Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-03-21


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RnsocRoxs or fnR PBfLA. ERfn RAithoAn.--
The Erie Dipsfch, of a recent date, published an
abstract sfthe history Of this road W. consuuction
and geographical pecularties, connections and re.
sources Of business ac., from which We eory the
following, whichis Of local Interest; ~ u -
The sPhilndelphia Eric Railroad,a formerly
called the sunbury D. Erie Railroad, connects with
the Northern Central at the north side Of Market
street, In the borough of Snnbury, thence contnu-
ing along the centre Of Deer street, northwardly 70
the borough limits. Immediately north of the town,
upon tract OF land containing forty-wo acres, are
situated the shops OF the Eastern Division, which
consist Of an engine or 'round-house, with stalls
for Twenty-Five engines, a machine shop coyering
1905 square feet Of ground, a smithshop, 1888
square feet With all the necessary engine and boiler
rooms Office buildings turntables, trsverseitables
etc., tho whole being under the charge of Thomas j
Hamer, general foreman. At this place tho COM
pany have laid fourteen thousand feet Of siding
10 facilitate the transfer of freight to and from the
Northern Central and Shamokin Valley and Potts
Vile Railroads ''i' ~. .ah ia F"
"a short distance north oP Che shops the road
crosses the south channel Of the north branch of the
Susuuehanna river by a new and substantial Howe
truss bridge 9S8 feet long built during the Summer
| Of 1855, under the immediate superintendence Of
| W. H. Brown then principal assistant engineer, at
! a cost to the combapy OF nearly $4,000 From the
north end Of this bridge the road trayerses the Sha
maxim fslend IN the north channel of the sane river
| which i, crossed bv another bridge of the Howe
tr,.s ns,tsrn. p7a seet IN ,eno,b % the town OF
Nor,bumberland. Here the company have Just
| cor, ,,s,a5 nav nassenoer and f,e,gbt deoos at
COS, of nearly sixteen thousand dollars. AT this
mint copoeeion ia made by the Laokaw anna d
Bioomsburg Railroad with the Wyoming coal fields
| and all the princpal towns on the north branch of
| the Susouehanna river
uFrom Northumberland the Philadelphia 4 Erie
| Railroad commences the ascent of the west branch
and its tributaries which it follows by easy grades
for more than $50 miles Between Northumberland
and Muncy the road passes through a well cultiva-
ted country crossing the Chilsquaque creek by a
covered bridge of one span near which is an extern
sive saw mill belonging 10 Dodge Co., Of Jersey
City; thence to Lewisburg station, distant nine
miles from Sunbury, around which considerable
village has sprung up and from which point branch
railroad is now being built to the borough OF Lewis
burg on the opposite side Of the river, in Union
county.
"Cataw issa Junction, IL miles from Sunbury, !:
the intersection of the Catawissa Railroad thence
passing Milton, l2t miles from Sunbury Watson.
town, Is s-lOths miles to the northwest corner Of
Northumberland county. AT distance of % mile;
north from Sunbury the road crosses the west branch
river and the west branch canal by a new Hows
truss bridge of eight spans and 25O feet in length
thence oontinu;ng along the west side of the river
nassipp the stations of Montgomery, Muncy, LOYAL
sock and Montoursville to n point below Williams
port distant 80 miles from Sudbury, where it re
crosses 10 The north side bv a Howe truss bridge O