Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-23
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leuee in regard to this projected line Of Rail
way. We are no lenger bored with columns
( Of judicial decisions involving rights of way,
or questioning the status of legislative enact
ments. Even here there appears to be q
ssseason of rest And yet no one knows
what has been gained or lost The impene-
trable darkness into which the "Great Legal
Fight has precipitated the matter, is alto
eether incomprehensible. Whether like the
| Phoenix 1t will rise from its ashes and aston
| ish the world with its greatness and splendor,
remains to be seen. The seeming quietness
into which ithas subsided, however, has by
no means lulled the people here on the pa
per line, into lethean sleep not bit Of
| it.
The people have been earnestly regarding
the innumerable .'pins' that have been put
down by the engineers, andhave involuntarily
/ shuddered at the idea Of twenty lines OF rail-
road. Every foot Of space from Chambers
burg up over the mountains-the engineers
alone know where-has been covered with
pins until 1t has been dangerous to invade the
| territory. which theroad may some day cover,
drunk or sober, without running the risk of
| having your shins skinned, your body run
| through or your neck broken by coming in
contact with this terrible nuisance, in compar-
| ison with which an inverted harrow is but a
feint illustration,
Two corps of engineers have vibrated be-
tween Pittsburgh and Chambersburg for two
| years. and if they have Aot put down sufi-
cient number of the "pegs,' then there is no
| virtue in engineering. At lastwe learn indi-
rectlv, that the mere "sticking of pins is
| about to come to an end, that the experimen-
tai and locating lines have all been run, and
that the whole is about to be dotted on
paper. How long It will take to do this will
depend, we suppose, very much in what
length of time the Company desire it to be
done, and five are left to judge from the past,
the Company viii not be likely to order the
matter through with telegraphic speed.
We desire in this connection to call the
attention of ali concerned to the following
section Of an act passed by the last Legisla-
ture, which may have passed from the recol-
ton Of Col Wright and others associated
| with him:
SECTION 2. That so much Of the said act
| incorporating the said Connellsville and
| Southern PENNSYLVANIA Railway Company,
as limits the time for the construction Of the
main line Of their road to three years from the
the passage thereof, be and the same is here
/ By repealed and thatthe time for the COM
| nlencemcat Of the construction thereof shall
be extended for one year, and the time for its
| completion to eight years, from the passage
| of this act.
This act, we believe, became a law on the
fifth of April last: seven months Of the time,
the fair season ofthe year, have passed away,
and there is not the first indication in the
world, outside Of the pin" arrangement, that
there is ever to be a railroad extended up
this way. Does the Company intend asking
the Legislature for another extension? ? 1t
looks very much like it. Ifthey do, the peo-
pie along the line propose to storm the CAPT
tol, that's ALL Against our most earnest
protest the last Legislature gave them all they
asked and now we expect them to ''come to
| Une. Inc people must prepare 70 hght the
monopoly in advance.
just as soon as we have evidence
that the Company is in earnest and
intends building the road no set Of
men willgo further towards advancing their
interests than the people of Bedford, Fulton
and Somerset counties, but at present they
mean to look after their own interests.
! TEHrErAgCr CoNvExrIoN.-A Convention
of Good Templars of the West Juuiata Dis
trict was held in this place on Wednesday
and Thursday last. Nov. 9Th and 7th. It was
the. largest and best yet held in the district,
there being nineteen lodges represented, of
which Huntingdon has 8, Blair 4, Bedford 3,
Clearfeld 2, Somerset ], Noshannon Lodge
in Centre county was also represented in this
district. It was resolved that Cambria be
added 10 the district and that an endeavor be
made to establish one or more lodges in that
county before the next convention, which
VIII be held in Altoona, Wednesday and
Thursday, the 20.h aud 21st Of February,
1857. On the evening of Tuesday, the first
day Of the Convention, public meeting was
/ held in the Court House. The room was
crowded TO overhowing. Mr.. E. H. Uniac
| Of Boston, delivered a lecture on Temper.
ance, in a very eloquent and instructive man
uer. Some even expressed the opinion that
he is superior to Mr. Cough as temperance
| speaker Huntingdon Globe,
TIE BIG TAENERY.-We lately paid visit
to the extensive tanning establishment of
Messrs. Spanogle & Co, which is now rapid
| ly approaching completion. This is one Of
The largest (if not tie largest brick steam
'annery in Pennsylvania, the whole building
being under a slate roof The main building
is 231 feet in length by % wide, with wing
l95 long. The bark shed is $50 feet long by
IS wide, and is reached by railroad siding
of 900 feet. The building contains 2lO watts,
28 leeches, and 8 pools, with all necessary
requisites for running water, liquor, &c. The
drying and other rooms are to be heated by
means Of steam pipes. The engine, which
was built by Reese, Slagle & Foust, of this
place, is 25 horse power, and was set in mo-
ton on Monday last, and found to be an ex-
cellent piece of workmanship, complete in
all its parts. Among other features in the
building is an Archimean screw, which per-
forms the work of carrying the water up hill.
--LeWistolcn Gazette.
Sw1HDLEEs.-The Harrisburg Telegraph
says We learn that well dressed, smooth
tohgued scamps are travelling over the coun-