The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-08-09


place, expressive of their views" in
regard to Bedford and the Springs.
We now continue our extracts. The
following is the opinion of Y. S. Wal
ter, Esq, of the DeLa,oare Republican,
on "the situation" hereabouts:
BEDFORD, July %, 1867.
D8Gr Republican: On Thursdayeve
ming of last week, you will remember
that shortly after the last sheet had been
delivered from our Hoe press, | bid
you farewell for brief season, and in
company with two Of our household
gods, started on a visit-Which ought
to be observed annually as pilgrim
age-for few days, to near and dear
relatives at this place.-Leaving the
depot of the Pennsylvania Central rail-
road at West Philadelphia, at a quar-
ter past eleven O'Clock in the evening,
in the elegant cars which the Company
have provided for their passengers, we
had no concern for our safety, and the
next morning at seven o'clock found
ourselves at Huntingdon, ready for q
good breakfast, previous to taking the
cars on the Huntingdon and Broad Top
road. Our company consisted of quite
a number of ladies and gentlemen who
were on their way to Bedford Springs.
The road is about forty miles in length,
and runs through broken and hilly
country, passing over deep ravines and
through heavy cuts. Timid passengers
close their eyes while the cars pass Ov-
er a portion of the trestle-work, which
is in several places very high, and dam
gerOuS looking. The Company have
fully provided against accidents, so far
as human foresight can prevent their
occurrence. The treStleS have been
greatly strengthened, and the bed of
the road we'll ballasted. In short, we
know of no road of the same length
operated with greater care and good
Judgment. The cars stop at Mount
Dallas, to which place therOad was COM
pleted three years ago, where carriages
are in waiting to receive and convey
passengers to the town, which is reach
ed in about an hour and half. A sur
Vey has been made for a road from this
point to Bedford, six miles distant, and
a number of laborerS are engaged in
makinga tunnel through spur of Cove
mountain. The road will then strike
the Raystown branch of the Juniata,
and will require butlittle grading. The
whole expense ought not to exceed tif-
teen thousand dollars per mile. 1t is
said that the Pennsylvania Central has
agreed to build it, but from some cause
the work has been delayed. If the peO
pie here were half as enterprising as
those Of our own county, the road
would have been completed long ere
this.
The town of Bedford grows slowly.
There seems to be a want OF energy
among its capitalists for which there is
no excuse Nearly all the old land
marks which were familiar to meyears
ago-I care not to tell how many-are
familiar now as they were them
New faces appear, bat the buildings
with but few aduitiOns-the roads and
conVeyances, are nearly the same. The
only improvements visible to US, are the
foundation walls of a new Episcopal
church, the cornerstone of which was
laid year ago, and the walls of a res
ervoir to supply the town with water;
Both these improvements are at stand
still. All the public schools of the
town are concentrated in a single build
ing, which is a handsome brick edifice
Ofsufficientcapacity to accommodate all
the children of the town. The glass in
one end of the house shows that the
scholars know how to throw stones,
and the broken windows prove that
the Directors are negligent OF their
duty.
The town boasts Of two newspapers,
the Gazette published by Messrs. Mey-
ers & MepgeI, and the Inquirer by
DurborroW 4 Lutz. The politics ofthe
former are Democratic, and those of
the latter Republican, and each is an
earnest supporter of the principles of
the party to which they are attached.
The Mineral Springs are mile and
a half South Of the town. But few i'm
prOvements have been made within
the last three years. 1t is certainly the
most pleasant spot in the Union for
invalidS to visit. The health-giving
properties of the water, the pure and
wholesome air, the beautiful mountain
scenery and the pleasant drives, all Of
fer inducements to be met with but
rarely at any other place in our own
State, or in any other. | am not able
to give an analysis Of the waters, nor is
it necessary to do so in order to con-
vince those who seek health, that in
this locality they should sojourn for a
time, if they wish to r6cuperate. There
are at present about two hundred visi-
ters at the Springs, and as the height
Of the season is past, it is not probable
the number will be augmented.
About half way to the Springs, just
below the road, Messrs. Robarts and
Smith have erected large building, cal
led the "ArandaIe House," for the pur-
pose Of a boarding house, for those who
seek the virtues of the waters to be
found here. The house will entertain
two hundred persons. 1t is we'll proyi-
ded with furniture from the East, OF the
latest pattern and style, and will rank
with the best houses at any of the fash
ionable watering places. The establish
ment has just been opened, and is not
yet thoroughly furnished. With liber-
aIity in its management, a DISPOSE
ton to accommodate, and a determina-
ton to discard all old fOgyism in its
conduct, it must become popular re-
sort. and prove a serious rival to other
establishments for the reception of boar
derS in the neighbOrhOOd Of the town.
On our arrival at the Springs, on Fri
day afternoon, we We're gratified to
meet Gov. Geary, Wayne Macveagh,
Esq, Hon. S. A. Purvianc,, Mr.. Veach
of Pittsburg, John Heistand OF the
Lancaster Examiner, William Watson,
M. d., whose reputation as a skIllful
physician is we'll known throughout
the country, and other prominent pub
lie gentlemen.
The Chalybeate Spring, mile and a
half North of Bedford, is about to be-
come a rival to the old Mineral Spring.
Ir Chnnn1rnth hos prnctnl a hand