Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1855-11-23

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i SUBMISSIONS, BEpFogD Co,
Pa. Nov. 5, 1855.
! Here we are, away up among ths noun
sains of Bedford and Huntingdon counties
in acceptance of an invitation 20 attend the
opening of the Huntingdon and Broadtop
Railroad to this place; for at last the dream
of the senthusiasts" and ssyisionaries' about
a railroad through this region has been re-
allied. \ few minutes after eight A. II.
Yesterday the excursion train started from
Huntingdon to Broadtop, Nth large num-
ber Of invited guests, and in an hour and
twenty minutes arrived at Sionerstow8, a
distance 9f twenty-four miles. The road
was pronounced by the many competent
Judges present 10 he most excellent one.
There is a slightly descending grade the en-
tire way from Stoners!own to Hunting len,
which will be of great Importance 10 theia,
mense coal trade which il destined to be
carried on in this region. The road for ire
continuous miles is air line, a greater length
Of air line track than can be found on any
road in Pennsylvania.
The railroad bridge which spans the Ju-
| niata at Stonerstown is magnificent struc-
ture. 1t is nearly seven hundred yards in
length, resting on six immense stone piers,
! 1t will he finished IN week or two, and
! will be ono OF the finest railroad bridges in
the State. hlessrs. Pltteh and Gossler are
| the contractors.
At Stonerstown the party rem ainod q
short time to admire tue rugged mountain
scenery which every where surrounds the
town. Here We were handsomely enter
tanned by Messrs Patton s. G0ssIer.---
I Among the guests were j. Edgar Thompson,
Esq, Pres't Pa. r. R. aud lady, Herman
J. I,anfhaert, Esq, Superintendent; +.
Smith Esq. Secretary, Wm. Neal, Esq, Di-
rector, Phila. Wm. G. Alexander Esq.
| President Phila. & Trenton r. Il, JOS s.
/ Graft. Esq. President pit,sbtsygh & steu-
benville r. r., II. Rundle Smith, Esq,
! Pres't Union Canal &C.,, jas. Worrull, Esq.
Lebanon, Isaac G. Mckinley, ESQ.,, Har-
risburg, Jas. NJ Bell Esq, Hollidaysburg,
! Jno. Scott and X. Bruce petrikin, Esqs.,
| Huntingdon, and many other gentlemen con-
nected with public improvements through
cut the State. Carriages and horacs we're
in readiness TO convey the party 10 tue
( Mountain House, distance of eight miles,
the terminus Of the excursion, were receiv-
ed by large numbcr of gentlemen who had
1 preceded them.
Here We met Messrs. Jno Mc0anles, Hem
rs D. Moore, RI. X. Strong, Gust. English
Of Philadelphia, A. King, W. P Schell, w.
| T. Daughterty and numbereof otber gen
tleuiea interested in the coal lands, from
Bedford and Huntingdon. Among them
will be observed :!ie nomes of considcra-
ble spr;nkling of Ex-luembers of the Lcgis-
lature, who, ~hilo they were zcalously
watching the interests Of the dear people,
were not altogether unmindful of their
own.
The invigorsting air of the mountains and
the long ride had whet.ed to the keenest
edge the appetite of everybody, and when
the party sat down to the sumptuous dinner
prepared BY Mr.. Thomas Speer, proprietor
Of the House. they did not fail to rerder it
the amHlest justice. It was IN the highest
degree creditable to the gastrononiie enter
prize OF the gentlenon,under whose auspices
the affair was arranged, to have provided so
| far away in thesc almost inaccessible hills
such profu:ion of The rare and substantial
Of both solids AMI liquids; of every thing
that was needed to crafty the most civilized
taste. Dinner over, with the usual accom-
panin4ents on such occasions. of speeches
and kealths, 70 say nothing of some s' orig
inal packages " that were not permitted TO
"spiie, various parties started out to ex-
anime the coal openings. TIE Broadtop
coal field covers an extent Of ut least eighty
square miles, and it is the unanimous tcst-
mony of the geologists who have explored it
thatth deposits are exhaus,lsss the opens
ings that have been made prove their nnsur-
passed richness. The coal is sefni-bitumin-
Gus and has been pronounced BY III. W.
Baldwin, Esq, of Philadelphia the best for
generating steam that he has yet tried. 1t
is ignited with the greatest ease; pile Of
it being ignited in the open air burned away
as fercely as We have ever seen it blaze in
!. grate. The neares. vein of coal to the
railroad is u valuable enc opened on the
lands belonging TO VIM. =. Schell, ESQ. -
A considerable quantity of coal has already
been taken out, and it is mined with the
greatest ease. 1t is short distance from
Coaimont, town laid out by Mr.. Scheil
: which already contains twenty or thirty
houses. Its aearuess to the railroad will