Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-06-26

I What is still more important, the business
to pass over this road now exists. Already.
at both termini, a large traffic eagerly awaits
the completion oftbe work. At Pittsburgh it
Is even now beyond the capacity Of the only
completed Eastern line, and more will
naturally tend TO that point so soon as facili-
ties and competition are known to exist. The
local trade will be also Of immense proper.
tions. For one hundred aud thirteen miles
Of its length it traverses the richest beds of
bituminous coal at present known to com
meree. The iron ore, fire clay, limestone
and narhle are practically exhaustless. The
forests Of white pine and the harder woods
alone will afford large and profitable bust.
ness to the company. Thus connecting two
large and growing cities, bringing to the ocean
the products of the prairies and the commerce
Of the Ohio and the Lakes-traversing a
country so rich in natural resources, so popu-
lous and already so largely developed, suffi-
cient business to ensure the prompt payment
Of the interest upon the cost of the eonstruc-
ton Of the road is beyond the possibility Of
doubt
Connections. is no point in the
West growing more rapidly into Importance
as a railway centre than Pittsburgh. The
population OF the city and suburbs is estima-
ted at 250, 600 Here converge many Of the
most important lines in the country-as a
glance at the map will show. AtCumberlaud
the wisdom and foresight of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad have already constructed a
double track from that point to Baltimore,
and with their thorough equipment they are
enabled easily to handle any probable addi-
ton to their traffic. Arrange nents are now
progressing by which this line will form, at
Pittsburgh, the direct connecting link be.
tween the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pitts.
burgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago aud other
Western and Northwestern roads. A through
trade will thus be added, which with the local
business will probably equal ifnot exceed the
Company's ability to transport.
At Pittsburgh, in addition to the railway
business, there is a vast amount of river
freight, from the Ohio, the Mississippi and
their tributary streams, and this viii be largely
increased by the system Of improvements
upon the Ohio river, rapidly progressing
through Government aid. The Engineers
report shows that sufficient depth of water
throughout the year viii be attained.
For all this accumulation Of business there
is at present but one outlet Eastward-and
this is taxed beyond It's capacity-its earnings
last year were over SlG,0OO,000.
With the proceeds of these bonds we will
build the few remaining miles necessary TO
the completion of the shortest and best posi-
bic line from Pittsburgh and the large river
navigation-from the Northwest and from the
lakes-to Tidewater at Baltimore,
The conditions being established that this
is the shortest line, aud that at Baltimore all
the wants Of shippers viii be the most econo-
mically met, it follows, by the laws which
govern freight transportation, that
there must pass over this route every descrip-
ton Of foreign and domestic traffic.
w. 0. HUGHART, President,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
BENZ. II. LATROBE. Chief Eg1iHeer.