The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18

ness men 81 this CITY, asSch'o'eu
ro,unda OF the Exchange, ON SATURDAY
evening, to hear history Of me ere
troubles AMI to listen to an explanation
by Mayor King, of Erie, and Moro"
B. Lowry, Esq, Of tho, city, OF the ta'sI
Is Of the dissatisfaction OF the people o.
the lake region OF Pennsylvania
The meeting was well attended. freq
erick Fraley, Esq, WAS called to sne
chair, and number OF gentlemen were
appointed Vice Presidents and Secre'a'
ries. Mr.. Fraley, after few appfoprl-
ate remarks upon the object OF the '"ee''
ing, introduced Mr.. Lowry.
That gentleman spoke Of the emoar.
rassment he felt upon meeting SO large
number of the business men 0! Phi'aaei-
phia. He hoped tina, if Erie had done
wrong, Philadelphia would smite her ana
if she had done nothing but her duty ana
her whole duty, that his hearers would
throw an arm around her and warm her
by their own Philadelphia fircside.
| The speaker described the situation oil
Erie. with her splendid harbor, and her
location between Buffalo and Cleveland
Erie had long desired way Of getting
on, Of her hooped.up position. She war''
ed road to the scaboard TO make her
natural advantages available TO her.
| Even as far back as 1872, New York
had formed conspiracy to get road
through Pennsylvania to Ohio, without
going through Erie. He described the
trickery resorted to by New York 10 ac-
complish this purpose, and TO get snsh a
bill as they desired ,hrough,he legislature
of Pennsylvania. Recon, investigations
had disclosed the rascali,y resorted to by
New York to obtain road, under pre-.
tence Of making a road TO the harbor OF
Erie. Erie, he said, had wisely attached
proviso to the ordinance, giving to the
Northeas, and Erie Railroad the RICH, tc
occupy certain streets in the city. The
proviso reserved the right TO repeal the
ordinance whenever the City Counci
should think proper.
The road constructed on the charter O.
the Franklin Canal Company had bee,
favored by Erie as the least of the evil:
presented. After the road had been con
struc,sd to Erie from the Ohio Stale line
"a grand feast was given by the schemeI'
to everybody in Erie who possessed an,
! influence. At this feast, after the wan,
had flown freely. one oil the prime mcv
ers made hourishing speech, in which
he described the road as the BLOOMING
daughter Of the Buckeye State, who hat
just reached Erie to gree, her, and init
mated that its projectors only wanted tina
city to assist her in taking leap oye
! the Northeas, and Erie road, distanc,
of nineteen miles. The break Of guage
and the consequent eutting of OF En-
from all the advantages Of the road, wer,
here plainly ioreshadowed, and the Err,
Pc ,plc, perceiving the DRIFT, spoke GU
blun,ly, and the feas. ended IN row
The New York capitalists, the speak
er remarked, made no secret Of bribinl
the Legislature Of Pennsylvania. The.
went, they afterwards said, to Harrisbur,
with $4,000 to effect the repeal OF tn
guage law, and returned home boas,in,
tina, they had accomplished i, with
much less sum. When Erie found he,
self ,xicked, she notified the campan
tina, the rails and bridges would be re
moved wherever they obslrucied tn
street. This the speaker contended the,
had periee, right to do, and eompeten
counseIs had expressed the conviction
that the act was legal.
! Mr.. Lowry reeounted the events @
what had been styled the Erie War
and spoke OF the scaadalous mlsrepre
sensations OF the matter made by lnteres
ted parties. There was, he said. no nc
at the time One man was egg'd, an
the people OF Erie regretted this eirc,.m
stance.
We cannot pretend to give mole tina,
a bare outline OF the statement OF Mr.
! Lowry. The events Of the trouble wer
enumerated. and the har.hness OF tn
censure cast upon Erie for matter whcr
no b'ane oolld rightfully be attached {,
her, was described IN strong language
The Importance Of checking the graspln!
spiri, Of New York, and preventing he
plumber Of Pennsy ivania, was set forth
The Sunbnry and Erie Road could d,
Philadelphia no good unless there was Z
western road to feed 1t. Il would be o
small service 10 Pennsylvania to hay.
i roads crossing her territory from New
/ York 70 Ohio, il the cars whiskea throup,
the State al the rate OF forty miles a,
hour.
i The events AZ Harbor creek were de-
4 scrlbsd. A great clamor was made, N.
| speaker remarked, about the farmer IL
that section removing railrcad bridge.
which had been built Illegally, ia, moth
| ing was said about des,roylnr count,
bridges 10 rear railroad bridges in ,he,l
stead. Even al Harbor creek, where IN,
mischief none had been magnfied TO sucf
vas, extent, he would repair all dn ma
ges tor 300. and he wo,.ld clear xlOt
by the operation. :
Mr.. Lowry stated that farmers in Erie
county turned Oh, with their wagons. and
carried the passengers granntously oyel
The break between Erie and Nor,heas,
The New Workers sen, o.nnibuses from
Buffalo. and drove of the farmers with
their wagons. When they had 90, half.
away over the break, the ruflianiv dy;