Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-01-03
A Rail Road The Great Through
Route 100 Miles saved between
New York and Cleveland,

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State at the present time, seems to
absorb the attention Of our people
generally, and almost as ciIcctualiy,
as the late war did, while in progress
The subject being far more pleasant
for reflection, seems also more likely
to inure to the happiness and pros
pcrty of the country-cspecially to
our immediate section Of the State.
1t is q lamentable fact, however
much il may reflect upon the usually
sharp scent of our Eastern and Wcs-
tern business men, that the great com
mercial interests Of the whole country
have in many instances been sacrificed
for tho benefit of local and private in
forests. While millions of dollars
have been spent in constructing Ca
mails ard Rail Roads, from the East
to the West, none Of the companies
have seen iitto build any of their lines
over the route made by nature, for a
Great Short Through route from Phil
adelphia and New York, to the Great
West
Thus n. Y. and Phil have spent their
millions, in constructing four great
lines to the eastern border Of the west,
at Cleveland, Ohio, which place they
reach by the New York Central Rail
Road after transporting passengers
and freight over their line for 625
miles, while by the New York & Erie
road the distance is COS miles. The
next route in geographical ORDER is
.hc route via Central Railroad of New
Jersey, through Eastcn and Reading,
to Harrisburg, thence by the Philadcl-
phia & Eric, to Cleveland, a distance
from N. Y. Of GO miles, and from
Philadelphia 536 miles. The other
great through route, is by tie Penn
sylvania Central, and Cleveland &
Pittsburgh roads, by which route,
Cleaveland, is SIG miles from Phia-
dclphia, and New York 603 miles.
Thus we haze four lines traversine
the States Of Pennsylvania and New
York-all rivals for through trade
yet, the shortest line now constructed
places New York city 603 miles East
of Cleveland, and Philadelphia SIG
miles.
From an examination Of the Map,
taking INTO view the points from
which those lines of travel start, and
in their westward course to the great
Lakes, it seems as though each de-
tcrmincd to build the longest, iastead
ofthe shortest road TO the Lake depot OF
the West, at Cleveland. The sub,
ject Of a more direct route, and with
less grades, to the West, has often
been brought to the notice of Phila.
delphia and New York rail road men
but for some cause, the blindness anc
folly Of these capitalists remains un
Iexplained.
We are however pleased to lcarr
that through the instrumentality o
our worthy fellow-citizcn, Hon. G. r
Barrett, correspondence was opened
during the past season, with some
European capitalists, and the subject
of a great short route TO the West
pointed out to them, who at once saw
the necessity Of such road, and tho
officers Of the Atlantic & Great West
ern Rail Road, being put in possession
ofthc requisite information, have gone
to work in earnest to build this long
needed and discarded road Thi.
company has already connections from
4 Franklin westward TO Cleveland, Chi
r cago, Cincinnati and st. Louis, anc
in order to complete their chain Of
route, they now propose to build anc
complete an eastern outlet by the fol
lowing route viz: From N. Y. via The
Morris & Essex rail road to Easton
thence through Allentown, Maucl
Chunk and Tamaqua, by the Catta
i wissa rail road to Milton, all of which
route is now in running order, except
a short link from lIackctstown, N. j.
to Easton, Pa. This company has al
so secured the charter of the Lewis
burg Centre 4 Spruce Crock company
which allows them to build roac
from Milton to Bellefonte, where they
connect with the charter of the Yves
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