Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-02-15


special meeting Of the Board Of Trustees Of
Pennsylvania College vas held on Wednesday
last The election Of a successor to Prof
Mayer, who has resigned his chair, was post
poned to the regular meeting next fall-the
Faculty in the meantime, to make provision
for the temporary instruction in that depart
ment
Leave Of absence was granted 70 Dr. Baugh-
er, President Of the Institution, for three or
four months, to visit Europe.
It was also resolved to erect at once build
ing for the Preparatory Department, not to
exceed SO, 600 in cost aud Committee was
appointed to propose plans and specifications,
invite proposals, sc. We are glad to learn
that the Inslitatiou is in an unusually pros
porous condition, the increased number Of
students being so great that difficulty is found
in accommodating them. Hence the necessity
for new building. Gettysburg Stcr
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! THE CoNSEIsvuLE RMLRoAD.-S Some
/ years since the Legislature Of Pennsylvania
/ incorporated q Railroad company under the
above name, aud that company laid out the
route through 8 section of country, Somerset,
| Bedford and adjacent counties, leading to
! Pittsburgh, which had heretofore not been
/ favored with any facilities Of carrying It's
| iron coal and produce to market. The work
/ Of building the road progressed as fast and
/ steadily as the means could be procured until
/ two years ago, when the Pennsylvania Rail-
| road Company, under the delusive influence
/ that this read when completed might divert
I trade from Philadelphia to Baltimore, had the
/ bin providing for its construction repealed.
/ This unexpected action left the company
/ without charter and the Connelisville Rail-
/ road Company at once applied 20 the United
( States District Court to try the constitution
ality of the act. The court decided the law
| repeating It's charter unconstitutional, but the
/ Pennsylvania Railroad Company not being
! content with the decision, have determined
/ to carry It to q higher tribunal, and thus de
1 lav the building of the road ten years 20 come.
! The CuunellsyIue company are now here
/ applying to the present Legislature for a re
/ peal Of the unjust law repeating their charter,
/ and the majority Of the members from the
! great West are actively working for its pas
/ sage, but the agents and fricads of the Penn
| syiyaul8 railroad company are on the spot
. using every influence % prevent that result.
! w cannot for moment see the prCpUety
. Of the Pennsylvania railroad oLiecling in the
/ least to the development Of that portion Of
1 our State which has here tofore and does at
/ present suffer for the want Of railroad taciI-
| ties. That gigantic corporation has at pres
eut as much to do as it can we'll attend to,
and il would be an outrage If this railroad
should be stopped simply because the Penn
sylvania railroad does not desire to have it.
Il the Pennsylvania company has any cash on
hand for building railroads, it had better as
sist the CouHelisville company to complete
Its road, and then tap it at some convenient
point.
No member Of either House can fail to re-
coguize the justice of the bill presented by
she C0unellsville company, and we hope that
no attention will be paid to the agents Of the
( Pennsylvania railroad company. We shall
refer to this subject again. Harrisburg TEL
/ sgrqpd.
BorsrT AcCouNrs In last week s issue
we referred 20 the provisions Of the general
law requiring the township Auditors to settle
all Bounty accounts. Since then we learn
that q special law has beeu passed restoring
I the Old law authorizing the court TO gppOiul