Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-01-13
BEDFORD, PA. FRIDAY JANUARY Is, 1860


+ In my last annual message, communicate
TO the Geueral Assembly all that; up to tha
period, had been done under the act, en.itle
AN Act for the sale of the State canals, y sp
proved April Il, 1883. Since the adjournmen
OF me last Legislature, satisfactory eVidenc
having been given 10 me, of the compIipuce o
the Sunbory and Erie railroad comraBy, viii
the conditions mentioned iu the third section O
the act referred to, the State Treasurer, under
my direction, has delivered to tho company fb,
sfnal bonds for two millions of dollars, dc hos
TED 10 the Treasury under the provisions O
the said act
ne railroad company has also become enti-
'led 70, aud las received, one million of dollars
1 oi the mortgage bonds referred 10 in the sixth
section OF the salue act; leaving mortgage bonds
amounting to two aud half millions of dollars.
| stil remaining 10 the Treasury of the Common
wealth, 70 be delivered to the company, ssfrom
ti'ne to TING, para pdSsu, with the progress of
tue Eork, as ascertaiued By the returns and es-
timates of tbe chief engineer Of The said com
pany. When the bonds last mentioned. shall
have been surrendered to the company, "a IL
reeiea BY law, tho State Will still hold. as abzo-
.nEe owner, three and 4 half millions of aollsrs
y me mortgage bonds OF the company, payable
IN the year 1872, and lie tho SIX suceeedipp
years, 30 mentioned IN the act of Assembly.
With interest, at the rate Of 6ve per eentum,
per annum, payabls semi-annually, on The tbir.
ly-lifst days of January and July of eacl. year.
Interested, as the Commonwealth is, in The ear
y completion Of this important thoroaehfare, il
affords me great pleasures to be able to inform
the General Assembly, thsttle progress OF the
work, for ihe pasi year, h4a been highly salts
factory.
The Easiefn digision Of the road, extending
from Sunbary, in the county Of Northumberland
. Nhetham, in the county of Clinton, a dis
iance q eighty enc miles, is flushed; passenger
snd freight trains passing over it daily. The
Western division, extending from the city Of
Erie, TO iba boFonsh of Warren, in Warren
county, distance of sixty. six niles, is. also.
completed, With regular passenger and freight
trains now running over ii daily. Making one
hundred and forty-sesen miles of railway, along
Us vs. lHs II tle pEs aaps RaEs been slesady
trrlediate portion Of the fine, between the be-
rough Of Warren ana sVhctham station, a dis-
tanca of enc hundred and sorty miles, ninety
fge and balf miles are graded, leaving but
four5y -foaf and half mites yet to be graded,
TO place the whole Of The unfinished portion OF
the road in position TO receive the supars'rae-
iure. Ii 70 untoward eveal shall del.y lis
vigorous prosecutions, another year will not pass
befcre the entire line If the ro9a viii be ialsh-
ed and il use; thus aRording a direct and con-
tinuous communicates, by ralroaG, from the
ci'y Of Pniadelphis to the harbor of Erie.
By the tventy-seeonl section Of the act ap-
proved the l3th day Of April, 1916, entitled
"An act te incorporate the Pennsylvania rail-
road company" il is provided, .thst ali ton
mage, of whatsoever kind or description, exeepl
the ordinary baggage Of passengers, loaded or
received at Harrisburg, or Pittsburg, or at any
intermediate point, and carried or conveyed Gu
or over said railroad, more than twenty miies,
between the 10Th day OF March and the lst
day OF D4celnber ia each and every year, shall
he sutjeet to toll or duty, for the use Of Tho
Conuouwe4lih, at The rate of five mills per
mile, for each ton Of two thousand pounds,
and it shall be the duty OF said company, be-
tween The 10Th aud 30h days of jGiy, aud be-
tween the lst aud 10Th days of December, in
each and every year, after thirty miles OF more
of said railroad shall have beeu completed,
and 10 use, to cluse to be made cut, and fled
With the Auditor General, true aud correct
statement, exhibiting the amount Of said tons
mage, 50 loaded or received, aud the distance
so carried aud coaseyed, during the respective
periods intervening between tha said 10Th cay
Vi March, and the 2Uth day Of July, and be-
tween the said GOA day of July and the LIST
day Of December in each aud every year;
which said statement shall 5e verified by the
oath or affirmation Of the receiving or forward
9th pfkJ ar
officers OF said company, hIYing knowledge OF
the premises; and ct the time Of fling said
statement, on Or before the said 30th day of
aud every year, the said company SHALL psy to
the State Treasurer, the amount Of said toll or
ddiy, 50 accrGing for tho uso CT the Cannon
wealth, during ihe respective Intervening peri
ods before mentioned" aud, IN supple
mens 10 the act just referred 70, passed on the
same day, t is fugthsr provides, 'sthat in case
the said company saall, at any tlMe, fail to
pay the Toll Or charge on tonnage, which N y
accrue, or become due to tue Commonwealth,
uader the provisions of said act, the same
shall be aud remain lien on the property Of
the said company, and shall have precedence
over all other lieus and membranes thoreau
until paid" BY the act Of the 9Th Of March,
1913, the tax on tonnage OF five mills per on,
per mile, from the 10Th Of March to the lst of
December, was committed to a tax Of three
mills Dor ton, per mile, during the whole year.
Subsequently,, By The act of the 7th of Mag,
| 1855, lumber and coal were made exempt from
tic touaaga tax.
In parsu4uoe Of the provisions Of tha seRarsi
aets referred TO, the Pennsylvania railroad oeai-
/ paay has paid into the Treasury OF the Eom-
] wopwesltb the following sans. viz: