Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-19

The excursion train consisted of six coaches,
drawn by two locomotives appropriately named
Erie" aud "Warren." 1t left Eric at & A. nj.
amid the cheers of the citizens assembled at the
station. Crhe station is situated on the docks al
the Lake shore, mile from the Lake Shore de
pot)
The Wayne Guards, of Erie, fine body of In
iantTy, surpassed by no company we have seen,
were on board. some SO strong The Guards are
commanded by Capt. John Mclean, who won for
himself honor on the fields OF Mexico under Gen.
Iay lOr, he being in command Of a company OF
Indiana troops Two Brass Bands accompanied
the Guards.
Among the invited guests on boaId the train
were party OF eXcurslOnlsts from Philadelphia,
consisting Of O. Thompson Jones, George Reed
and o, IL. i. Parker, Select COunclmen; John
Moore, member elect OF House OF Representatives;
John Lindsley, Treasurer OF the Sunbury q Erie
Railroad; John Rittenhouse, Highway Commis-
sioner, Philadelphia; A. Knight Pedrck Reporter
of the North American; Thomas Coleman, Re
porter Of the Public Ledger; G, +. Jones, Jr.,
anu j. CrOll; Mayor Smith aud Judge Galbraith,
President District Judge OF Erie; Gen. john Dick
| Sx-M. Q, Meadyille; VIM. Reynolds, President
Atlantic Great Western Ra ilroad; g. s. Robin.
| son, Supt, Western Division New York & Erie
Road, Dunkilk, and friend r. S. Schutt. New
York; Gen; Wild and StaG, I'd Brigade Brig Gen.
Wilson, aud others
lively aud merry time was had upon the train.
There was enough to talk OF and 10 SEE, and when.
ever the excitement Jagged, or dullness threat
| ened, our worthy friend Jack Casemeut-whOm
every body knows an( everybody is glad TO see
aud Of whose pro. .essional skill the Dad bore good
evidence, was sure to provoke hearty laugh
such as ID good 10 tako' by his good natured
fun
For the first seven miles from Erie the road Is
heavily graded, attaining In that distance, by a
series Of 20 ct grades per mile an elevation OF 500
feet. There ls but one rock cut upon this division
of any extent this is IL feet deep and quarter of
mile long. about seven miles from Elir There
ia but one tressle bridge, and this one is built
douby strong. The road has many curves, which
are, however, easy ones, The longest straight
tangent Is seven miles.
Belle Valley, LangdOn and Jackson stations
hHvo nothing noteworthy about them. They are
respectively Z, and IL miles from Erie. Water
ford Is miles from Erie is place OF con onsidorable
interest as having been a camping ground of
WAsHSoToN in his expedition against the French
at Fort Duquesne. 1t is upon French Greek, a
tributary oil the Allegheny. The Indians were
accustomed TO raft up this river and Creek TO
Waterford, from whence was portage to the lake.
Andrew Ellieut settled Waterford In 1894. II 10
row the second town in Erie County In population.
Noar lie Bmuf station was Fort Ls BOeuf, on the
site of which tavern now stands. Here IL the
summit between the waters Of the Lake aud Of the
Ohio. Here, at an eieyation Of 900 feet ebOVe the
lake, a large swamp was discovered In grading
ths road. A heavy growth Of timber was sIandipR
upon II, and no indications Of the nature If Iue
ground were discovered until excavations were
made. Il was then found that gravel, &s. was
quickly swallowed up, and large trees we're cut
one hundred feet long, and laid cTesswise Of the
road these sank like the gravel when coyercd d
with EARTH and for thTeo months large force OF
men was kept at work day and night, filling 10,
uutil at length tho spot became solid tho hills.
The swamp must have been so feet deep at least,
and several hundred feet in l0ngth.
THE OIL REGION, ETo.
At Union Mills, 26 milea from Erie, we reach
the famous oil region, which Of late has attracted
so much attention. The oil Ia not found In large
quantity directly upon the railroad, but about 10
10 20 miles south from Union The works are
upon Oil Greek, upon which they extend, 80 far
as discovered, distance Of 20 miles TO its junction
with the Allegheny. The heaviest producer is
Mr.. Drake, farmer, who few years ago moved
to this region from Connecticut, where he was
Conductor upon the New York and New Haven
railroad. His springs are at Titusvile. He ems
ploys three men and q three-hUrse power engine.
With these he produces about thirty barrels OF oil
per day, the actual cost Of which TO him 10 about
sSpel dollars. by pricing this amount at from
seventy cents TO one dollar per gallon, II will be
seen that his profts and income must be enormous.
The usual mode Of obtaining the oil is to sink a
shaft or we'll about seventy ieet-put In tube six
or seven inches In diameter, and pump the nuid
ont into large vat Here 1t settles, aud the oil
is drawn oii into another vat where II again set-
ties, when the oil is drawn OF into barrels ready
for market More than fifty wells are being pre-
pared at this time for operation, and to give
| idea Of tho amount produced We may say that
week before last $50 barrels Of the oil hauled
to the railroad for Shipment although that is rather
more than the average weeks yield Probably
the oil is 10 be found all about this region, and Il
will yet bring untold wealth to tho fortunats own
ers Of the land. Let not every IOedy adVsRtursr
however rush to the oil region expecting to makS