The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-01-20
pennsvlvania Railroad Company.

The following is single section of the bill
introduced into the Pennsylvania Legislature
by Henry K. Strong, Esq, the member from
Philadelphia, intended to operate directly and
with reference to their late troubles, upon the
interests of the Pennsylvania Rail Road Compa
ny:
ssBe it enacted, &C., That the Pennsylvania
Rail Road Company be, and they are hereby
authorised, il they deem 1t expedlent' TO exteno
their road from any point thereof east OF the
river Susquehanna, to the city OF PhlladeIphia
and for the purpose of constructing such exten-
sion, the Company are authorized and empower
ed to increase their capital stock to any amount
deemed necessary not exceeding S3,OOO,OOo
Provided, That no portion of such extension be-
tween the river Susquehanna and the Schuyl-
kill, be located within five miles of the Philadel-
phia and Columbia Railroad"
presses our views upon the above resolution,
that we copy from that journal the follow
ing excellent article;
What does this new movement on the part OF
Mr.. Strong pretend Reasons of wise, econom-
ical State policy are directly antagonist TO this
suggestion and at first glance weventure to say
that no man having the true property interests
of advocating so suicidal and anti-Democratic q
doctrine.
The prosperity of the State, and the progress
siye welfare of its history is now mainly dependen Mt
upon the revenue arising from its public proper
ty Viewed in a strictly honest sense, the daty
of every legislator is to promote the value and
increase the returns arising from our State
Works. They are emphatically and truly the
only guardians of our interest, and if by grant
ing privileges to corporations, they substract
one dollar from the annual amount flowing into
our State Treasury, that deficit must eventually
be charged to the individual citizen of the
State, and comes most certainly out of his
pocket.
A project to construct new rail road paral-
lei with the present established State Road,
bears upon its face so direct an evidence of cor
porate interest that we cannot see how the OBJ
ject can be mistaken. The effect of such IA law,
should it by any freak of legislative slight of
hand become fact, is toe apparent to need ar
gument. The new road, by reason of its length F.;
strength, wealth and connections, could control
the trade, and the State works would become a
langulShlnS Duruen anu chdfSe upon tHe pouy
corporate.
We speak the Democratic and prevailing tone
of the State, whenwe say to the representatives
of the people now in Harrisburg look well be-
fore you act The masses are closely interested
in all that pertains to the management or i'm
provcment of our State property 1t is part OF
of their patrimnny, and they will not quietly
brook any reckless squandering of the public
interests. The true legislator elevates himself
above the swarm of little, hiving, mercenary
borers, who infest the Capitol, we shame to say,
every year, and from that position looks with COM
prehensiye, liberal eye, upon the necessities OF
his constituents. He is stupidity ignorant of his
trust, if he allows himself to be controlled OF
influenced by the operations of the hired opin-
ion-mongers who annually infest our State
halls.