The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-01-18
Another Railway Project.


tic railroad project that is bound to be
pushed through rapidly. The road will
run through Howe, jerks and Barnett
townships of Forest county, and will
atfect--very favorable, no doubt-the in
terests of our county. The knowing ones
say there is not doubt but that the road
will be in operation in less than a wear.
The article reads thus:
new deal in railway matters has been
made in which mum ber of Buffalo cani.
telists are interested, and by which an Old
project of Commodore Vanderbilt is likely
to be carried out 1t was long one of his
pet ambitions to gain for his trunk lines
direct communication with the coal fields
OF Western Pennsylvania. 1t was in the
pursuit of this object that the Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh was
constructed. running from Dunkirk
through jamestown to Warren, Pa, and
thence down the Allegheny to Oil CITY.
This road has never paid, its sole depend
ence being freight TO and fro from a not
extensive oil region. The extension south
into the mining counties of Western Penn
sylvania was the object aimed at. and
without which this short line was not ex-
pected to be OF consequence. In fact. the
title given the short line declares the in
tention of its protector, which did not fall
short of laying rails directly through the
coal fields all the way to Pittsburgh. AS
a part of the project, two other roads were
incorporated. One, the Conewango and
Clarion, was to build from Jefferson
county north TO a junction with the Dun-
kirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh at
Warren; the other, the Mahoninp and
Susquehanna, was TO lay line south from
the clarion river, on the north of Jefferson
county, to Pittsburgh. When the Commo-
dore died these plans came to standstill.
During the past few years efforts have
been made to carry out this enterprise in
one way and another, but all moves have
been checkmated by the Pennsylvania
railroad company.
That the Vanderbilt lines Of late have
been trying to carry oat this project of
reaching the coal fields has been pretty
generally known in railway circles. |
About month ago advertisements an
peared In sundry papers throughout Wet
ern Penn'a, giving a not ce of NEE 10 |
of stockholders OF the Mauonning and
Susquehanna and the Conewango and |
Clar on, to be held in Brookville. Jeffer- |
son county, Pa, to consider an agreement |
merger and consolidation, and this stem |
wss taken on the Goth of December. The |
consolidation is now the Clarion, Mahon- |
ing and Pittsburgh railroad company and |
is preparing to begin at once the work of |
construction so long delayed. 1t is said |
lhO vi way 10 bSCuTcU along The NJ |
tire route. With the new line which the |
New York Central is building south from |
Pittsburgh, along the YUughioghenv. the
famous Connellsville coke district is
and with lhe other links in the
chain the New York Cent? al and the Lax O |
Shore gam direct access to the mining re-
glons OF Pennsylvania.
The road from Warren to Pittsburgh
Will be $50 miles long. Branch lines,
switches, sidings, ETC.. will require the
laying of 80 miles of additional rails. THE
capital stock of the road is TO be So .OOO. 600
and bonds, first mortgage, are to be issued
70 the amount of 81, 5000, 900. 1t is planned
10 have the entire line in operation within
a year. The immense tannery Interests
south OF Warren are represented in the
and 1t is stated that MANY new
ana extensive tanneries are to be estab-
llshed. The new territory embraces much
d the finest timber land of Western Penn
'ylVanla, and big lumber traffic is ex-
pected for the road.
At present the New York Central re-
,elVes from 250 TO 300 car loads of coal per
lay, ana ou every car load there is a profit
or the Pennsylvania Central, over whose
ines every car must now run. The build
ng OF the new road is to change all this by
becoming a competitor of the Pennsvlvs
lia over the entire route. If allied to the
New York Central, the iron trade to Pitts
Durgh VIII be given another way to mar
Aet, ana in this the gentlemen back of the
enterprise say the New York trunk line
VIII discover opportunities for profit
hitherto not attainable. The Brie railroad
APPS the Dunkirk, Allegheny and Pitts !
)urgh railroad at Falconer's, twenty-three
niles north OF Warren, and over its leased
me the butiglo and Southwestern runs by ,
mort route into Buffalo. 1t is claimed !
nat the new road will materially shorten I
he distance between the coal fields and
markets.. The distance from Buffalo to i
3rookville, Jefferson county, will be l5O
niles, and from Buffalo TO Pittsburgh 235 .
niles. A saving from fifty to eighty miles.
is said. is effected over other southern :
outes TO the Mahoning and Westmoreland