Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-22
ao,.~vrRy PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.

EB is before the Legisatureior the repeal OF
.;.srter Of the Connellsville railroad IN respect
- tbat part oft eaEt Of Connellsville Another
big is pendingin connection with this, (which We
eiye today for the incorporation Of the Connells-
vilo and Southern Pennsylvania Railway Company
It will be noticed that the greater part OF the cor
,rators ara leading citizens of Bedford, Somerset
Falton ard Franklin counties Among them are
also several Of the principal officers Of the Cum
b ,rland Valley railroad. and four prominent New
y York capitalists. Iheeompany are authorized 70
construct railroad from Connellsville to the Ma
ryIand State line, and to connect the same with
the Pittsburg and Connelsyille railroadand also to
construct road from any point on said line to
connect with any road or roads in the SuEquehAn-
ma Y alley or west thereof, and dtomake such branch
es as hedirectors may deem expedient and nee
essary, in the Southern tier of counties Of Penn
eyivania," &c.
BY the rout contemplated the railroad win pass
through Bedford Borough, reaching it from the
west by way of Buffalo creek and the Raystown
Branch. The capital stock is fixed at tenmillions
divided into shares of Fifty dollars each with the
privileged increasing the shares. The franchises
conferred upon the Pittsburg and Connellsville
railroad are transferred to the new company
compensation 70 the old company being provided
for. The forfeiture is based upon the non-use of
the franchise by the PittsbuTg and Connellsville
COMPANY the company under different names,
having had an existence of over twenty-five years
During this time they hare only constructed about
ffty-seTen miles of tha road.
We hope the bill viii pass. The long neglected
interests of the region traversed by this road de-
Inands such Legislation as viii tend to develop It's
rich coal and iron resources
The Ffonlzin Repository says Of this project !;
'0f the ability and purpose ofthe parties desiring
the act Of incorporation to construct the road
promptly We are fully persuaded; and glance at
the coyporators named-nearly al Of them living
on direct line from Ghambsrsburg west-points
conclusiyely 70 tho rout the main road would be
certain to take Il would doubtless make the juno
ton with the Cumberland Valley at this point and
thus make the Pittsburg aud Connelsyille adirect
feeder to the commerce Of our own State instead
of leaving the wealth of southwestern Pennsylva-
MIA to Baltimore, 1t would at once develop thevast
wealthof the southern counties Immediately west of
us, and give us new and vastly cheaper avenues for
lumberand coal besidesenhancing the value of ev-
eryacre Of landin this sectiou of the State Now
that the leading railroads of theS State have evinced
determn alton to construct this road, the legis-
lators from southern Pennsylvania, and all who
desire to divert the vast trade the southern route
to Philadelphia or 10 Baltimore over Pennsylva-
MIA improvements, should promptly give the nee
essary authority, and three years more viii see
the iron horse singing his wild song over the Al
leghenes by three leading bearing their
commerce to the great emporium of our State
aud rearing new fieldsand towns as if by magic on
their lines. Now is the time to secure this vital
improvement for this part of the Stats, and we
earnestly hope to record the passage Of the bill be-
fore the close Of the present session.