The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-16

Our Tloga County CssrespsoAs~ss.
HrxxsrrNG sKEIcHss or TIE WALLET or TIE
sUsoUnH ANNA.
TrodA COUNTY, N. Y, August, 1851
Ttlages of Wavs,iy a~d Afhens-Raitroods and
Canais--R,sforieai Skstehes-Neo Railroad
from Phiadeiph to Tiogs Point and Wsveriy.
/ have been sp pdng few days at this pleasant
village. on the ,e Railroad, 256 miles from New
York, and near Tioga Point, where the Chemung
river flows into TIE Susquepanna. Having become
acquainted with important facts relative to
this location and-irs vicinity doubt not they win
interest the readers 4 the HERALD, In forming the
seb.ect OF the prsseot communication. And first
allow me to say few ~oras with regard to the sd.
mirabie manner In whah the Erie Railroad Is ma.
niged in the transportation VI passengers Their
system. by means Of the arrangement Of the trains
and the telegraph which they have establish
Cd s 30 perfect at the arrival OF each train is cal
culsted on at the .evsrsl s:atona with the most re-
maikabe certainty. We lett New York at six
O'Clock in the morning and arrived at Waverly at
two minutes before the fixed time, which was $40
=. n. Nothing can be more pleasant aud agreeable
than the comwoious on this railroad, arranged
for the wide guage, lich renders this enc of the
scenery Of the counties Of ,ckland and Orange of
the beautiful valley Of the Neversink, the rugged
scenery of the banks OF the Delaware and Of the
summit between the Delaware and tie Susquehan-
ma. also of the valley Of the Susquehanna, has
been often descrbec and therefore does not require
repetition on the present occasion.
Wsveriy is q thiviny village OF five years growth,
having in that TINS attained population Of about
ehApc H. - 10
ryvie. an older settlement 10 the same town. (Bar-
ton, Tioga county,, and within mile Of each other.
Waverly has been mainly dependent upon the busi
neas furnished by Bra ford county, Pennsy lvania,
to the New York .pd Erie railroad, while Factory
ville situated on Cayuti or Snepard's creek, fac
mill stream, and tributary Of the Snsquehanna has
considerable trade from the north and east. These
two villages are fast becoming united, and should
be regarded as one settlement, having substan-
TALLY the came interest as an important point on the
Erie railroad, ut the junction of contemplated rail
roads, and in the immediate vicinity Of the point
where the State canals Of New York and Pennsyl
vania must form connection. Wavery lies upon
the State line Of Pennsylvania, and is upon the pro
montory called riogs Point, between the Chemung
and susqushanna rivers. This promontory, or ele-
waited fats, may be called triangle of about seven
miles on each side, the village of Waverly being on
the north, and the village Of Athens, in Tioga
county, Pennsylvania, on the south side of the
lsthmus, or rather mile above the confluence OF
the Chemung and Susquehanna rivers at Toga
P0At. This triangle, bon. ded on each side BY hi Oh
hnie, forms series of beautiful farms, princi-
pally meadows, btsides the sites of the villages
referred to. The soil is similar to the best
parts 81 Long lsland-namely. a loan lying on gra.
vel Wheat, Indian corn, oats, potatos and other
crops suited to tins climate, besides grasses are
grown In abundance. The value of lands on these
mats varies from fifty to one hundred dollars per
acre which is great ADVANCE the prices of lands
before the construction of the Erie Railroad and the
Pennsylvania and New York canals The farms on
the hills surrounding this triangle are many of
them valuable, u ID command prices DC rhaps eUual
to onehaf OF tie value of those on the banks of the
rivers This region is doubtless well calculated for
the cultivation Of the grape and various other fruits
! saw. IN tho gaIcens At Waverly and its vicinity,
very fine specimens 10 this branch of horticulture
No'hit can be more beautiful than the landscape
as viewed from various points the hi I'll hills over.
ioosing this valley. TLey ramino one Of the see
view, Perhaps, is that from high hill
south OF the village of Athens, which comma ds a
prospect up the valleys Of the Sasquebauna and
me Chemung aud oFerlooks the various villages in
this vi,tiity. sketch from this point has been
recently taken by lady Of Athens. ard forms
banning picture. Ahs Ds is ,san. village con.
tanning about one thousand inhabitants, and rs
on the parrowe part Of the isthmus above
Tioea Point, aao tour miles s)ut OF the Eric Rail
road. Tic North Branch Canal OF Pennsylvania
terminates here, and connects with the Junction
Canal, uniting win the CoemuDg Canal at Elmira
seventeen miles from the Safe ne, and twenty. one
miles above Athens. Tni' and other favorable cir.
cumstances must always render Athens important
point ana the cneapness of coal brought the canal
fiom tie mines in LHzerDe county, ninety miles be
low, must al ways afford advantages for manufacture
ers. An extensive foundry and machine works have
been recently erected at Athens, by the enterprise
Of Messrs- Welles Shipman, who have done some
n WOrE n Uavl voo fa ut III,
new establishment. A large steam Touring mill has
also been recently built by company, and Athens,
which is an old place of SLOW growth, begins to feel
the invgoratiDg effects Of its favorable location
developed by internal improve nents and the enter
prize Of few individuals In the vicinity are seve
raj wo0llen manufactures, grain mills, and saw
mills The saw mill on the Cnemung river, owned
by Arthur Yates d Co., is valuable establishment,
and manufactures large quantity Of pine lumber.
II IL connected with sash factory, in which Is in.
troduoed the various patent machines now used in
improvements in building IN tho many villages Of the
interior and the great increase in the population,
occasion great demand for lumber, besides thelargc
quantity which Is sold in the markets of Atlantic
Washington, Alexandris, &c. Although the supply
ofpine lumber Is annually diminishing in the val
ley OF the Susquehanna, there is still an immense
amount Of this important article transported to the
New York market on the Erie Railroad, and by
RATS on the Susquehanns to Columbia, Havro de
Giscc and Baltimore. There il large demand for
lumber 70 supply the large towns in Pennsylvania
between Columbia and Philadelphia. Columbia, il
viii DO rec0llected, is on the Susquehanna, and
connected by railroad, eighty miles long, with
Philadelphia The passage down the Susquehan-
ma ON RATS, which Is effected when the river is
high, Is represented to me by those who have had
experience, Is highly exciting and interesting. 1t
is but rarely attended with any danger, aud gen.
temen have sometimes taken their wives and
daughters with them on this unique and pictur.
esqHe voyage.
The village of Athens enjoys the advantages
Of . refined and Intellectual society and Of
semiDAries Of education for youth Of both
sexes Among the moet pleasant residences here,
are those of Mr.. Herrck, Mr.. Wclles, Mr.. Ship.
man. Mr.. Patrick, Mrs. Paine, and those Of tle
Perkins family. The manners and customs of the
people are similar to those Of New England most
oil the inhabitants Of this place and vicinity being