Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-09-05
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JOANNA is the name of u station derived from
Joanna Furnace the twin sister OF Isabella al
ready noted and owned by the same parties who
own Isabella The firm of Smith Brothers is
composed of l. Heber and Bentley Smith. The
furnace iG located some three-quarters OF mile
from the station but Joanna J. o., il located at
the station l. P. Ash is station agent and tel
egraph operator. The view OF Conestoga valley
to the left mes tied betVeen two lofty ranges of
nils aud the distant view OF the Blue Ridge is
indeed grand and magnificent. Joanna is 81
nilce south of Birdsboro, Oircng around the
blufs to seaeA The level Of Hay Greek we next
come to
GOLD RUN, where there are large and extern
sive mines OF iron ore. The Railroad company
have here magnificent pio-nic grounds which are
largely patronized by parties from Bildsbor0 End
Reading. Geiger's -four andlumber mills are lo-
oated short distance from the station. This Is
also the location Of Geigers Mills T. o. The ore
mines lay short dlSGane5 eaat OF tie station
near st. Marys p. L. church.
GGIdERTuwN il way flag station, l4l5 miles
north of Coatesville and o. South Of Brdsboro
A novelty in the Railroad before reaching the
station is the crcling Of the Old Forest Nj II.
church. stanling as it does upon high blum,
and th windows 10 oaoh hiie klu Shq, the
traveller is allowed the 100 novelty OF loDking
square into every window in the church before
completing the circultous route around IL. The
country around is full of romantic interest, and
the red painted building along the fertiie low
lands, and elevated high grounds indicate that
county and ere now amongst tho no less entor-
prisinR farmers OF Berks. who with pride trace
their genealogyb ack to the "Faderland"
WHilE BEAR STATION is the location OF Scar
let Mills z. o. and ID situeted in Hay Creek
Valley 3si miles south Of Birdsboro. Though
hut a way station it is place from which large
guantit!ou af red sand stone or forest stone are
shipped. p. brewster IL largely engaged IN ths
quarrying, cutting and shipping OF tins stone.
| A short distance from this station the Railroad
OXV n q n
s located gun barrel mandatory, carried on
| by Seigfried x Co.
HAMPTON, the last station before reaching
Birdsboro ls located neafy two miles south oI
| that town. This is the location OF Hampton
furnaces, Of the three furnaces in this VicIn'
| ity owned and operated by Il h q. Brooke. The
| tenant houses OF the workmen arranged along
| the sides Of the creek aud the hills, gives the
place the appearance of a considerable town.
PlRncRoRo'. This is nov the northern termi-
| nus Of the WILMINGTON Ahd Heading H. w. Iut
i in short time it will be like Coatesvie, an Iul-
| poTtant manufacturing station upon the road
i The Belks County Railroad, winch Is
but a continuation of W. n H. II. Il,
here starts upon the west side Of the
| Schuylkill river and continues its way northward
| 10 h3adng Crogslng the slhuylhl three times
| sefure reaching that place Tho road ID AREA
| dy graded and ready for the tics and rails. The
sc6nylkill will then be traversed by rail road
on each side with the Schuylkill canal between
them. At the present time, the W. ~ II. road
| connects with the Z. a. Il. road by means of a
long wooden bridge across the river, over which
the trains OF the first make close connections
with the traius of the latter Brdsboro az it,
name indicates, has outgrown the Importance OF
| a country village, and il thriving municipal
borough, regularly governed by Burgess aud
Town Council. Tho population will probably
over.reach 2O00 and with its present ratio Of in
crease will soon he SECOND 10 no borough II
| Berks county even now II is ahead IN manufac
turing importanne. Two Of the largest furnaces
in PENNSYLVANIA are located bere, and give en-
pleyms mt to the great majority OF the laborint
population Of the town. One OF these large iur
taces is located Oh the east side OF the Achuyl
kill, and il about being put into operation. Th'
Messrs. l.. d q. Brooke also carry on very larg
| nail manufactory here which ia also one Of III
| largest In the htate. besides those mentioned
there Is no other specially in the manufacturing
line to note The storea, OF which there arc
largo number, are very crediIabls theichurohe
are handsome and well patronlzed, and eduoa
tion receives a fostering care.
One Of the latest and greatest wants Of an
, enterprising town has been supplied by the in
PRODUCTION of the BirdsbDro Pioneer through tn
public spirit and enterprise OF b. II, Fries, ,edlt
=, and proprietor. Ills paper is well patronlz
| and appreciated by the citizens. and his effort
, | to make it's columns sparkle with sprghtly local
5 are very successful and deserve special commen
/ datiOn.
: Birdsboro ia located 0 miles south of Reading
/ and within decimal OF 63 miles from Whining
ton. or these 63 miles of railroad, IL are in Ne
Castle County Dol. 40 in Chester county and
l | in Berks county. For the incarnation receive
/ | and the various notes of interest which we haS
a been enabled to pick up and cru iely thrown to
a | gether, we are largely indebted to y. w. Moor
' the gentlemanly mail route Agent, aud also
a Conductor Happersett, also of the mail train.
|
n In New York, last nIghr, Max Henser shot h
k wife in the breast and then shot himself IN Il
Il n.NH. 80 ILL .1.l