Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-03-13

aerphia and Eric Railroad, as far as prac.
ticaBle, be taken for such thoroaghfare.'
If there was doubt in regard to the first
extract, the second must forever settle the
question
In this connection we viii present cur read
ers with an article clipped from the Phil'a.
Press, Of few days ago, iustigated by the
/ INQUIRER article above referred to. If
Philadelphia we're sensible Of her interests
she would put road from Mt Dallas to
Somerset under contract without days de-
Law, and by this means she could secure the
great majority Of the trade, which otherwise
| il bound to 10 to Baltimore The Press
says:
'sThe passage Of the Connellsville Railroad
| bill makes direct railway route from Pitts
burg to Baltimore not only q certainty, but
almost an accomplished fact. 1t wall be the
short road 10 the sea, and it is useless to shut
| our eyes to the fact that it will direct from
| Philadelphia very large portion OF the trade
/ Of the West That Baltimore is thus tapping
| the western section of our State just as New
/ York has the northeastern, we cannot com
| niain. 1t i the fate of commerce. Trade
/ can be led only by enterprise, energy and
/ pluck IF we are outstripped by rival com
/ petitors we have no one to blame put onr-
selves. The shortest way to head off this Balti-
more drainage would probably be the con-
struction OF a drain that would intercept and
carry off its current Starting at Councils
vile and coming east via Somerset, or, per-
haps, little lower, and Bedford to Chambers
burg, we would have road already almost
completed, developing rich and eompara-
tiyely untouched section of our State, and
which prolonged in time through Gettysburg,
would offer an exceedingly direct and ayalla-
bic route from Pittsburg to our port We al
ready stand at the head fthe railroad States
Of the Union, having within our borders more
miles of railway than any other. Let it not
be our misfortune that they shall enure TO
to the local trade Of the seaboard towns of
other States "
As far as we are concerned we care very
little whether we are ruled out of getting a
charter for the Bedford and Bridgeport road
at the hands Of The Legislature or not. Tn
der the supplements Of the Pittsburgh and
ConnellsvilIe Railroad Company, that Com
pany is authorized to build branches,
which gives us the needful authority. The
road must be built Baltimore is making
strides which we cannot overlook. President
Garrett, Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, says:
"The President had also the satisfaction to
state that Messrs. Albert Schumacher 4 Co.,
the agents of the North German Lloyd, are
officially advised that the FIRST steamer of the
Bremen line, the Baltimore, will leave Bre
men for Baltimore on the first of March, and
the Berlin on the first Of April, and that ar
rangements have been made for the return
ofthese steam ers from Baltimore to Bremen
on the FIRST of April and first Of May, respee-
| lively, and regularly thereafter a steamer
| from each port on the first of each month.
Each Of these steamers viii touch at South
ampton on each voyage for passengers and
| freight.
/ "The steamers of the Baltimore aud Liver
J pool line, viz: the Worcester, Somerset and
| Carroll have their schedules arranged for the
| eomming season, the first sailing on the 25th
| Of this month. 1t is designed 70 SO arrange
/ the arrival and departure of the Bremen and
| Liverpool steamers that Baltimore will have
/ a fortnightly arrival and departure Of Euro
| peau steamers-that twice each month there
| will be communication between England and
| the Continent by steamers running directly
! between Baltimore and European ports.
1t viii be seen by this statement that Bal
timore is not only to have one but two line
Of steamers rlyinz between that pUrt aud
the continent ofEurope, while Philadelphia,
on the other hand, through mastery mac
tiyity' produced by the Central, has one
line in prospective.
Since writing the above we learn that the
City Councils of Baltimore have passed an
ordinance which appoints Benjamin f. New
conner, John w. Garrett and Robert L.
Banks trustees to receive from the Pitts
burgh and Connellsville Railroad Company
deed of all its property to secure the pay
ment of the bonds of said Company, not
exceeding four million dollars, and should
it be signed by the Mayor all the necessary
funds will be forthcoming to complete the
| above road.