Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-07-01
For the Lewisbu-g Chronicle.
On, Railway Accommodations. "

Cur Railway Accommodations"
1t is generally regarded as a truth, that
the individual or company which makes the
greatest and most judicious efforts to please
and Jencft others, is most useful and most
prosperous. Indeed, mutual occon,moRa-
ton is the grand means for progress and
for happiness in our world. We thought
Of this, as We read a long article, in the
-NIfoatan Of l1th inst, relative to the ef-
fort to give railway facilities to the people
on and adjacent to the west bank Of the
West Branch of the Susquehanha. The
Md0nian says:
q" If the Directors of the Susquehanna Com
pany think it advisable to extend their road
irom Sunbury To Williamsport, ia order 10 0c-
oonimoduie The citizens If LeWisburg, they can
do SO, and we will not abuse inem for ii !; nei-
ther do we think that it is any of our business"
Nevertheless, this lNltoniaa has made
it its business" for months past to repeat
every idle tale-to rc-hash every absurd
statement it found current, or was furnished
with-to injure this effort. 1t has espe-
cially labOfed-as in the foregoing extract
to awake and foster any unmanly and
unreasonable prejudice it might find against
" Lewis burg'-as though Lewisburg, and
Lewisbdrg alone, desired or was to be ben
Gifted by this road. Our own opinion is
that the whole line-farmers and all, from
Sunbury to Williamsport-wiil be equally
benefited with the people of Lewisburc:
and we know they have equally done their
share in advancing it. But Lewisburg,
and Union county alone were unable to
plan and execute this great work.
The city Of BALTIMORE, in its operations
has of late exhibited decidedly more en-
tcIprise and far-scciug sagacity, than slow
and easy Philadelphia. Thus, while Phil
alclphia has for fifth of century been
goiay to make Railroad from Sunbury to
Erie, 4" immediately her practical course
has been to seek out ways to thread thro'
or ride over the mountains of Schuylkill,
50 as to keep as far as possible from Balti-
more, TO Sunbury, and then hug close to the
Canal and dilapidated towns Of the West
Branch as long as she could. How much
she has accomplished in this two-thirds of
4 generation, is well known-harlly dol
lar of available subscriptions, not a foot
of rail laid, and the whole enterprise now
depending upon the aid of foreign capital
lists, or the favors of 4 few shrewd and
sharp spectators. Baltimore, on the
other hand, has finished her giant Railway
to the Ohio, and one year ago made bold
push for the Lakes Following up the
channel Nature has made by the noble
Susquehanna, with an elevation of but
tvo feet to the mile from Harrisburg to
Williamsport, and taking the opposite
side from the Canal, not only because it is
better adapted to Railway, but also be-
cause it will thereby be less liable to the
objection of injuring the State Works,
Baltimore energy and capital have now
over 60 miles of road under contract and
under work, and with 80 miles more un-
der survey will connect with the Williams
port & Elmira Railroad, and thereby with
all the country North, East, and West of
Elmira! "To accommodate the citizens"
of the many towns and to-be-towns along
the opposite side from the Canals of Cen
tral Pennsylvania, is the policy of the
Baltimoreans, They want trade and trav-
el, and arc not afraid or ashamed to put
forth proper efforts to secure it. A short
extract from the last Census report, may
show that to accommodate the citizens
of LepisJn,y," may be quite as polite as
to accommodate the citizens of" Milton.
The following is the census Of the West
Branch Boroughs for 1910 and 1850 ; and
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