Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-08-02


a GooD Field FOR INVESTMENT
Great difficulty has been experienced
/ here by persons who desire to erect or extend
I buildings from thewant of material wherewith
10 accomplish their designs. It is almost
/ imposslbie to procure a tuIi zupr3y of alle
necessary material required in the erection
OF ithe most unpresumiug building without
running over two or three counties. Nor
does the difficulty consist in the article of
lumber alone even brick. an article that
should be abundant everywhere are not to be
had, unless at figures ranging froIa ten to
fifteen dollars per thousand, and very few al
these uHpalatable prices. There Is 90 better
opening in the state for q party. with small
capital, to establish himself in a lucrative
and permanent business. He vii want one
Of the latest Press Brick Machines, which
VIII cost from one to two thousand
dollars, and press from three to eight thou
sand brick per day. Brick made by these
machines are made without water and can be
set into zilu and burned at once. Ii Is e7i-
dent that very Ii-tle expense is iuearred in
their manufacture. We hope some euterpri-
sing person viii take hold OF this matter and
supply want felt on every hand.
The same difficulty exists in regard 70 lurn-
ber IF an individual desired one Thousand
feet of the most ordinary boards, he would
be obliged to take a pilgrimage to the sum
usIs Of the Allegheny mountain to procure
them, OF make circuit Of all the little saw
mills within a radius of fifteen miles, over
the worst Of roads How can our citizens
build under such circumstances He must
be bold and adventurous man who under
taxes 1t. Why is this the case The only
answer is, thatour people have no enterprise,
they are too Indifferent to the real wants of
the community. or they are not alive to the
principle that any business. encrgeiicallY
pushed. VIII pay better than that which is
oyer-stocked and ina,lereutly conducted.
We have frequently remarked the tendency
Of our village people to run into store aad
slop.kespng. while there are a dozen Of
other branches Of business, perhaps better
understood not touched. Men appear 10
think that they have only to procure few
actions and the common uecessaricz of life.
aad people viii drop in and purchase, and
wealth viii be Immediately realized. Il is all
folly. There are not i've men in the county
to-day who have made fortunes ont Of store
or shop-keeping alone. The general result
Is that after spending lifetime al the busi-
ness they come out with q sixpeuce less than
they went in with. How different The system
in the Western and New England States:
man desires to establish himself in some
business: the first question is, what business
IS not fully represented? When the entire
field is looked over. the business which IS
least crowded Is selected, and thus energy IS
thrown INTO every branch of industry, and
the communities conducted on this principle
advance as rapidly in one year as the commu-
nifty N which We move does IN twenty-five
It is about time that the rising. or still more
aetiye generation take hold Of things. or IN
few more years Bedford viii BE- numbered
with she ruins Of Thebes and Palmyra.
THESE cool evenings and mornings call for !
something more than the common linen
and yet It is too early for heavier sHits. Per
sons should be very careful now Of taking
colds, and dress warm these evenings and /
mornings. Since writing the above we learn /
that Berkstresser & Co. have on hand ine (