The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-02-23

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chain, and some ornaments and clothing, be-
longing 10 the late captain and his wife.
Reported for the Pennsylvania.
Sunbury and Erie Railroad.
The Board Of Directors Of the Sun5ury and
Erie Railroad Company held a meeting yrsirr-
day, and Gov BlGLrn was indicted into cdice.
On taking the Chair, the Governor made the
following remarks
.iiaaogers Of the Sunjury md Erie Railrood.
Geailemen Without solicitation, or the
slightest agency on my part, you have called
10 the Presidency OF your Company, and /
would lave you believe that am deeply srnsi-
bl+ Of the compliment implied in this expression
Of your confidence. ] have appeared here to-day
for the purpose Of making NY acknowledge
meuts 10 you, and through YOU TO the Siockhold-
ers Of the Company, for this unexpected dis
tInction, ard TO enter uPon the duties Of the
station.
In doing this, allow me 10 assure you that
am not unmindtul ei the difficult natule Of those
duties, nor without serious apPreheosions as to
NY own ftnrss 10 discharge them can,
however, promise 10 % ny best. | have no
other pubac or private business to engage my
thoughts, and when The service shall have been
/ fairly commenced, shall consider NY time and
energies as pledged 10 the promotion Of the
grcat enterprise in which we are engaged. But
these, added to yogr efforts and abilities, viii, /
fear amount to but little without the confidence.
good viii, and material aid Of the people Of
Philadelphia. lhS great city, in her corporate
capacity, vita ber enterprisug and wealthy cit
izeas in their individual spnera, IN spirit Of
Hutua! confidence and good vii, must come 10
the aid OF This grea! work, if il is 10 bzrue
| cessiuh Il VIII require all these iaxgsI~e IN
dicaiioos 10 inspire me with cenddelA and in
absence ofihes,- shall rot feel TeqiifW onq to
hazard nay name aud energies in connection
/ WITH the enterprise. PhiiadeIph;ans and the
/ people Of the interior, ON The line Of the road,
and at its western terminus al the Lake, should
feel that the construction Of The SuHtury and
Erie road is thrir scheme, and inteHdrd for
their peculiar benefit. For myself, have ever
regarded the enterprise Is rminently PrnnsyI-
vaniaa not only because the whole extent Of
the road IS to t. found within limits ofour
STATE, bot because the inevitable consequences
aust be TO add 10 ;hr population, prosperity and
gearGaI welfare Of the Comllon wealth. and TO
no part oft in greater degree than TO the city
Of Philadelphia. Iadred, J tank it highly eS-
spntiaj TO her lntupe triumph as a commercial
CITY. That by tac construction of this work,
we incident ai.y advance the growth ard hapii-
9rsS OF Surrounding States, ard create new
avenue through winch the vast products of the
west viii reach ta, Atlantic citrs, to the great
profit Of the producers, we should rejoice. Dr.
vided as are Tie States by geographical lnrs
that fix the limits Of municipal government, it
sometimes, indeed, it frequently happens that
their interest and growth are Identical and in
seperatIe. So aFaS this may b. the effect OF
the Sunburv and Erie road. we shall be- author
ized 10 hope for aid from both Western aud At
lantc States That the coal, lumber, aad other
products of the prolific region through which
this road is TO he located. Will he consumed by
the citizens OF other States, is bat the stronger
inducrn,rnt 10 furnish for these treasures an ave-
nue through which 10 escape from the parsimo-
Nous grasp which nature has thus long Kept up
on them. ii is By expectation that one State
becomes rich Ia competition with another, and
this Is especially tue when, as in the case in
/ view. those expectations are 50 largely natural
products, deri ng bat little az their yaiue from
labor.
Bat trust the time has gone by when it is
necessary 10 prove by reasoning--by facts and
figures, that the Sunbury and Erie Railroad is a
feasible aud polite measure. All these ques-
tonS have been Well settled. The advantage
it will have in distance and in ease of grades
over any line now in existence, or that may
hereafter be constructed, connecting the Allan
tic Cities with the Western Lakes, must disi,el
all doubts as TO It's utility and success when
| completed. Regrttting deeply, as at all times
] have done, the conflicts and differences that
have arisen, from time to time, between the
friends OF this enterprise, have rejoIced to dis
cover that there has been but one opinion as 10
the policy Of prosecuting the work 10 a speedy
completion. In reference to these unhappy diff
lerencts, which have, at Least, occasionally cast
doubt over the enterprise, il they did not ac-
tnaIly retard It's progress, it may be proper for
me to remark, that with their origin, progress
and final settlement, ] have bad nothing to do
| have no other than an official connection with
those now engaged IN the promotion OF this
work and am free 10 look upon the past and the
future v ith an impartial eyt--as shall be in
the administration of the affairs Of the road to
DO Justice TO the Company on the one hand,
| and those in its employ, on the other. lfl
properly understand my own feelings, I am
mainly constrained 10 an assumption OF the du-
ties OF the Presidency of the Company, BY the
| confidence have in The utility and high char
acter ofthe enterprise itself. Without these
motives, and the assurance ofthat aid and sue
cess demanded BY reasonable expectation, aud
! SO necessary 10 sustain good repnte, all other