Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-05-17

Mr.. RITTER, (Snyder, hope, Mr..
Speaker, that the time has passed for the
Pennsylvania Legislature to allow any
foreign transportation company to mine
coal in this State. We have already seen
enough of the evil ffeects of such opera
tions within this Commonwealth, 1 hope
the House will discountenance and de-
feat any attempt to allow any foreign cor
poration 10 mine coal in this Common
wealth. The coal interests in the State
are suffering now; and hope they will
not be made to suffer still more.
Mr.. FREELAND, [Dauphin,l the gen.
tlcman from Snyder, Mr.. Ritter, is mis-
taken. This is not foreign company !;
it is a company of our own State and our
own town. | hope that the gentleman
will not interfere in this matter.
Mr.. RITTER, [Snyder.l Whether it
is a foreign company or not, it is all the
same. Transportation companies should
not be allowed to mine coal.
Mr., FREELAND, (Dauphin,) This is
not the case of a company now having a
road and desiring to have the privilege of
mining coal. The company now have no
road, but they want the privilege Of ma
king road for the purpose of transport
ing their coal The road is not now in
existence; but it is to be put into operation
provided we get this bill.
Mr.. Russell, 'Luzerne' Supported the
amenement.
Mr.. FREELAND. 1t is not intended
that this company shall carry any coal
whatever. The Shamokin Valley road
carries the coal. This bill merely con,
templates mining privileges. The gentle
men mistake the purpose of the bill,
Mr.. ROWLAND. 1 hope that this
amendment 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 granting of the same rights and
hope that the House will not stultify itselt
by giving in the evening privilege to ono
company it has refused in the morning tc
another.
] Mr.. RUSSELL. If the gentleman from
Dauphin, (Mr. Freeland,) y will assure me
that this road is merely a road of three oil
four miles to connect with another, l vii
withdraw my objection.
Mr., BROWN, Northumberland I have
been endeavoriug to obtain the act of 1859
in relation to this company. I have no
been able to find that act; but | have un
dcrstood from two Senators that the act O
1859 gave the company the right to build
a road twenty miles in length and those
Senators stated that if they had knowr
that this bill contained the clause giving
the company the right to mine coal, the,
would have opposed the bill in the Senate
Both those gcntIman desired me either tc
have that provision stricken out or to op
pose the bill, AS remarked before,
have two petitions, signed by all the op-
orators Of my county, protesting agains
giving transportation8 companies the righ
to mine coal, do protest therefore
against granting to this corporation tn
privilege Of mining coal.
Mr.. RUSSELL. 1 hope that this bill
with the amendment, will be postponed.
On the amendment of Mr.. Brown ( Nor
thumberland,)
The yeas and nays were required b.
J Mr.. BROWN, (Northumberland) and Mr.
CALDWELL, and were as follow, viz ::
YEAs-Messrs. Bates, Beaver, Boileau
Brown Northumberland, Caldwell, Div
ms, Donley, [Gre enc,] Dutfield, Gaskill
Graham, Greenbank, Hess, Hoover, Hop
Q kins Philadelphia, Josephs, Kline, Lich
; tenwallne M'Culloch NJ Maxim, NJ Manu-
Nciman, Pershing, Pottcigcr, Quigley
Rhoads, Ross, Mitain ] towand, Russell
: Tate, Thompson, Tracy, Tuition Weidne
Wildey, Wimley, Wolf and zglcr-37.
e NAYs-Mcssrs Abbot Alexander, Arm
strong, Barron, Bigham Blanchard, Brown
e Mercer Catham, Cochran, Cowan, Den
mis-, Donnclly, philadelphia Freeland
Gamble, Grant, Gross, Hall, Happer
Henry, Kennedy, Lehman, M'Coy, Myer'
C Peters, Ritter, Ross, Luzcrne,] Schrocl
= Sellers, Shannon, Smith, [Chester, Smitl
$ Philadelphia Strang, Vincent Warner
i Williams, Windlc, Worloy and Rowe
Speaker-39.
So the amendment was negativcd.
The second section was then agreed to-
& Mr.. LABAR moved the House adjourn
= The motion was not agreed to.
). The third section was read and agree
- to as follows
& SEC. 3. That in case the said compau
&c shall at any time find it to their adyantaC