Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-03-30
A New County Project.


4 movement for new county, or Tor
annexation to CiearGeld county, was IN
augurated at Philipsturg, on Monday,
March 2ist. The following account In re-
ference to the project Is from the journal
OF last week:
''On Monday evening last meeting was
held in this borough at the store of u. ,.
illegal, to introduce q movement for the or
gauIzatIon OF a new county, with Philips
burg Tor the county seat, or, otherwise, to
petition the Legislature to have part OF
Rush township struck off from Centre and
annexed to Ce ,rfield county. The majority
OF our citizens in favor OF one or the 9TH
er project. Sone are Of the opinion that 1t
IS u feasible project to organize a new coun-
~, to include the territory extending from
the Blair county line, along Sandy ridge, 10
the head waters of the Black Moshaunon,
thence across Moshannon to the high ridge
called the first axis line of the Alleg ghanles,
and along ti a, ridge, by Turner's summit,
to the upper waters of CleArtield creek, at
the CarIbrla county line. On an exaniina-
tion of the maps it is believed that the re-
quisite number of square miles would be IN
clud,d in this natural boundry, and that
less than ne-tenth of the population of ell
ther Centre or Clearield county would bain-
cluded therein, thereby. rendering it unne-
ceSsary to resort to a vote OF the people IN
either Centre or Cearfeld BY showing
these facts it is believed the Legislature
would honor the petition of people so re-
mote and cut off. by natural barriers, from
their present county town, and so unanl-
nous in favor of the project Further, this
district is destined speedily to become u
populous mining district, demandieg a
thorough home government, where business
transactions can be promptly administered,
their violation checked and punished, and
industry encouraged.
If the organization of new county is i'm
practicable, then let us have secession and
annexation to Cearfeld. At present it
| takes as much time to go to our county
town and return as to go to Philadelphia.
A quick trip on business requiring only III
teen minutes in an office, will require an
expense of about ten dollars. or else We must
adopt the economy of the Scotch highland
er and take "a hunk OF bread and meat" in
your pocket and eat 1t by the waysIde. Ii
annexed to Clearieid county We can go,
transact business and return the same day,
with but little expense, except hotel bills,
which are lille steep. We are of opinion,
then, and it appears to be the prevailing ono
with our cirizens here, that We should stlik,
| for pew county, and IL We shall Ian II
that, then to go in for annexation TO Clear
| field
A committee has been appointed rC fur
ther the project and We shall probably soor
hear from them.
This movement, on the part of our Phil
| psburg neighbors, does not surprise US il
the least. The great incon, eniences tc
which they are subjected in reaching theil
| present county seat is well known to all
Besides that district of country lying west
of the mountains, was never intended by ma
ture to be portion of Centre county. Ge
ogra phically it belongs to this county, and
should originally have been attached to it.
And we hope. if Philipsburg and Rush
| township are cut off from odd Mother Cen
ire, they may be annexed to Clear6eld
This, in our opin;sn. would be preferable
to tbs Organization OF new counIy-tht
citizens Of that section thereby gaining al
the advantages of an easy access 10 thei
county scat, without being subjected to en-
ormous and burdensome taxation for th,
purpose of erecting separate public building