Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-05-22

the Pittsburgh aud Connelsyille Railroad
Company, and to fund arrears cf interest due
thereby" be and the same are hereby accept
ed, accordingto the tenor Of the ordinances
aforesaid, and that the Directors OF this
Company be aud they are fully authorized 70
do whatever may be necessary 20 give iull Ell
feet 70 the provisions of said ordinances, and
to agree With the Trustees named in said or
dinances, or with the majority OF them. upon
the terms, time and manner in which the
bonds of the company, for four million dol
lars shall be issued, and toeXecute, acknoWl-
edge and deliver to the said Trustees, or to
the majority Of them, tae deed oftrust there
in provided for, to be delivered to the Irus-
tees named therein; 1t being, however, eX-
pressly understood that no bond shall be Is
sued, which IN addition to the signatures on
the President and Secretary shall not be
countersigued 10y the parties Of the second
part, or a majority of them.
As the charter required the vote on the
resolution to be taken by ballot, on motion
Major E. D. Yutzy was appointed Judge. and
Z. W. Mcclure and j. G. Harvey appointed
telers
The tellers announced that 25,9Il shares
had been voted for the resolution, ana none
in opposition thereto.
There being no further business the meet
ing adjourned - PUts5urg POST Aog Is.
ENIARG EsiENT OF THE CANMs-The long
contemplated enlargement of the Canal to
tidewater, which has hitherto been delayed
by want Of harmony among the several com
panies owning the Canals, has now, as viii
appear by the following extract from the
Public Ledger, been arranged:
AN arrangement of much importance TO
the coal, iron and lumber interests Of Lbis
State, has been cOnsGmmated between the
several canal lines on the Susquehanua river
and Is branches, embracing the Wyoming
Canal, the West Branch and SusqaehanHa,
and Iidewafer Canals. These several compa-
uies together owning the whole system of ca
mails draining the great interior of the State,
and connecting it with tdewater, have enter
ed intD contract which takes effect imme-
diatey. by this contract they respectively
bind themselves to operate their canals rs
one line on al through tonnage, to pro rate
all through tolls, and to enlarge all Of their
canals by the spring of 1871 to six feet depth
of water. 1t is estimated by the parties in-
terested that the above arrangements will
effect q reduction of one half on the vast tom
mage Of anthracite and bituminons coal, ium-
ber, and iron which annually seeks tldewaier
by these lines and viii at once create an out
let for the bitumnoas coal Of Pennsylvania,
which viii enable it to command the New
York and Eastern markets, thereby vastly
extending the business and tonnage Of the
Susquehauna valley
The main object Of the enlargement is. We
presume 10 afford cheap transportation TO tie
caal, lumber iron ore, limestone, sand, fire
clay and other heavy products Of the interior
OF our State, which viii not bear the expense
ofrailroad carriage and which the railroad
companies are willing to ha relieved from
carrying. The head of navigation viii nat
urally be somewhere in the limits of Hunting
don County as the Canal and Railroad diverge
at Petersburg, and the object being 10 avoid
all the rail transportation possible, it Will
hardly be fixed below our Borough, as that
would throw the Broad Top trade on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, until il reached the
enlargement. The room which viii be re-
quired for the traushipment Of the various
Goals, lumber, &c, will be considerable, but
it would appear 20 us, that the space between
the Railroad and Canal, through and above
West Huntingdon. with some little shifting
of the track and other small expenditure Is
amply sufficient. The importance of this
matter 20 our town can hardly be over es-
Imated, as 1t would necessarily lead % the
Introduction of manufactures which would
work up the raw materials thus concentrated
here, and this leads us to suggest tins point
as well adapted TO the manufacture Of Pig
Iron, as all the materials could be concentra-
ted here, such as Anthracite COAL the Bituml-
nous Goals along the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and from Clearheld, and from Broad Top
the Iron Ores from Bedford, from Tussey
Mountain, and other points on the Broad
Top Road-from Williamsburg by Canal
from Bakers Bank, by Pennsylvania Rail
road, from Barree, aud from any other
source, along the various railroads and on
the Canal Limestone from the dam above
town by fat boat and Hearth Stone from
Warrior Ridge only couple Of miles away.
-HNnliR4dnn EInLe