Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-09-13
tFor the SunburY American.l
Mr.. II. B. MAssER,

Mr.. II. B. MAssER,
Dear Sir In my communic,t tion dated
august 25th, l made charges against Mr..
Zimmerman Of solemn and important char
acter. fully expected that his friends
would be able in some degree TO refute these
charges by some new evidence or facts that
had not come 10 light, but in this l am dis
appointed. MIR Zimmerman therefore stands
convicted of all these charges and his friends
unable TO extricate him.
The Gazettee has made an attempt to lift
MIR. Zimmerman out Of the nire, but every
time John stops to take new hold he socks
the poor Esquire in deeper and deeper, John
you should take an actire, rigiiant hold, for
you will find the Esquire very heavy load
TO drag through October.
The Gazette quotes from my article the
folowing-"Unde the old law the lessees
could not or did not sell coal less than Sl,T5
put in boats at Port Trevorton, but under
| the new dynasty coal is offered and sold at
! Port rrevorton at 81 As, showing reduction
Of 30 cents on the ton."
| Mr.. Youreman argues from this that the
people of this county should bo very thank
iul to MIR. H., as they will be able TO buy coal
80 cents per ton less.
If the Gazette will examine the map OF
Northumberland county, il will then find that
which it does not wish to find, or in other
words. il will discover that Port Trevorton is
not in Northumberland county, and if it will
20 to the expense Of buying one Of those nice
new maps of Snyder county, it will there
discover that it is the good people Of Snyder
that are growing fut over the 80 cents. SC
after all the argument that people of Nor.
thumberlaud county should thank Mr.. Zm
merman for passing law enabling them tc
buy coal 80 cents per ton less, is wortf
nothing. unless the Gazette will have the
people Of Sunbury, Upper and Lower Au
gusta, and the upper end Of the county. t
haul their coal from Port Trevorton IL
wagons But these, no doubt, with tn,
Gazette and Mr.. Zmmerman's contracted
view Of the subject, they will usk how thei
does this law effect the price.
Coal should command $500 per ton a
+ Sunbury and Northumberland in order I,
afford fair remuneration TO the operator 10
the capital invested, risks, DC. In this
think every operator will agree with me
; iunlcss Congress or the Stnte legislature
will ngree to mine our coal free Of charge,
, Trevorton on the other hand, with the aid c
MIR. Zimmerman, are able to offer coal so lot
that man fails in debt by refusing 10 pun
: chase.
The Gazette raises another point which
viii, notice MIR. Youngman asks wins
difference does it make where the capiti
= comes from, so the people Of the county nav
l the benefit. To this no one raises objection
We are glad TO see capital settle in OF
i region, but whilst We give them q cordi
: invitation we want them to come in, on III
same terms that citizens Of Northumberlan
d county and different parts OF the state nj
{ willing to do. We are not willing simp
because they are from the city Of New or
that they should claim special protcctic
e from u Pennsylvania legislature.
y Mr. Editor before | close. by the way
II illustration. will bring the effects of tn
's consolidation act nearer home. The Phil
elphia and Sunhnry Rail Road own Il
lands now worked ny Messrs. Cochran, Peal
& Co. Suppose they get an act passed ne
winter to mine their own coal. could they n
!. undersell every operation in the region lie
i. long would it be until every breaker in q
m region would bc compelled to stop. No in'
.idpal enterprise could cnm,eno aSainst SUI
p cnartc''a -ronolv. This view address
itself to the judgement OF every man in o
il region.
The Gazette promises US an article ne
ID week orer Mr.. Zimmerman's signature.
II, this article we will be told that Mr. Zimme
man consulted the Shamokin people Will
h. the bill was pending, and no objections we
raised. This | deny. venture the asss
" tion that there was not a single operator kn,
=: anything of this consolidation act until aft
it became a law.
y COAL OPERATOR.