Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-03-30

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ros.It Il c,anJoJ nnon t6e natural
and inevitable law OF commerce and
trade-tbat railroad traffic will find
the shortest lines and easiest trans.
portation. Here are the direct and
short lines and the most easy mode of
TRANSFORMATION. Where is the citizen
of Pennsylyania who is unwilling 10
aid In bringing 10 her woalth and
commerce Who ia the Senator so
recreant TO his duty and SO false TO
his oath as 10 hermit the states north
and west of ms 10 absorb his immense
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| can | will endeayor 10 nour into the
Ian of the Commonwealth I love the
trade and commerce that shall mako
her qroat and nonulous. This Is one
of the purposes of this bin. This line
of railway connects with the Pbiladel.
mia and Erie and tbe Northern Con.
tral railway and tbrough than with
The Reodino railroad and with the
pennsvlvonia RAILROAD at This city Inv
n direct line of eommnnication II
also eonnecta with alI that moi work
of railroads mon which Is ,ransn,rted
Tho cooI oC onr antbroc;te coal region
and will carry that cooI westward and
nortbward. and give 10 this line The
immense tonnoge that now finds its
way north and west Inv the New Yorl,
svstem of railways
Here again we aim at secnrino an
immense amount of transportation
and of TONNAGE which iustlv belongs
10 ms and which will swell our Golfers
and which they are now rcapinr.
One of the lines named in the second
section Of this bill reaches mn the
Monongahela Valley 10 The State line
in Foyctte and Greene counties n
countrv rich in evervtbing that makes
people great and prosperous. and
carries ia commerce. 10 our western
eity of Pittsburg and thus brings in.
creased values and increased tonnayo
for taxation 10 the Commonwealth.
Then we have a second branch of the
Buffalo and Washington road. running
TO tho very heart of the bituminous
coal field Of Pennsylvania it carries
that coal TO n market; as il now lies
il ia undeyeloped and will bo until
YOU allow il 10 be brought into direct
Communication with its natural mar
kets. Tho market for that coal is In
the north. at Buffalo and Lake Onta
rio. Sirs, this is line of railway the
value of which can scarcely be over,
estimated.
l do not think il necessary to at
tempt to portray here tonight tho
character of the country through
which these lines Of railway penetrate
lhero is not w'tnlh the common
wealth OF fennsyivania q country Sc
rlch IN minerals as Is reaehed ior oy
these great arteries there Is nowher'
so large ana valuable a coai ho'u AZ
thero eNlsts u ohly seeks the mean
oil transmission 10 q market IN oruer Y
SVEN your ricnes anu Nas''y lhcre"s'
. your population IN the northwest ah'
IN the southwest said last year
when a kindred suoJect was unue
: CONSIDERATION that upon the rou'e
have deserioeu, ana oedued 10 inc h'li
when border the valleys oil bennett
. Branch and Sandy Lick IN the con,
r tics OF Clearheld ana Jenerson, easll
attainaole and most desirable 10 IL
/. qualities, exists the hnest BODY Z
/. bituminous coal within the state
! now turn TO the question of on
4 right to exchange these securities, 70
if this be clearly prohibited by th
G Constitution it is for me, as il shoul
= be for all, an end of tho proposition.
e The Supreme Court in Grant, VI
G The Commonwealth, 9th Wright, ha
!, distinctly recognized our right {
n transmute these bonds and TO chang
:. the securities for their protection
o If we have the power TO do this,
0 involves the admission of our discr
d tion in the premises, and this one
n granted, il necessarily follows that "
d can exercise that discretion at OF
h will. so far as the securities or ev
:, dences Of the debt are affected, alway
:. responsible for the application of N
It proceeds to the payment of the publ
IF debt.
, But il is said that the plain lett,
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