The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-09-17

Railroad its Origin; CONSTRUCTION. Condi-
non, and Connections; embracing Historical,
| descriptive and Statistical Notices of Cities
Towns, Villages Stations, Industries, and
Objects of Interest OF, it's various Lines in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey" and con-
tanning 2S1 pages, inclusive of notes and in
deXes, handsomely printed on elegant tinted
paper and spleniiul5 illustrated by we'll exc:
cnted portraits on steel Of j. Edgar Thomson,
decd, and Col Thomas A Scott, and hun:
dreus OF hne mezzotint engratings repre-
senting cities towns, hamlets and other
points of interest, as well in this State rs in
New Jersey. This superb book is the work
OF Col. VIM. b. Sipes a former citizen of
fbensburg and for Il year 80 editor of the
for several years after published lin this
place. The work is issued under the an
spices OF the Passenger Department Of the
great corporation in whose behalf il has
been compiled, and contains great deal of
useful information, much of which is of a
local character, and hence of decided interest
to many of our readers, who will no doubt
thank us for presenting the following some
what extended excerpts from it's Nell rilled
and really entertaining pages:
TUNNEL, 24s miles from Philadelphia This
great work rs 3.82 feet In length, and the height
OF the earth above it is 2IO feet. 1t is securely
arched throughout. The highest point on the
Pennsylvania Railroad Is ut its western end
''GALLITzIN. a4s,@ miles from Phiadeinbia i.
FIRST FIRST station in Cambria county; Cambria was
of Somerset and Huntingdon The county oc-
eupies one of the most elevated positions in the
Allegheny mountains. Its surface is rugged
and broken. and the soil cold, adapted for graz.
The west branch of the Susquchanna river rises
in this cptnty. and. breaking through the Al
iegheny mountains in ClearfieId, flows into the
Atlantic ocean Tributary to this are Cl urfield
and Chest creek. which also have their sources
in Cambria. These streams furnish facilities
for rafting out the lumber growing along rhem
and have contributed much to the wealth of
the county. All the other streams rising in its
limits flow into the western rivers. Coal and
iron ore underlie large portion of its surface,
ana are extensively mined:
Near the north line of the county there is
said to be an ancient fortiHcation,. probably
an outw"rk of the mound builders of The Miss.
issippi valley. The emhankments are repre-
sentedt have been, some forty years ago, four
or hve feet high and ovcrerown with large
trees There were open cIearings, similar TO
prairics. not far from these Qualifications,
county of Clearfed
The first settlements were made in Cambria
about Es9. Previous to that time it was an
unbroken wiiderness,-none of the pioneers
who had pushed their way up the Juniata
valley having wentured into the wilds of the
AlIeghenics; The settlers who came i'm at the
time named located where the town of Lo-
retto now stands and some of their descendants
still live there. They were principally Irish
and; with the courage peculiar to that race.
unfiinchir:gly encountered the hardships and
! hangers OF the unpromisinR regisn,- subduinp
the wilderness as well AS Its hostile in Ina Infants
and making for themselves and their posterity
comfortable and enduring homes. Some six
years afterwards colony Of Welsh settled in
the vicinity of EDensbIrg. They first laid out
| a town, which they called Beuiah, about two
miles south west of Ebcnsburx, and this was at
first designed to be the county seat bnt the
| neighhoring settlement of E5ensburg having
been designated ma. as such by act of the legs,
lature of ls')l, ieuah was aba andoned i,y it's in
| hahtants and fell into ruin. 1t is now almost
overgroWn by forest trees, broken chimnets
tree struggling to maintain the evidence OF
eiyzatHn liza 70 I'm, in the m enrraShng wiiderness are
who bniit IL three quarters of II century ago.
The construction Of the public works by the
of Cambria county, and developed "A race of
men erc wn", tGr inseeta 10 and business enersy
| were expended in building and maintaining the
rapidly accnmuIated. Bit the Allegheny is
| now completely conquered. and the tide of
facility as it pnsses through the valleys Son on
either side,-no pause being made to pay tribute
lation, 3e,5e9 Value Of agrcu,tutai produc
tions all40,4f1. Number or nlarufartutf,,x es-
paid 81 Sol 2os capital invested sa s.T0is ma
teras used, 1921 ,63l; vnlue of products, ss64I,-
so: wages paid 1881 ,ss7 capital invested aI6I,.
500; tons mined, 244 4,29s: value s3c7. .e57. Iron
$40 1872; capital invested, sa5O,OOO; tons mined,
! 104.59S; value, $Si ,623.
The town of GallitZin is named a fter Prince
| GallitZin who settled In this county, at Loretto,
IN l.Ss; He was born in Munster, Germanyg
| highest NOBILITY OF Russia. and his mother being
! the daughter of Field Marshal de Scirneitan.
an Officer under Frederick the Great, of Prussia,
The subject of this notice held a commission in
| the Russian army from his birth. Europe. in
I
(the French revolution having burst like IA
volcano upon that continent,) aud as il afforded
/ no fucliltles Tor tIavel.- considered ssary
to the education of young men of fainily,--it
! was determined that he shonld visit America
He landed in Baltimore i'm I.S2. His mind, soon
/ after, was impressed with the obligations of
| religion. and he renounced forever his brilliant
prospects, pursued Il course of ecclesiastical
studies under Bishop Carroll. and entered tue
Catholic priesthood In the year 1889 he di-
/ rected his course to the Allegheny mountains,
and took up his residence in the settlement of
l,orctt". Here. after incredible abor and ha rd-
/ snip, he founded a prosperous colony, estab-
/ lishcd schools. churches, and religious houses
and created an Influential centre for the religion
! he so much loved. His princcly fortune was
/ expended on has colony. ana he labored with a
zeal and industry that knew neither aba tement
nor rest. He wrote several religious works,
and his ''Defcnse of Catholic Principles gained
| celebrity i'm Eurupe and America. After
PASTORAL career of forty two years he died at
| his post, on the 9th Of May, 1910, and he sleeps
the sleep of the righteous in the midst of the
religious colony he founded and created.
! Coal is extensively mined near this station,
! the production amounting to about two hum
| dred tons annually. The settlement contains
two churches and hotel. Population about
1000