The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-04-25
RAILROAD -MEETiNc..

A Rail Road meeting was held. at St.
Mary's by the citizens of Elk county.
on the 18th instant, to consider the i'm.
Portance of building a railroad from
Buffalo to the coal fields of Elk county,
to intersect the F.. & L. r. r. at or near
St. Mary's
'Whereupon Dr. G. R. EARLEY was
chosen President, and James Blakely,
Esq, Gen. r. T. McGill, Hon. E. G.
Schultze and George Weis, Esq, Vice
Presidents, and Major II. Kretz and
Charles McVear., Secretaries.
On motion of Judge SchuItze, the
chair appointed the following gentlemen
a committee to draft resolutions express
sive of the sense of the meeting.
DR.. W. J. Blakely, Louis Volmer, W.
G.. Schultze, Major G. II. yolk, Joseph
Windfeldcr, Joseph Patton, Esq, and
DR.. Thompson. ....-
On, motion of Major Kretz, the Hon.
E. G. Schultzc was called upon to state
the, object of the meeting, which be
done in mastery manner, showipg
conclusively that st. Mary's was the
proper point to strike, to obtain the
greatest abundance of coal by the short.
est distance, easiest grades and most
eligible route. ... ... .,. ~
DIR. Farley, being then called upon,
showed by comparison and analogy that
this point of intersection, above all 9th
ers, seemed to meet the object desired
George Weis, Esq, being called upon.
responded in few pertinent remarks,
showing how enterprises of this kind
were commenced, as well as carried
through, Of what vast Importance to the
public generally, and stimulating the
citizens to energy in the work H'
At the close of Mr.. We1s' remarks
the Committee on Resolutions made the
following report, which was twice, read
and adopted ... .... Or a
WHEREAS, The Legislature of Pennsyl.
vania, at its last session, has organized thc
Northern R. r. and Transportation Com
| pany, being a road extending from the
State line in M Kean county, to the line o
the p. & f. Railroad, the connection Will
cOin to 1,o"
the southern line of Elk county and =
WHEREAS, We recognize the great i'm
portance of a Railroad connecting us with
the city of Buffalo on Lake Erie, by which
important benefits will accrueto us both =
to us, in the opening of our immense an
inexhaustible coal fields, and obtaining. 81
market for our product, and to them in oh
tanning an unlimited amount of fuel at a
cheaper rate than has heretofore been pos
sible on account of the great distance al 4
cost of transportation (; and o.. ~. ~
WHEREAS Several different routes for
the said route are under consideration at
the present time, therefore
RESOLVED, By us, the citizens of the Dor
ough of st. Mary's, in Elk county, in pull
lie meeting assembled, That we do mo
heartily concur in the construction of. tho
Northern Railroad and Transportation Co.
RESOLVED, That we appreciate the great
benefits which it, when constructed viii
confer, not only upon the inhabitants of
this region, but upon those in other por,
tions of the country.
RESOLVED, That we will lend our most
hearty assistance, both moral and material
to aid and further the construction ani
completion of the said road.
RESOLVED, That we prefer, and do nov
record our preference for, the route from
Bishops Summit to NIiller's West Creek
Summit, and that we cordially invite Ii q
attention Of those, Immediately interested
in the road, to the superior advantages Of
fered by this route.
RESOLVED, That'we also invite their at
tention, as well as the attention of the cfti-
zens of Northwestern New York, to the in
mense deposits of coal in this immediatn
region and on the line Of the above men-
toned route, as well as in the immediato O
vicinity of the terminus above mentiona1
RESOLVED, That the proceedings OF. This
meeting be published in the Elk ADvocATE
MKeap Miner, and Buffalo Courier alii
Express, also int Rochester papers
Adjourned to meet. at the call of the
President - ~.r..~r.. >'....
c. r. EARLEY, Pres't
cHa,. cTaHAH M'ER4s. ER1T'' soe''. ,l'
The proceedings given above should
have been published in last week & pa
per, and would have been if they had
reached us before Thursday noon, tIIe
day on which We publish,
We are glad to see that the people Of
this region are at last waking up to the
Importance of having railroad to Buf
falo. By reference to the map the req
der will discover that the distance from
St. Mary's by the proposed route is "a
ly about $50 miles-whereas, the dis
tance from St Mary's to Erie is I29
miles, with gradients on % miles Of tie
road exceeding 100 feet to the mile, tie
distance from Erie to Buffalo is, wa