The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1884-07-24

/. INN INV RaALtOaDs
ED. Posr.--In last weeks Snyder
county Tribune I sisw an article pub
lished signed Progress" The au-
thor of said article seems to know
very little about the new railroad and
the route of the same. For the pur-
pose of enlightning him and for the
Information OF the readers of the Posi-
and friends Of the new road, would
say that the name and title OF the
new railroad is "T'he Seaboard, Penn
sylvania & Western. The stockhold
ers and officers OF the same are among
the best railroad men in the city of
New York, strictly honest and mean
business. They own and control rail
roads from Ashland, Pa. to New York
city and from Pittsburg to Chicago.
Now a connecting link remains to be
built between Ashland and Pittsburg,
and the company's purpose IL to get
the shortest and best route between
the said points. a temporary route
has been run from Ashland via Port
Treverton, Richfeld and Lewistown
to Mann's Axe factory, thence through
1.-THE Gap of Jacks mountain and west,
ward to Huntingdon and pittsburg.
Also route froiu said Axe Factory
along the South side of Jacks noun
tain To point about . miles west OF
/ TroXelville thence to the bank of
| Middlecreek, thence along the same
via paxtonville and Midddleburgh to
| the confluence with the river near
| Burns farm thence over the river aud
up Mahanoy creek to Ashland. The
Middlecreek route proves six miles
shorter that the Richheld or Juuiat0
route and the former has more fn.
vorable grade. By II calculation tho
route described by Progress via Cen
/ treville, New Berlin, Peuus creek and
Schoch's mill is eight miles longer
than the Middlecrcek route, and nt an
average cost of $40, coo per mile is no
moan item. Part Of said line has
been examined (hut not rum and in
addition to the long distance the
grade was found too hard. Thus
progress will see at a glance that the
/ Middlrcrcck route will I've the favored
one. TIA" company wants to get the
shortest and best route; looking nri
thrr to the interest Of individuals,
corporations or towns along it's line,
! because it il to bc a Trunk line. As to
traffic and freight along the Middle.
creek route, Progress il certainly
mistaken. Along the foot of Jacks
mountain west of TruNciNillr are in
rNhaustible veins Of iron ore hereto
fore not accessible to market, and the
/ tiubrr along that point of the rOud II
the best in this part of the Stutc,
mostly owned by \. Parjee and 9th
Crs, aud ia addition to that there Is N
vast amount Of wheat raised in east
crn Millin county and that part Ct
Snyder county where the MiddlccrcCi
route passcs through. The said route
passcs the following grist mill in reg
ular order eastward, to wit: Andrew
C.,h, Joseph linssinSer, Aaron llaSs-
niger, Jacob GrimG,, Chas. j. Sven
gle, Thomas lower, Samuel Yodcr,
\. a. Conrad and Charles Hoover
How in the name of sense can Pro-
gr"ss make ont that Shoch's mill at
prnnScrrek has more freight than the
whole OF Middiccrccb valley, when
the above named mills are to back
the valley. | would here ask Pro-
i,ress 81 point out the ineXhau~tible
timber and iron ore along pcnns-
creek. We know of no ore of any
value excepting Sinlmy Beavers g,ii
n.iac somewhere at Pcnnscreek in
Penn township.
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