The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-03-14

any uescTlptioU Oh iTeigntS from any eas'
tern OF seaboard cities to Pittsburg high
er than the gross rates charged or collec-
ted by the same route from same points
to any point west OF Pittsburg Nor shall
the said Pennsylvania railroad company
at any time charge or collect rates on any
description of freiehts from Pittsburg to
Phi!adelpbia Baltimore New York or
other seaboard cities higher than the
gross rates that may be charged by the
same route from any point west of Pitts
burg to the same points on the same de.
Fscription of property The local rates from
Pittsburg or Philadelphia to stations on
the line Of the Pennsylvania railroad shall
at no time exceed the gross rates charged
through between Philadelphia and Pitts
burg nor shall local rates between any two
stations on the road between Philadelphia
and Pittsburg exceed the through rates
as made from time to time under the pro-
visions Of this act nor shall the rates char
ged to any local points exceed those
charged to any poipt of greater distance
in the same direction from the place Of
shipment And further all shippers Of
western products under through bills of
ladinx from any point west of Pittsburg
by river to Pitfsburg to the seaboard cit
les shall have the privilege of disposing
of their property at Pittsburg by giving
timely notice before its arrival at that
point to the transfer agents of the Penn.
sylvania railroad company and by ,deliv-
ering up their through bill of ladiDg thus
releasing the Pennsy ylVapia railroad CON-
pany from all liability on account there.
of If the property is not sold at Pitts
burg the owner consigpee or shipper of
said property shall have the right to de-
liver the same to the transfer agency of
the Pennsylvania railroad company at
Plttsburg and forward the same within
ten days after its arrival at Pittsburg un-
der the condition and rates of the original
through bill of ladiDg.
SECTION 8 That the Pennsylvania
railroad company shall be liable to tax
alton for all State purposes aud the said
shall pay the sane rate of tax
alton which is now or may hereafter be
imposed by aDy general law operating
upon oil other railroad companies iucor-
porated By this Commonuealtb. The
sc mi annual insta ments of the said sun
of thirteen millions Eve hundred ard sev
enty thousand dollars O3.570 ,0O0) and
the balance Of the said debt and interest
20 as to be paid into the State Treasury
as is herein provided are hereby pied ged
to and the same shall be applied only to
the payment aud extinguisbment OF the
principle and interest of the funded debt
Of this Con- monweslth and to no other
purpose whatsoever.
SECTION a That for the purpose of de-
velopiDg the resources of the State the
PeDnsyI yIsania railroad company is here
by authorized and required to expend the
,un of eight huDdred and fifty thousand
dollars $3.50, ,O00) in aid to the Charities
Valley railroad company the Plttsburg
and Steubenville. railroad company the
Fayette County railroad company (be-
tween Greensburg and the Yous b;ogheny
river) the West Pennsy ylvania railroad
company (between BIairsviIle and But
ier) the Ebensburg and Cresson railroad
company the Bedford railroad company
between Hopewell and Bedford the Ty-
rone and Cearfeld railroad company
and the Pbilipsburg and Waterford rail.
road company (between Tyrone and
Brook ville) the Tyrone and Lock Haven
railroad company the Mlflin and Centre
County railroad company (betwecn Lew
istown and Reedsville) the Cham bersburg
and Allegheny railroad company (be-
tween Chambersburg and the point of
connection with the Bedford railroad
near Hopewell) or their successors or as
signs in sums proportioned to their re-
spected lengths between the above de-
points BY purchasing their bonds
respectively from said companies paya.
bile iu twenty years with interest payable
Sc semiannually secured by first mortgage
created for the purpose on their property
real and personal and franchises acquired
and to be acquired and the said eompa-
nies are hereby respectively authorized
and empowered to create and issue such
bonds and secure the payment thereof by
such mortgages ID by and with consent of
majority of their respective stockholders
present at a meeting to be called for that
purpose of which notice shall be given as
provided by their charters or bylaws
respectively-said bonds and the mort
cages given to secure the sane shall not
exceed 10 amount the sum required for
the cot OF the superstructure of bridges
the rail cross ties chairs aud spikes and
|syng the track of the said roads respec-
lively and the proceeds of all the said
bonds 90 secured shall be exclusively ap-
Piled to the said purt oses and the said
purchases of bonds shall be required to
be made OF each OF the said companies 10
after sections of said roads
OF the length of Eve miles
from each end as hereinbefore designated
all have been duly and properly gra-
ded and the masonry completed and at
ter the said grading and masonry sball
have been approved by competent civil
engineer appointed by the Governor for