Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-22
PINE cnnNIY.

PINE COUNTY.
For number Of years past the inhabitants
Of the Souih.Wcstorn ,rtion Of Clearfeld
and parts Of the odlol ns counties Of Cam.
bria, Indiana and JcIl ison, have been exert.
Ing themselves to procure the formation Of a
now county TO be called Pine Active prcpa.
ratious are now being made by the friends of
the project to have It brought before the Lo.
gislature during the approaching session, and,
Judging from the number OF influential men
engaged in it, as well as the determination
manifested TO press the matter to conclu.
sion, their efforts bid fair, at last, to be crown.
ed with success. That such result will meet
the appreciation of every right thinking and
unselfsh citizen of either of the counties in
tercstcd, can scarcely be doubted.
I By the lines, as they are proposed to be rum
the new county will embrace the townships of
Burnside, Chest, part Of Ferguson, nearly all
of Bell, and a small part of Bcccaria, In Clear
field the Townships OF Canoe, Montgomery,
and part Of Green, in Indiana part OF Gaskil
in Jefferson and Susquehanna, Chest, aud a
small part of Carroll, in Cambria. This will
give ii an area Of about four hundred and
twenty square miles, and population, (takng
the census Of 1850, as guide,) of about eight
thousand. There is scarcely an acre of the
soil, throughout the whole extent Of these
( boundaries that is not susceptible Of cultya.
tion, and it contains, in addition to the large
quantity of excellent timber, immense beds of
coal, as well as lion orc, limestone, and fire.
brick clay. The necessary developcmcnt of
these rich resources, consequent upon the for
nation Of county, will make II one OF the
most thriving and prosperous Of those forming
the Allegheny tier.
While the people Of this region are thus
possessed of all the requisites of wealthy
county within themselves, the majority Of
them are compelled to travel moro than thirty
miles, over the most wretched roads, to reach
their respective Courts of Justice. Their
lands, to great extent, lie idle and undeyel-
opcd, whereas the formation Of county would
enhance their value and draw out their pro-
ducts. That they should be relieved from
these difficulties. and be permitted to enjoy
the benefits to which their neighbors arc en-
titled, is their prayer-a prayer that should
which swells the bosom of every upright cit
izcn.
Under the recent amendment TO the ConSt-
tuition it will be necessary to submit the ques-
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more than oue-tenth Of their population is en-
braccd in the proposed boundaries. That a
majority of them will vote IN favor Of the erec-
tion of the county, is generally Conceded.
The principal business men of the borough OF
Clearfeld are active supporters Of it, and as ii
leaves us over a thousand square miles OF ter
ritory, and over thirteen thousand population
; il is scarcely to be presumed that it will meet
with serious objection from any considerable
number of the citizens Of other parts Of the
county. Nearly all are convinced that the
people asking it are entitled to new county
and they are willing they should have it.
, Those who may oppose it, (and there are al
ways some,) arc only the few who have Il di
rect pecuniary interest in preventing its for
!, nation.
Should Pine county be formed, it will at
once receive an accession of population from
the surrounding counties, which, together will
the concentration Of the means Of the people
within smaller limits, will give an impetus tc
every kind of business, dovelope the resour
ces, open the roads, clear the land, increase
the value of property, and promote improve
ments or every description. 1t would start on
its career with as many thousands Of popua'
tion as Ccarfed had hundreds, FOR as late as
1910, we had only eight hundred and seventy
five! In a very few years it would rival its
neighbors and take its stand among the very
first of those that compose the fifth class, oil
the bituminous mountain counties.
1t is not the design of this brief article tC
present or elaborate the arguments for the C
rcction of Pine county, Gas it would require
more time than the writer can now devote t'
the subiect,) but simply to bring the matter t
l the attention of those interested IN the move
e ment, and urge upon them the necessity OF ac
tive exertion. There can be no doubt, if tn
claims of the people Of the proposed county
! are properly presented to the Legislature du
ring the coming session, their prayer will b
e granted. If the project is not successful thi
, winter, it will be owing to the apathy of it
: proicssed friends. Let there be activity ant
9 combined effort, and Pine county is ga fixc'
: fact" II. d. S.