New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-29
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49, n N.v.York. The work has been carried
xr,.yd 20 quietly that comparatively few Of our citi-
IAN. hr~ anything about it. The primary object Of
,h road il TO furnish coal TO the city Of NewYork, at
ur,~s which will enable her manufacturers to enter
iptA fair competition with those Of neighborng ces
Fom the Scranton mines to Ezabethport the distance
4, 40 niles and the coal loaded at the mines 10
The morning will be discharged in vessels at the uock
in Ehzabethport the came afternoon. We WIN gave
further description Of the genera ie"'uio'
Of this stupendous work. which has COST go. 'ou'
$4,000 coo or ti0, ooo, 900, at iu' -
At present we shall only speak OF Tue opon"e
Of the read. AtsI O'Clock on Tuesday nO'n,os' "'
$50 invited guests, together WIN Inc 49,. a.
managers of the road started rom bh|aoe'nP','' ~
ws.hne,on depot q collation. was prepared ny 'ne
,.a.s Of the place, and the President OF Tue "a'o"
-, - ne Delaware and Lackswanna Road, John
J. Blair, esq, wac crowned win 'p'e.uu
P.,.;px on across the Delaware the grand and magn
seeut ecepery Of the water gap opened upon the view
The road runs through the gap and across the Pocono
Mountain from the summit Of which is a most magn-
fceat view of the surrounding country. Thence the
TAIN proceeded through the densey tnbered slopes
Of the Tsbyhsnns to the Lackawanna valley, where
saaes Scranton, city in the wilderness. Six years
aeo there was nothing bat woods where now stands a
town Of Elk or seven thousand inhabitants. Al this
place the excursOnists were received with hring OF
cannon. Hundreds of people were assembled at the
station to welcome their guests. military and nre
company were drawn up along the track and present
ed arms ss the train moved along. If the cheering at
the other places where the had stopped was en-
tbusiastic at Scranton it vociferous. The party
in the cars received hearty welcome from DIR. Tbroop,
who made an eloquent address, pertinent TO the occa
mon.
In the evening about o'clock the guests sat down
70 a splendid dinner at the Wyoming House, mag
ni6cent hotel on the erection of which some $4,000
or e6O, 600 have been expended. While they were
doing justice 10 the vaDds set before them process
sion Of five thousand perons mostly miners, marched
up before the house, headed by band Of music The
miners all carried torches, and each wore little lamp
N his bat, such as they use to light them when en-
gagged under ground IN quaying out the coal. 1t was
wild, brilliant and magnificent spectacle. The Pres
ident Of the Company, George ID. Phelps, esq, pre-
sided at the table. Many of the most distinguished
merchants and citizens of this city were present.
Among them G. o. Halsted esq, President of
the Msnbsttan Bank; Shepard Knapp esq, President
Of the Mechanics Bank; p. A. Hargous, esq; Don
Antonio Haro Tamariz, formerly Secretary of the
Treasury of Mexico, and who more recently headed
the revolution in the City Of Pueba, and who
rome ousy reported to have been on his way to Eu-
rope; Don Manuel Escandora, and Don J,se de
Carer.
The dinner being concluded, Mr.. Phelps President
OF the Company, after dwelling at some length upon
completion, remarked that as there present many
of the officers Of other roads between which and the
Delaware and Backawanna road existed ties of mutual
benefit, he would call upon them in due order of
cesslOn TO address the meeting. He thereup1n intro
6nced Judge Jessup, President of the Lackawanna
Railroad, a branch of the Lacka wanna and Delaware
Road. Judge Jessup said that one of the principal
causes Of the prosperity of New-YOrk was its coal
trade. We here Scranton depend greatly upon
Eew-York but they likewise depend upon US in turn
They give US money to work our mines and give
them coal to build up New-YoIk. The Judge con-
cluded by graduating the Company upon having
concluded its labos You must now, said he, begin
TO reap your reward. The inexhaustbty of the mines
insurts to You lasting prosperity.
Judge Porter Of EastOn was the next speaker. lie
said that in 1923 Lehgh sent all the anthracite coal to
market. $3.50 tuns were taken to the Atlantic, and
they ordered not 10 SEND any more for they were
Cutting the market. Last upward of 900
tuns taken to Market and still it was not glut-
ted. Sixteen years ago not tun OF iron was smelted
with coal. Last year the Lshgh loo0 900 tuns
sneted In other districts the coal regions do not
furnish fertile farming lands but here the qu diff
ferent. Judge Porter's speech, which was too long
for publication was exceedingy interesting and en-
teraniDg, and at It's close the Judge was greeted
with hearty applause.
Blooms burg Railroad next called upon, but being
unwel he declined speaking himself and called upon
Mr. Brisbane, one of the directors. Mr.. Is. described
the road as proof of what can only be accomplished
by energy of character ano determination of purpose.
Mr.. Dodge, director of the New-York and Erie
Railroad, called the Delaware and Lickawanna Road
the New.York aud Erie Road will receive more from
the Delaware and Lackawanna Road than the latter
can ever take from it. They will mutually give and
receive benefit
An.r Mr.. Dodge. Mr. Bald win, a stakeholder in the
Syracuse and Bin ghamtOn Railroad, and Mr. Murray,
a Director in the same Road addressed the meeting.
The latter gentleman said that the Delaware and
I4ackawanna Road will bind in still closer connection
the cities of Oswego and Syracuse and IN short time
the iron horse viii speed it's way from Lake Ontario
to the Atlantic Ocean. - ~
The other spe akers of the evening were MIR. Blair,
Presdent Of the Warren abroad of New jersey, and
the principal man IN getting up the Delaware ana
Laekawanna Road; Mr.. Gale a Director OF the Cay
pga and Susauehanna Railroad; Mr.. johnson, Presi.
dent of the New-Jersey Central Railroad; Mr. Jack
son. President of the NewJesey Railroad; MIR. Sloan,
President of the Hudson River Railroad; Mr. Scran-
ton, President of the Lackawanua Coal Works. MIR.
Joseph Scranton John j. Phelps, the former Presi-
Dent Of the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad.
Among other interesting remarks this latter gentleman
alluded to the excessively exorbtant damages claimed
of and awarded by railroads for accidents, which in
mot cases are unavoidable.
The meeting concluded with offering votes of thanks
10 the operatives and the various persons whose ex
eroDs had caused the day to pass off so agreeably,
and after giving three cheers for the host the guests
retired to rest at the hotel and some IN prva.e
houses, at about l2i o'clock.
Wednesday morning the rolling mills and furnsces
visited, and about 10 clock the party started
on ts return To New-loIk.
On motion, Messrs. Nermiye, b ltler Jackson and
Thompson were appointed a committee 10 present
resolutions expressive of their interest and enjoyment
on this important occasion, in view of the opening of
this great channel OF communication with the Lacka-
wanna coal fields.
The Committee reported the following resolutions,
which were adopted with enthusiastic appsuse:
Re,red viewed with the eat interest the
.fnees at aud solt works WHICH connect New hors WIN
tsinns .appy Of coal equal y acre aud which
cannot be exhausted In centuries -,