Snmbury and Erie Railroad and said thi
81. hey would find, like the Queen of Shpb
70. Chat the half had moi been told rhem.n-
he But suppose, said he, Philadelph shou
to continue 10 decline the construction of III
oe road, Is il NOT a matter Of amazeme nj that
of railroad has no, been buih by lhe Valley
oh the Snsquehanna, 10 inlersect The New io
-, and Erie Ra ilroad at EmiIa To reach n
p, trade of the Lakes-,hose great inland Sc
,e. on our north western frontier, amounting a
-, nuaIIy to $500, 900 900.
rs If the rouie by The raod this day opene
a. be adopted, in that case Philadelphia is ov
ol- 30 miles nearer to Elmira than the city
an New York is, aud hence that much near
H., TO Dunklrk and Buffalo on Lake Erie. Al
as Vet, said Mr p, passenger at Elmira,
an. his best Ioute to Philadelphia or Ballimor
~. is compelled TO 90 by the way Of The city
;; New York
' Mr.. p. referred to the great advantages @
.b, ioyed by The Philadelphia and Sunbury Roa
,ba Soulhward il connected with The Susuuaha
ia Railroad leading to Harrisburg and Bal
oil. more. Eastward with The Recalling Railroa
lal, leading 10 Philadelphia, aud by The Caiaw
en-. sa Road, (when extended to the Lehieh)
connected with The Somervlle Road, leadir
rell TO New York. Norlhward it connected vi
ion The snnbnry and Erie, and with the 70;
!, leading to Danville, on the North Branc
lay penetrating one of the mos, valuahls ~
un- regions in Pennsylvania. Such road "a
our not fail TO be eminenly successful and prof
of able. He congratulated the officers a,
,est stockholders OF The company on the brig
- prospects before them.
iu- The benefits enjoyed by the count
the through which railroads have been cons,ru
IN ted, has been demonstrated by the extra