Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-16

est banking institutions constantly en-
ploding, sending almost daily shock
along the sensitive nerves of the com
mercial world
What is now most needed to add "a
the prosperity of our county, and tc
increase the value oi its standing tim
ber, Is an extension Of the railroad
along the river TO its head and even
though times are dull and money
scarce, yet, the future benefits arising
from the execution of such an enter
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Tor the severest saSrhces 70 accomplish
it. 1t is we'll established fact that
timber land will yield thirty per cent
more in quantity if sawed in the
woods, instead of being cut into square
timber, or logged of and hoated away
The manufacture of bill timber and
boards would then bo along the line Of
the railroad at convenient points, and
the refuse lumber nov wasting in the
woods would be manufactured into
various articles at a profit, and the
money paid for manufacturing now
done away from home, would be Kept
here. The bark of the hemlock alone,
that yearly dies as the pine is cut out
and the land cleaned up for cultivation,
would pay the interest on the cost OF
constructing such road, besides, the
value of the land for agricultural pur,
poses would be greatly enhanced and
rapidly taken up and improved. The
mineral resources and great undevel.
oped coal fields Of the southern end OF
the county would be utilized, and a
western connection would soon follow
that would be advantageous TO the
whole county and stimulate many
other enterprises outside that of lum-
ber We would suggest to our friends
up the river, that now is as good a
time as any to start a movement in
that direction, for if a railroad will
ever be of use or benefit to them, il
will be before their lands are stripped
of the timber, and the population be-
come too much impoverished from the
want of il to ever be able TO assist the
enterprise. Meetings should be called
and the subject agitated, followed by
an organization of active men, and
through an organization negotiations
for assistance may be opened with
other railroads that will be equally
benefited by its construction. If cap.
ilal sufficient cannot be secured to con.
struct road of the ordinary guagc,
then build a narrow guage road. They
arc cheaply constructed, overcoming
heavier grades and shorter curves, do.
ing their work satisfactory wherever
they have been built, both for the
transportation Of passengers and heavy
freights.
The experience Of the past few years
will, no doubt, prove of real advantage
to this county. The low prices realized
for lumber has had the effect of in.
creasing the acreage of cleared land,
and a general improvement of that be-
fore cleared, and the soil heretofore
neglected fer the sake of the more
profitable b siness OF numbering. is
now being made to produce its fruits
ior the support of its population, and
its productiveness, under intelligent
and iudicious treatment, has been con-
demonstrated. The liabilities
contracted during tho inflated period,
are being slowly and steadily reduced
by economy and perseverance, so that
we have every reason to believe that
in very few years we will emerge
from the hard times in healthier and
more substantial condition than when
we were so apparently prosperous I'M
der fictitious values.