Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-01-06
THE NEW RAILROAD.
From Wilmington to coatesville
Observation-Disclosures
TUREs, ETC.

| Aho 1uiu WuiCu itit ucft Ou lut Wilmington
and Reading Railroad at g. 10, A. NJ, yesterday,
Con which we made our first trip over the new
road) started, we regret tn 10Y, with but few
passengers. However, as we stopped at the
several stations between here and Chadd's Ford,
the number gradually increased. On the plat
form there, where the road ntersects the Phila-
delphla and Baltimore Central Railroad, we saw
quite number Of passengers Just arrived by the
down train on the new road. and about to take
the train on the P. and B. Central, for Philadel-
phia. Above Chadds Ford, passengers began to
get on at the several Stations for Coatesvllle aud
by the time the train arrived there, shortly after
9 o'clock, 1t had goodly number on board
The road from here 10 Coatesvllle is still little
rough, but seems well made mud safe. Gangs Of
workmen are engaged 10 making the rough places
smooth, and we hope that before long trains will
make higher rate of speed than they do now.
There are sixteen stations between here and
Coalesville, the first being Lancaster Road, the
next Buck, and tho next X cklnnd. This being
the nearest station to Jessup u Moore's great
paper mills, In the town alter which the station
Is named, will soon become an important one.
swoyne's and Smiths Bridge are the next sta
tons, The former In Deawarc md the latter In
Pennsylvania. Chadd's Ford Is the next station
aud is considered halt WY between here and
Coatesvil o. The road here intersects the Phia-
delphla aud Baltimore Central, and the town Is
itself one Of some Importance, 10 rich neighbor-
hood, so the station is an important one A
station house Is badly needed at the intersection.
Above Chadd's Ford she stations increase 10
number and Importance. Painters Bridge,
Sagcr's Bridge, Seeds Bridge, and Marshnli's
Bridge aud Halls are oil points at which import
ant roads cross the Brandywne. Al Embreeville,
which " quite good sized village, there !. q
station house on the road We pass Hnrvey's
and come to Hugh ESteele's Laurel Iron Works,
another important station, and then, stopping
again at Morlon,ille and at Modevile, AT the
latter of which places are extensive paper works,
we AZ rive ut COntesvile.
The road from the lime II first strikes the Bran
dywine, at Smiths bridge, follows closely the
devious wiDdings OF that stream, crossing and
iecrossing 1t before reaching Coatesvillc. Here
II crosses the stream On good sized bridge, uu-
dtrneath the immense bridge of the Pennsylvania
RailrOud. No station is yet built there, but the
trains stop at Main street. and the house will
road will be very handsome 10 summer, and the
road ought to carry a good number of pic mic
parties Thusfart the number of passengers carried
has mot been very great, especially on the lower
erd of the road, but this Is doubtless partly due
To the rather announcement starting time OF the
trains.
AL Cohtesvile the road makes connection
with The Pennsylvania Rnllroad, the connection
being formed by u curved Inclined plane, rieing ut
the heavy grade Of feet 10 the 100.
coATEsvILlE
Is n borough of about 5000 Inhabitants, aud Is
called half way between Wilmington aud Read.
Ing, heing 81 or 80 miles from either city. On
the Pennsylvania Railrond It Is about 80 miles
from Philadelphia and 67 from Harrisburg 1t il
quite I'M old town, and has become, In course OF
time, an important station On the last named
Rui.road II formerly consisted of two villages
COutgsyllle the Eide flf The creek
Midway on the west, but ia the fall nj 1857 the
villages were united aud incorporated as the
Borough OF Coatcsvle. Since the Incorporation
The place has improved rapidly, about one hun
dred houses having been built In 1868 and almost
m equal number in 1869. The streets of the
town are being rapidly graded, and the sidewalk.
paved, aud qaite number of new streets art
being opened. Many Of the new houses are
handsome private residences aud the town has
handsome us well ms thrifty appearance. Main
street on which the business is principally done
is lined with stores OF oil kinds, the business be-
Ing divided the same us In the city, though
there are still few stores iu which
ge neral merchandise is sold. We noticed
quite number of handsome drug, hardware,
confectionery and other stores devoted exclusive
~ to one kind of business. The town has Il large
building called " Cuate,ville Hail. for lectures
entertainments and public purposes and in which
is also Masonic Lodge Room and the Engineers
Oillce of the VIZ K, n. X. The Odd Fellows ais
have u hal. There are four church buildings the
Methodist, the Presbyterian, the Culored and the
Baptist, the latter having been rebuilt in the year
Just pust Though it Is u large stone building
with tall steeplr, tablet on its front btars the
title +" Baptist Meeting House." Episcopal SER
vices are regularly held Ia the town Hail. and
there is a Catholic congregation which holds SER
vice In the Odd Fellows Hall.
There Is u large three story public school build
Ing capable OF holding several hundred scholars
In which an excellent graded school is kept.
There are two hotels III the town. the principal
one of which "Speakman's Hotel" is fine large
four story structure, with Mansard roof, much
handsomeT than any In this city It has thirty
chainbers,tw two ilne p1rivrs aud n handsome dining
room,nnd in its character and management show
eonclusivcy that its genial host, Col. +. B.
Speukman, ''can keep hotel"
An excellent newspaper, the Chester Valley
IN on, is published In the town, and the National
Bank of Chester Valley, aud biukiug house OF
Kirk McVeigh Il Co. are situated there. Ia the
tOwnur it immediate vicinityare Steel IL Worth's
Chas L Pennock II Co e. and Huston 81 Pen
roses rolling mills, all mnnnf curing boiler plate
and other iron, Samuel GreenwoOd's and KEN
worthy BrOtbeis' extensive wooden mills, car
rage manulaclory, n foundry and nuchine shop,
sash and door factory, factory for making
patent stop washers, "a tannery, two large brick
yards, and other concerns.
On the liue of the new railroad, about three
miles above the town, arc Hatfleld's extensive
rolling mills, making boiler plate iron, and u
short distance beyond these again the old Hitler
nia Iron Works. The town is thus centre of
great manufacturing interests and It's business Is
much greater than that of most towns of The
same population. To accommodate Its increasing
business there the Pennsylvania Railroad has
just erected new station buildings, one of which,
The passenger depnt, Is one Of the handsomest
way stations on the Pennsylvania road.