The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-04

ouWoiitT VI tAV sotiS, Auat tne directors OF
the said New York and Middle Coal6eId
railroad and coal company be, and are here
by authorized tc sell a portion of their
lands situate in the counties of Columbia
and Northumberland, al public or private
sale, in lieu of the whole, as authorized by
the act TO which this is supplement, and
shall apply the proceeds thereof, first to the
payment of any existing debt, aud the ball
ance TO the further development and i'm
provement OF the remaining portion of their
lands or distribute the same as they NAV
deem for the best interest OF The company,
subject to the vote OF stockholders, as al
ready provided for by the said acl TO which
this is supplement.
The eecond section was read as follows:
Sec. 2. That the said company shall have
authority 10 reduce their capital stock 10
the sum OF six hundred thousand dollars,
which shall be represented by sixty thou.
sand shares, and the par price of each share
shall be fixed at len dollars; and the COM
pany be allowed The privilege. of mining
coal on any OF their own lands.
Mr. BROWN, tNorh'd) moved to amend
By striking out in the fourth and fifth lines
the following words: "and The company be
allowed the privilege of mining coal on any
of their lands.''
Mr.. TATE, Colombia concurred with
the gentleman from Northnm 5erland. The
interest of his constituents should be pro-
tecied- He urged the adoption OF he amend
meni.
Mr.. FREELAND, lDsuphin) / hope this
amendment will not be adopted
MIR. BROWN, Northumberland, I The
House this morning, by unanimous vote,
passed joint resolution requiring the At
torney General TO institute proceedings
against the Delaware and Hudson canal
company and the Pennsylvania coal com.
pany for The purpose of repeating their
charter or annulling the contract giving
them the right to mine coal. have in my
desk several petitions signed by all the
! operators in my county and a number of
other citizens protesting against giving tran
sponation companies the right TO mine
coal The allegation is that the operations
OF these two companies tend TO break up
all private operators, from the fact that the
latter are not able 10 get their coal to mar
ket at the same rate as those Transporting
companies. and thus cannot compete with
| those companies in the market. No trans
porting company should have mining priv
ileges; and :hink that this railroad COM
pany should mol have the privileges asked
for ia this case
Mr. Russell, lLuzerne,] / hope this
amendment will. My own district a, this
time is suffering terribly from the opera.
tons OF these transporting companies in
mining coal Their operations are des,ruc-
tive TO the whole coal interest Had il not
been that our coal operators succeeded in
Obtaining reduction of freights, our coal
works would have been entirely stopped
by the operations of these transporting
companies in mining coal. Now, hope
that the House will not infiict on the coun-
that will add to the depression which we
are now suffering.
Mr.. RITTER, [Snyder,l ] hope, Mr.
! Speaker, that the time has passed for the
Pennsylvania Legislature to allow any for
/ eign transportation company 70 mine coal
in this State We have already seen enough
of the evil effects of such operations wiihiL
| this commonwealth. ! dope the House will
discounIenance and defeat any attempt 10
allow any foreign corporation to mine coal
in this com mmonweath. The coal interests
Ia this State are suffering now; and hope
they will not be made to suffer still more.
Mr. FREELAND. [Dauphin the gentle
man from Snyder. Mr. Ritter, is mistaken
This is not foreign company; it is COM
pany of our own Slate and our own town.
] hope that the gentleman will not inter-
| fere in this matter
Mr.. RITTER, ISnyder,1 Whether it is a
foreign company or not, it is all the same.
Transportation companies should not be
allowed to mine coal.
Mr.. FREELAND, CDauphin, his is not
the case of company now baying road
and desiring TO have the privilege OF mining
coal. The company now have no road, but
they want the privilege of making a road
for the purpose of transporting their COAL
The road is not now in existence; but it is
10 be put into operation provided we get
this bill.
Mr. Russell, OF Luzerne. supported the
amendment.
Mr. FREELAND. Il is not intended that
this COMPANY shall carry any coal whalever
The Shamokin Valley road carries the coal
This bill merely coniemplaies mining priv
ileges The gentlemen mistake the par
pose of the bill.
Mr.. ROWLAND. hope that this amend
ment will be adopted. Only this morning
the House almost unanimously showed
their disposition to interfere with rights
that had already been granted to certain
corporations. This bill involves the grant,
ing Of the same rights, and hope that the