Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-10-31

company.
From the Philadelphia rrcss
EMPoRiUM, Cameron county, ptnna., I
october 90, 1868. !
The excursion party of the Directors of
the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Com
pany, under the charge of the able and eff
cicnt Vice President of that Company, Mr..
Gay, left Philadelphia at half past seven
o'clock ON Monday morning, in the "Direc-
tors Car" of the Pennsylvania Central Rail
road Company. Passing over the Pennsyl-
vania Central Railroad to Harrisburg, and
from thence over the Northern Central Rail
road, the party arrived at Sunbury at half
past four, p. VI. Sunbury is properly the
commencement of the Philadelphia and
Erie Railroad, and accordingly it had been
determined to locate machine shops and
works Mt that place. The train stopped at
this point for half hour with view of
allowing the directors an opportunity of ex-
amining the location of these shops. The
ground, consisting of some forty-onc acres
of land, and located just within the town
limits, was presented to the Philadelphia
and Erie Company by some citizens of the
town. This enterprise on the part of the
citizens who appreciated the importance of
locating the works in their town. is certain
ly commcndable and public spirited. The
location of the ground is exceedingly well
adapted for the intended purposes and the
Philadelphia and Erie company are now en-
gagged in erecting some extensive works,
consisting of large locomotive house, ca
pable of holding forty-for locomotives, and
u machine shop of several hundred feet in
length, and some eighty feet in width.
These, it is intended, will be ready for use
i'll April next.
Sunbury contains in the ncighborhood of
three thousand inhabitants, and is quite a
handsome Pennsylvania town
With view Of celebrating the occasion of
the opening the road to their town, the
people of Emporium had prepared barbc
cue OF quite an extensive character. An
entire OK had been roasted whole anG quite
an extensive entertainment accompanied his
oxship. The OK was exceedingly wcl-roast
ed, and the entire affair seemed to be COM
! pletc success. This success Is credited to the
| active energies of the ladies, among whom
| were some very handsome ones and also to
Mr. Moore, an cntcrprising citizen of Empo-
rum. There were in the neighborhood of
TWO thousand persons present, and If We
may Judge from appearances, they are an
exceedingly intelligent and industrious class
of people. In fact, VT confess to little
surprise at the intelligence and energy dis
played After due respect had been paid to
his oXship, Judge Ellis Lewis, on the part
of the directors of the company, thanked
the Emporiumitcs, IN Il brief speech, for the
kind reception given them. lie was follow
ed by speeches from W. s. Lane, Esq, of
Erie l.. II. Mackey, Esq. of Lock Haven; :;
and p. +. Kelley, Esq, and G. 5. Thompson
Esq of Philadelphia.
Emporium is a new town, located among
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handsome commencement. Its court house
and church arc both fine buildings This
town is the county town of Cameron county
and hence the court house is erected at this
place, Buildings are going up rapidly, and
the place seems to have an air of activity
aboutit Snithport, Coudcrsport, Westport
and other towns in the ncighborhood, will
tend, through their trade to MAKE Empo-
rum point of considerable trade. The
lumber trade of this region is immense.
am informed that during the past year some
two hundred millions Of feet of lumber had
been taken out This must bring a large
amount of trade ofall kinds back in return
To show the profit of this lumber business
two brothers, | am reliably informed, took
out during the winter forty nine RATS, valued
at about one thousand dollars Il raft, and it
is estimated that upon these fJrtv-nine Il
profit Of twenty Thousand dollars was real
izcd
/ The local trade of the Philadelphia and
Erie ROAD from this section has much cx-
Cccdcd thc antiCipations of the managers OF
the company. This division of the road is
! under the supcrintcndence Of Samuel A.
Black, Esq, and his management il spoken
of in the most ilattcring terms, as entirely
successful and satisfactory. The general
superintendent and manager is Joseph ID.
Potts, Esq, who is regarded as one of the
best and most reliable railroad managers in
the State. Mr.. Potts has general charge of
the entire road. In the hands of such men
the interests of the company will be thor
oughly protected
! 1t is confidently expected that the rails
will be laid during the coming month rs far
as ST. Marys, twenty-five miles beyond En-
| porium. From the west, the rails will prob
ably be laid to Bucna Vista, which is TWEEN
ty-thrce miles from st. Marys Thus will
be completed from Erie to Buena Vista
cghty-tiyc miles, and from Sunbury to ST.
Marys, one hundred and sixty miles leaving
only gap of twenty-three miles unfinished
between Erie and Philadelphia These
/ twenty three miles are nearly all graded.
and NJ no very distant day will be ready for
the rail. The Philadelphia and Erie Rail
road may therefore be regarded as fixed
! fact. The Importance of the completion of
this road is thoroughly appreciated by the
! people Of our city, and the prospects of the
! speedy Mlhlmcnt of their wishes will be re.
ccived with much qualification.
! The party will remain all night at Empo-