New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-31

o;rt ,hout two miles north of Mesdville, thirty
EIGHT miles south of Erie, and ran down aoout Mno
miles where it, crossed the Shenango BY an squeducs
AT subsequent period, nineteen miles OF cAna' nu
mt upder contract extern ling from this squeauc'
southerly to Franklin, in Shenapgc County oat tns
was never finished and in the grand crash Oh ioi '
state abandoned it, and in 1874 incorporated com.
papy to which they gave the worn on continued WA.
a;.p6sed of in similar manner, and it was hnisneu'
which was not the with this
By an act passed April 8, 1e+9 the rranAn ana ana
Company empowered to construct ra, ,S .ans.
the path of the Canal from Franklin to the A4u
duct below Meadville. and section TENN OF 'ne ",
foxceptiug proyiso which / DO not copy, rea'ne "
the sale BY tie State Of any property save 'ne wv"
path, runs as.folOws .,,,,,, IN.
That upon the said Company increasing ias ',Tee ndns ron
the roth L.le E,i snd from ps DEEM the most
o Sss re ss a hs
, e y. .ss s..es h. 'n sh day
An tbe surveys for railroads and canals show tina.
the most "expedent and advantageous esn "g ~
be TO follow the low lands, where .nc n'I a., vias,
,d rho Ohio State line thus avoiding the io'y rases
b;ch ntersect this portion Of Pennsylvania Ana ac'
cor5ine Alfred Kelly A. Stone Jr ana others unucr
protection of this charter, purchaseu 'no i""s u ~
tsired from the road commissioners Vi eacu 'o"ush'P
Ia ;r;lece of crossing the highways and proceeded
.no the road which now extends from Erie to
.b state line of Ohio II will be seen that not foot
f the road runs upon the towpath OF the canal whcn
Il some 40 miles away at its nearest point An
the PENNSYLVANIA Legislature IN 49, by winch rail
,,.ds have the power to construct branches oil not
more than six miles in length, upon favorable report
Inv Jury appointed by the court OF the county to view
and examine the and necessity OF any such branch
proposed Subsequent to the completion OF the road,
and after the probability Of the present troubles arose
The President of the Franklin Canal Company applied
20 the Court of Common Pleas for Erie County to ap
pont Jury to examine aid report upon six miles of
road running from the State line eastwardly. Their
report was favorable and the road is It'll in use under
this authority The question of the right of the Frank
lin Canal Company to construct road which does
rot extend to Lake Erie-the terminus being
mile from the harbOr-and which does not run along
the tow path Of the canal is before the Supreme
Court of the State Further fthe Franklin Canal char
ter fails, the question whether private individuals can
purchase lands and with consent Of road commissioners
construct railroad through county without char
ter comes up.
Without waiting for the decision of the Court upon
either of these questions the Legislature t seems has
declared the Franklin Canal Charter forfeited. What
the terms of the act just passed are have here
means yet of knowing. But probably they are in ac
cOrdance with former act, which empowers the State
to the roads, in certain OF forfeited char
ters upon ndemnying the Companies for the expenses
they have incurred.
ii is stated to NE that upon the passage the repeal
bill the Governor of the State will come aud take pos
session of the road the route of which will be changed
70 as to run down to the docks At all events the Oh
jects aimed at by the people here in their opinion,
in process of accomplishment and great are the re-
iOcings
As to gossip of the place, there is nothing very i'm
portant. rumor, it IS said, was spread about town
last night that the Railroad Companies wished to have
the bridge the Station, which was repaired yester
day. torn down. as plea to call in the u troops, and
that TO prevent this people who former 0ccasOnas
sisted in its destruction turned out to guard it from in
iury give the story for what wOrth- has caused
hearty laugh to-day. more serious matter is this,
which occurred Thursday, the day before my arri
val Mr. Tracy, President Of the Northeast road, ani
Mr. H. Walker, one Of the directors, liye in houses
very near each other, not far from the public square.
On Thursday afternoon Messrs John Pinkney, George
Wilson, and w. C.. Brady members OF the special
police the latter also member of the Common Coun-
Gil called in at Mr. Walkers office, with Information
tia there were rumors among the people oan intended
attack upon him and Mr. Tracy that there was talk OF
tar and feathers, and other abuse These gentlemen,
however did not see fit to fly but did arm themselves
eGectually and made preparations to shed blood IN
defense of their houses in case Of any attack This
shows either that there has been attempt to brighten
the railroad directors out of town. or that the excls
menf AID Tina reach pitch which can hardly
believe from anything which have seen. The shouts
of few intoxicated persons heard yesterday, cannot
count as very dangerous The night, however, passed
AWAY quietly enough and neither MIR. Tracy nor Mr.
w aiker was mOlested.
But what gives the above more serious aspect AMI
seems to prove that their neghbors Thought them In
DANGER is that in the evening OF the same day capt
Richards, of the Key Stone State, and Capt. ID. +.
Dobbins called upon Mr. Tracy and stated in sub
stance that they had been requested by Joseph d.
Sterret of The Gazette, Associate Justice OF the COM
mon Pleas, and member of the Select City Council,
to call upon him and advise him to leave town, as he
(tLe Judae) feared that Mr. Tracy was in personal
danger A. stated above, Mr. T., instead OF leaving
obtained authority (f any should in any event prove
necessary from the High Sheriff to defend himself at
all hazards, and made provisions to do so.
Mr. w. Mason, who is Chief Engineer of the me
chancal department of the Illinois Central Railroad
ia stoppinc Lere He is on his way west in charge OF
five engines for that road, which he has brought with
him from Patterson n. j. as tar as the lsthmus, az
Harbor Creek Six more are on the way hlther ana
MIR Mix has charge OF six others for the Rock Island
Rad Besides these others belonging to various COM
panies are expected along soon, making in all thirty
four upon the road between New'Jersey and this
place. ,, 100
Mr.. Mason has been down to-day, and has seen sew
era OF the leading men at Iiarbor Creek VINO are "i
ing that the narrow gauge shall be put down again. tor
the special purpose Of accommodating him, those r'h
HIM and the Uestern Companies which they represent
Accordingly, the u. s. Marshal Frost is there with
his men, peaceably relaying the track. There Is no
probability that the work can be finished before Mon
dav or Tuesday, at which time hle Governor VIII be
here The Assistant Marshal tells that all has been
perfectly quiet along the line to-day and indeed as
stated YESTERDAY the dangerous excitement seems over
: The next mail will be ON Monday, BY which hope
to send statement cOmpendiOus and clear, OF each
side of the story which is more than due to justice
PENNSYLVANIA AND ERIE JUSTIFIED
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