The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-11-10

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act changing the name Of the comp,uy
IRON Middle Creek to tho Sunburv
and Lcwistown Railroad Company,
and authorizing the company TO issus
bonds to he amount Of one million two
hundred thousand dollars, bearing sev
en- per cent. interest in yo'd, clear OF
State and United States tdres !; 10 be
secured by first an only mortgage :;
and authcriziug the company to con.
uoct not only at any point above So.
linsgrove. bat also at Port Trevo rton.
should the company see proper to do
so.
a mortgage, payable October ].
1899. to secure the loan Of 81 200, 600
as therein provided. was executed aDi
duly recorded The officers Of the
road are now about issuing the bonds
secured by tho m m,rtgage, in sums oi
81 900, $500, and $500 each, acgreat.
the sum Of 81. 200 900, secured BY first
and only mortgage and from the i'm
portauce of the connections formed
by the road, the large and thickly set
lied country through which it passes,
together with the fact that it must
become the great carrying road iur
anthracite coal to the West and South
west, and at the samp time bringing
into market an immense amount oi
the most valuable deposits OF ores
nf almost every variety, beginning
abunt four miles west of Srlipsgrovc,
and extending along the line oi the
railroad from there to Lewistown, IL
cannjt but become an important road ;
and also valuable. c.investmcn TO the
bond aud stockholders.
when we take into consideration
the immense growth OF the anIhra-
cite coal trade of Pennsylvania, and
that none of this coal is found west Of
/ the Susuuehana river; that the Sum
bury and Lcwistown Railroad form. the
shortest. most direct aud easiest rail-
road connection between these almost
inc xhaustible coal fields and the city
nj pjttsburg. ani that, so far a the
West and Northwest are concerned,
the coal trade is in its infitcy. anl
must fur many years continue to in
crease. there cannot remain any
doub, a. to the value and Importance
Of this great enterprise.
The early completion Of the Dan
vile. IIazlcton, AMI Wilksbarrc Rail-
road, now more than half completed,
vii, with the completion of the sum
bury aud Lcwi>town Railroad, form
the shortest route 10y actual mcasur
m'ut between the cities Of New York
and Putshurs The stockholders mus
bc congratulated upon the prospect oi
the speedy completion ofthis addition
al line to the eastern end Of tie road
as it will throw thereon large aul
important trade.
Soon after the arrival Of the party
ut the hotel it was determined to fin.
ish up the vi>itations Of the day by +;
walk to the bridge across the Susque'
hanna Thi, is really "a splendid strnc
turc Us tar rs it h's progressed. The
.
Scription, the piers very sold and sub
stantial, and the whole appearance o
the bridge very elegant. Its cutir,
length will he $500 feet. oi which -
500 feet is bridge composed OF sIa1'
of l15 feet, and 500 icet Of pile trcst
ling. 1t is being rapidly pushed /,
completion, and it is expected that !
will be completed by the first Of Ma,
next by the furtheSt. The contracio,
tnr the s'ructurs i the wcll-knowI
bridge builder, j. Nauce CrisweIl, o'
Harrisburg
\ Tho enterprise. considered as :
whole. j. a mrst admirable ono an
ranno, but prove very valuable to ia,
projectors of the road aul the stock
= h,llcrs l,i', perhaps, not uuimpor
= tant to state that the soul of the under
tnking now so near completion i Col
Dnni 4 X Mcclure, in whose hand
= any enterprise has safety which il
. can obtain from few others The aecu
. '.r the sale Of the bonds - well known
General William Painter engineer
= ,hcsc. ani does 50. Ms with every h n.
; he un!ertakee, mos, safely aud success
, fully
= Yesterday m0rnin, came up storm
% hu, soon cleared away ia,o bcantiiu
= iay The excursioni,ts were ear,
awake, ami were IF Tor the cci'y be,me'
, \ plerscut run down. with thu sam
II cheerful concomi,an's "a the ri lie ny
+ and the party were sltcly at home
greatly delighted with their trip, an
profoundly Impressed with the fac
, the :. aud l.. Il. K. Co. was an assure
: success.