Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-09-14

2sRsTL EN- EN- IL Il gfste fs5R9 from
sassdFora, havingaoos6p the sreecniioissance
INF the route ofsslle ShorulAa' alley aud BsCaJs
'1EFJp Railroad, as requested and emp oEed W d6
by your Secfeflry, Mr. A. ABaerson..
lwas agreeably disappointed upon iHspoctioa
of2the country over WHICH your roaasis ex-
Pected to pass--fora the reputation l4SB ~ ~ 81
rough AMI unsettled region.
The plough of the Peunsylsa4ia farmer ts 81
evidently not been idle here, aud instaad cf
rough wo0dy raVines, found highl M fptcs
valleys, prodaeing as much u ~ sIss,.
more accessible and more vaunteds 4
jeiF;ng the valley ofthe Juniata afia
beaand Valley.
AS for the practicability of this al Tor 4
Railway, | never have doubted it. acre are
sqniteE considerable hills, to hR surszs found
running through it but these Mhalls trend III
the direction of your road, and aressepafated
by the cultivated valleys to which | have al
luded, These valleys present the natural un-
dulatons which of course must be expected,
from the fact Of streams heading in them and
fanaiEg both ways. But these are not noun
katn Streams they take their sources in the
dehfilso oE the Is, ard their inclinations towards
their Hlellfhs iA@Btle in comparison with the
ifasi ofTfhose water courses whose Fountains are
fQpda in the gorges of the mountains them
Selves.
Pic undulations are therefore easily over
come by gentlaeradentss aud their Direction
ID. fagopA bic pei geen Cd efasinl - cur roadd
bas5ess IS ~ AEf 4 ssct trfs
road is compelled to asceadsthe eaargsn slope
of the sAHeglenv it6faeres Hads the
ridge. stlfists aiTi8es t6se n the Potomac
ftaia lieaa 5 aling itself
yef &shI M! @ Af the K43setenes be.
saseas eag " y bthsesAhat San be found
n6ti0d PennsyI suia-as practicable,
zlM asqAMrso hEared BY distance,
M VI @ meq FIRING the West Branch
eys al aH IA 6pon4 the route Of
] bRsty manuer. VS. Can Sc yer TXsHp& i'm
proved. Yam hblined to belissslBsts sagi6g
Of at last tek miles can dkI.l made inFthe- /
measagsa longtihof thesgefAys A
BAtbe cost the asertaking alll not
lesq9ban ;hesestIaats put upon
VOC sliou held in, HarFisturg, IND Us:
foFF millions of d siiaCs, IS ,QaEA|
suDl, however, includes a con6getiaS Al tfl fl
I4ebnon Valley Railroad iu Dauphin ic8sF Fl 81
With which road the metropolis Is now c6ffs-E
nected. -
My idea is that BfidP on VIII q srock,
where you connect With tie pIttsburg atfa Con-
road, viii prove upoa 6nal sgssey stosl
be very nearly the exact middle poi4t of dis |
tance pstween Harrisburg and Pin burg oG4
this renbe. The distance Of Bridgeport fsptnf
eaah terminus of your great railway, being res~
spectively I35 miles. n
From Harrisburg to BrI spoft kestiBRpa ta
tc cost as stated, say 81, ,00G,sCO0, ans tae es-
innate of Mr. Latrobe, Presidept osIthe Pigts
burg and Connelsville Ia fiwaY ,fe- the amount I
of-work remaining to heAdone un that under.
taking, is three millions &C hnndrea thousand
do2ars, tSS, 500, ,0e0.9 4 s.s..-,.
4 &c distance to piitsburg from srisbafk, +
2ii LIE 30 miles, which gaAa4a Cd Mhe 4 z8 /
niaisR from Harrisburg to Nex@ 1hskes ans
aggre gete OF AS miles. BY way af8Rldia>sl
ddlpkIa and thas Peansylvaffa :, l4s,,so,
asaE is 4 q niles EesFiag lnaas rsd raaa
RI! fsis Of We laft q But wht sdue /
tions shaff hea spAaeaea ~ as9sfed e
distance @f our FUks Al 70 miles d
shorter than fhatof our great rival. Il
The curves and ordinations Of the Pennza
sylvania Railroad, from Philadelphia to Ha.-
risburg, are far less favorable than those of the
chain of railways from New York to Harris
burg.
The graduation of the Pennsylvania sRail I
Road along the Snsqaebanna aud the Jdniata, !
to the base of the Alleghenies, is better than
ours 20 a homologous or similar point, though
FOR the same distance the curvature and the
Of bridges are both in our favor.
But in crossing the Alleghenies the graduation
L 50per cent. in our favor, and while our
le,ert to the Ohio is uninterrupted by any
lscending grade, the Pennsylvania Railroad is
mpeded by gradients IS high in ration as the
maximum we have established fer the most
iiiicult parts of our route.
feel satisfied then, as far as it IS possible
o be SO without actual measurement, that the
assertion we made to the world, 10 our Con-
1ention in May last, will be borne out by the
acts when they shall have been duly ascertain
ID, namely That the connection between New
York aud the Ohio can be completed on route
entirely distinct from that of the Pennsylvania
which shall be twenty t2Ol equated
niles shorter than the Pennsylvania Railroad
connection, and that the said proposed conn-ksi
lectlon will not cost more than 81 ,50O,UUu s. 81
This route, for its whole distance from HaEsa;
sburg West, passes through rich, bsautlfpl3a