The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-05-19
Tbe SinbrrS & Lc,yisio,yn
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nErORr OF CHIEF EyGIvErn ANN.

~. IL. iIOIWeTiy Mluuic irCck) Wa'
completed Ang LIST, 1867, and iht
work Of Graduation was ut that tim,
commenced.
The location line commences al Sun.
bury, the terminus of the I" panvillc
Hazleton and Wilkesbarrc," :" the "Phil.
adelphia aud Eric" the Northern
Central AMI the q" Shamolin" Rail.
roaGs, crossing ths Susquchanna or
positc Sunbury, with n Bridge 230t
feet long. the route follows the wesr
bank OF river to Selinsgrove, crossing
Penn Greek. nrrth of the town, with 9
Bridge of l75 feet span thence from
Selinsgrovc over the dividing ridge
into the valley of Middle Creek, cross.
ing Middle Creek with Bridge o
l2j feet span, at point | miles from
Sunbury passing up tie valley o.
Middle Greek to MiIdlcburg, the
couuty.scat Of Snyder, 10 miles fol-
lowing the valley two miles beyond
it reaches the Furnace of the " Shalt
Mountain Iron Co." tho point desig-
mated 10 your Charter ne " Beaver
Furnace !" here the line leaves the
main valley Of Middle Creek. an ! ex.
tends 70 Beaver Town. % miles. and
Adamsburs two miles beyond, both
growing and thriving towns Thence
following a tributary of Middle Creek
to Stocton, which will be an ;mportan,
shipping point, 30 miles, passing over
the divid .np ridge the line reaches the
valley OF Jacks Creek, 80 mile.
from point Of starting, and follows
that valley to within two miles Of Lew
town.
Here the line crosses into the val
ley Of kishacoquillas Creek; follows
that stream for short distance ou
the south side, and OF the borough oI
Lewistown crosses the Juniata River
with a Bridge 700 feet long, and con-
meets with the Pennsylvania Cen.
trail Mt its l.ewistown Depot.
The distance from Sunbury to the
Pennsylvania Central, at Lewis,own
is - miles.
The general route Of the road. for
the entire distance after leaving Sc.
iusgrove. may be said to follow tn,
base OF Shade NJ jun,ain, anl alon j.
tho base of the mount,ia from fyy
miles west Of Seliusgrove to Lewis.
town, are some of the best and mos
extensive deposits Of Iroa ore in the
State.
Tho valley lying between Shade
and Jacks Mountains, through. which
the liue runs, will average some twelve
miles in width, aud in addition TO il,
mineral resources, its fine timber AM
limestone, i, is one of the iilest agii
cultural regions in the State.
The alignment Of your road /,
good there is but eight miles Of cur
vature on the linz, mostly very lisht,
and in no case exceeding 5 degrees
or radius of lli6 feet.
The maximum grade aioptel is 5.
S.lO,hs feet per mile this grade is uscc
ou q miles of the ROAD, being about
equally divided l0i miles in each di
rectiun.
The Graduation aud Masonry have
been carried on ut different Joint,
on tn, line with such force rs tn
means Of tho Company would war,
rant.
Tho Grading and Masonry hav,
been completed on Sections 6, 7, =,
Of 10, II, l3, II, ID, l6, II, Is, 10
%, -, 2j, 26, 90, 80, ! of 80, 40, 4f
~, -. fl, aud IS, total u miles. Th,
Sections number from Sudbury.
The contract for Graduation and
Masonry, Bridges, cattle guards. ever,
thing, in fact, to prepare the road-bel
ready for the Ballast aud Track, from
the west bauk OF the river opposit,
Sudbury to Lewistown was in 1856,
let to John X. McGovcrn Il Co, fo
the round sum of 1886 332, 40.l00ths
or abou, 5000 per mile.
The Contractors have been estimated
for lG miles.
The estimate for cost Of road in op
perstion is as follows:
ESTIMATE.
Graduation, Masonry and Bridges,
except Susluehanna anl Juniata
River Bridges. 1886, 33.
Susquehanna River Bridgs, 200, O,O0G
Jnniaia River Bridge, So G6s
iSmiles main and 2miles side track, 475.0O(
Sub-ballasting, 900,
Depots. Right Of Way, Engineering
and Contingencies. 63, ,00(
Motive Power and Rolling Stock, 10000
Total Sl,3s0.O9(