Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-04-11

of the Redbanl1, which is a tributary
of the Allegheny. Descending the
Sandy by very low gradients, the town
of BroolSville is reached. and thence
stretching westward by The valley OF
one of the tributaries ofthe Redbank,
a branch Of the Clarion is attained,
which is descended That stream is
crossed, and one Of its western branch
cs again assembled to the summit, be-
tween the Clarion and the Allegheny,
where the head of East Sandy creek
is reached, and that stream descend
ed to the Allegheny, whence easy gra-
dients and direct lines connect with
Franklin, and Warren, Ohio. If we
will take map and layupon il line
from the centre Of che railway sys-
tens OF Ohio ana fndiAna u New
York, it will be found that by this
route, the detection from that line is
vastly less than that of any existing
line. Its distance is shorter by nine
ty miles; its curvatures are lighter,
and its gradients are one-half easier
than those of any other existing line
of railway. 1t is the direct and ma
tural route from New York to the
great West If to this we add the fact
that, diverging from this line at the
mouth Of Sandy Lick, in Jefferson
county, and following the valley of the
Redbank to the Allegheny Valley rail
road, Pittsburg is reached and connect
ed by easy gradients with the line, we
find that an undreamed of capacity for
development exists in Northwestern
Pennsylvania. These lines, travers-
ing the counties of Cameron, Elk,
Clearfcld, Jefferson, Clarion, Venan-
go, Mercer, Armstrong and Butler,
will stimulate enterprise, bring forth
their dormant treasures and add enor-
mously TO the wealth Of the State. In
Clarion county there exists immense
deposits OF iron ore and other miner
ais awaiting means Of transit and cap
ital for their development. Up to
this time she has received no benefit
from public improvements and the on-
terprise of her citizens has been re-
pressed and discouraged by their ina
bility to compete with those more fa-
vored with facilities for rapid transit
and easy production. They ask that
you shall but give the right TO add to
your wealth in nourishing and invigor-
ating their own. The counties Of Elk,
Cameron, Clearfeld and Jefferson bris-
tie with forests of pine and hemloeli
and oak timber Annual freshets up
on the streams of the localities are
the only means they possess for bring.
ing to yo1r doors heproducts Of their
forests. They can reach you but once
year, and then our hardy sons OF
toll must grapple with all the Difficult
ties Of navigation amid natural OBJ
structions aud artificial impediments,
created for the benefit of other com
munities. They too, ask, that you
will permit them to invest their CAPT
tai and invite other capital TO come in
and provide the means by which they
may be able daily toplace in your mar
ket the lumber so essential in every
thing that makes your home habita-
bic. Upon this route have describ-
ed, and bedded in the hills which bor-
der the valleysof Benefits branch and
Sandy Lick, in the counties Of Clear
field and Jefferson, easily attainable
and most desirable in is qualities, ex-
lists the finest body Of bltuminous coal
within the State The veins are of i'm
mense thickness, so large that a man
standing erect in his wagon may drive
into the coal openings, load it and re-
turn. This vast deposit stretches
northward through Elk aud M'kean
counties also. Unproductive and IN
developed, they await themagic touch
that you can give them, TO lie at your
feet shining with the colors Of the
rainbow, or to glow and melt in driv-
ing the mighty engine, or in reducing
the stubborn ore. From the heart OF
this immense deposit ofcoal at Sandy
Lick Summit, in Clearfcld county, il
can be placed on the wharvesat Buff
falo with transportation of less than
one hundred and sixty miles, by a line
of railroad traversing the counties Of
Elk and M'Kean, with easy grades
and light curves, part Of which is
already in progress. win you forbid
our passage northwardy Must our rich
es lie forever undevelopedg There lies
the only market for our Goals. Give
us but the ight to do it, and within
sixty days the ground will be staked,
the earth broken, the capital subscrib-
cd, and everything prepared to make
our northern bills and forests resonant
with tho shrieks Of the locomotive, la
boronsly drarging to the shores of the
lake mineral treasures now hldded and
dormant. 1t is a small boon for you
TO grant ii is wealth to us, and un-
told riches TO future generations
Senators of Pennsy lyanial ! We ask
you 10 rise to the stature OF represent
atives of your great Commonwealth.
See her interests in the vista Of future
years, and of centuries, and aid now
in giving to her industrial progress,
to her minerel and agricultural devol.
opment, an impetus that will rapidly
enrich the State, and place her in the
proud position to which she is entitled.
On the day when the niggers voted
in Georgetown, the RAIDS OF the Rump
House squashed a bill foD granting
suffrage 20 the white intelligent for