The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-27
THE ERIE RAILROAD WAR.
Our Special Correspeadsnco.

Our Special Correspondence.
Kan, Jan u 1854.
zaYxokd ArrurI Of he 81 krshaI-Asoter Bs!s Relative
bAe Frc,klin Cdssl Co-7h Heathr, de-, d.
The u g. Marshal Is expected hare to-day but no ous
believes that he viii BE- accompanied by - armsd force,
i though however, has received instructions
from the President and THAI his arrival hs Will present
chem in the form q yroclama alton to shs peopls Now
chat the Eri,ns certain thai the bill repeating thu
charter Of the Ersrklin Canal Company will be pss,ed
10 not likely that any further win b .ds
against toe Northeast railroad. II tina Marshal shouts
therefore. have come here for the purpose Of reayny
track the wokmsn win not be intsrfsrsa With white
der his protection II ID true that he might again
rested ct the suit OF the city for trep.ss bat 1t
ksy that the SIX foot will resort to such an expsd
enttbers is nothing to BE- gsnei BY It. for they have
FAR succeeded even beyond their most ssngane hopes
No attempts have been made relay the at HSrbo
Greek, and the road remains sti In the same ruinoas
condition, while hundreds OF travellers daily com
PEELED to crosa The .sthmus, Ia The depth Of one
Of tn most winters hsvs txpeIisnsd You
may have dsa Of Its severity from the fact that the
Thermometer this morning stood N seventeen degrees DO
low zeIo ard the wind which swept tbs land from
the frozen surface OF the lake keen as Damas
Gus blade. Water viii freeze In heated By IRE
and 1t is almost impossible to stay out In tbs opr
without being frost bitten. Yesterday had occasion to
walk About quarter Of mile and when returned my
hands were swollen with the c5la hat 1t WAS nearly
an hour before could pen. the harbor Ia com
pstsy over and tbs lake one solid aed
Of ioe As far as tho eye reach
Another meeting was called yesterday a. Girsrd BY
bose opposed TO the construction OF the Sunbury sod
Erie Railroad There abou. hundred persons pre-
sent IT, majority OF whom reside in the village Judge
Hutchinson presided the meeting Jonathan Davis
j. II CINrk
secretary A. Greenwood, Esq. was the frat speak.
9: e. he was in favor Of the road and he thought
It would be unfair and unjust towards the rest
Of Pennsylvania for Erie county hold back and rspu
date after she had pledged herself to subscribe the
subscriptions and although he opposed to ihs pria
ePk Of counties or corporate bodies subscribing to any
Of faith il she refused to subscr5s He did not bssvs
majority OF the people OF the county would listen to
such thing IS repud.ton and he knew that the object
TO the interests not only OF Erie county, but Of tbs
whole State.
Mr.. Telhr replied in = speech somewhat similar to
that which he ct the last meeting Hs advised the
people not to invest their money in any such speculation
Tor they would be swinded out Of it BY stookobbe
motion was maeI to appoint committee, but before
It could be put the meeting broke up In dispute to
vhshe' the committee should be appointed by the Pres
Of the Sunbury snd Erie road adjourned to school
house where they passed series Of resolutions similar
don Of the following, which be regarded sort Of
Resolved That We in future opposs 81 subscriptions to
laoacs except the Erie and Sunbury unless agreed to
by majority Of the votes Of the county.
This is the third fourth attempt that has been made
project which has been before the people here for the
hast twenty years About three million OF liars have
been subecribed to IT. but men Of capital appear have
no faith In as paying and 1t may be twenty
years yet bsf,re it viii Be constructed The dsstr
Of railroad property by the people Of this city have
money in IL they would s. sad Of losing their
anvesting In any road running Into Erie rhis s the
unior difficulty, matter whether their csuss
just or uDutt has created fielding Of dstraH towards
them all over the country, which It win require lsns
the road but New Workers. and Ohioans never will.
After the passage Of the blu rspeaHg the charter Of
duoed into the Isrstule for the ,rpopaton o.
n.y. to be called tbs Erie And Ohio Railroad Com pany It
e the object Of the trainers Of this bill give the Frank
road after has passed into the hands of the STATE 1t
nominal valuation md Of themselves under
i draft Of the proposed BILL which may 10 son.idsrsby
before Ia passage BY the Legiaturs but which,
howsver will not bs materially different from that which,
It Ia believed, will DO adopted
An ACT IrcoR ERIE AND OHIO RAILROAD
Section Be il enacted &c. That -, thar as,ooi.s.,,
sueoesssISand assigns b. and ley hereby. crested
IND G.. Ohio H.,ss y s ~ @
and subject TO al the restrictions rsEu
d 81 f'Sf'
A., e. esss s S,p :Ss M h 'Ss
said company may tme by vote Of ths stock
.:s. sns;;
single sSs .s Z
tn S % ss ns
S,x s and nr0 n: 81 p ps
and there WIN IKE road Incorporated under shs
ss ss.s 81 asnp.uy and hereby
suiho.issd. thsy should doom s1psasas lieu Of
isa md ssisss: s.lsess sss.sy
as s y % ID IT.
- the had been constructed in pursuance the
s company ar. A.rs, authorised 10
v :a s s e Pr %
Sn ana asd X ns
provided that on Ill tonnsge .nd pIsseass passing over
r. ISsd s;;sy auth
from the suntury and ie Railroad and in
e. :, ~ . sn 6Ss % s
q sn ssI sIa for the
1 s their % Il @ shall
shall male bona ade SUBSTITUTION capital
ss.s hereby .hsa:sv pay
s III: s s.ars q r. % %
ana ssid Erie and Ohio RaroAs CespauJ allow
:: s ~ Ere 5s To
sa so r. s u n
thsr road fair and reasonable toz DO sseed upon
between them
SEQ !he said Erie and Ohio Railroad Company shll rot
connect their road with, form running
WITH any other road leading d from abe city OF Erie
Of sinilAr width OF track with its At other
place than the hAvbor OF Eie within city Of Arie
Ssc ?hasM the said company shall not commence the
construction Of said road wishn and
open ths for with least track within three
years then this chartr sha be null and void provided
sis ,a' :.S :ass
dairy III OF the CITY OF Ers and the Obi, State line
have ths same for above specified, IL shall be
meuts Of this section.
Lowry, King, and the other discharged prisoners did
not arrive hers to day expected Tney gone
now before the legislature OF this State When 1t is
passed the Franklin Canal Company locss al control
the road but they intend, nevertheess contest
delph,a The whole proceeding against the but
be rgsrded "a unjust They allowed to construct
allowed 10 construct 1t, and bill passed t. pre-