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ol i» lurillnuc %rrlers.7 .»XT.II bUlOrjf« imannum • •■ mouth....... .ffi 00sionEi•one one week..• •1 f0 50 15Weekly. l»cr vear'f2.0lt;); in advance.. 1 60 rtnbecribers falling to receive the Ba”-*Tw^/rw'larly will plea»-. Otify theou Wishers, in order that all mistakes maypromptly corrected.- - — - -- -WillJohnstc which i mind, 1 determ;tlie roai toWM. M. THICK,)T. U. TAYLOR,fOVJB OTPOHTiiSil liKS.Wc wrote an article the other day to the advantages to accrue to us if weourselveswhich now present themselves to us. Then wc d^cussed principally iron ore us found outlying this region. fJ hereare many other consideration!' in thisconnection which should lead us to seriously meditate and discuss the relative interests attendant upon our advancement.Let us take a retrospective glance at our local history, so lar as the industrial pursuits arc concerned. Thirtyagewere n betwee and e formerof Yiryesteri.“And the Set tuch a imade bished ttwhat it It was ( #500,00 #800,00The relied v we lia\earstaroad passed through this city to \\ heeling; the Chesapeake and Ohio canal was just openiug fcto navigation; the George’s Creek railroad was completed to the mines, and the CopneUsville road was just projected. Since then, though our nation’s population has nearlydoubled and her industries have trebled,what has been done here in this region, whete the best coal in the world isYou have added a foundryproduced*and a steel-works, and you have appropriated nearly *30,000 towards a rail-mill for the Baltimore and Ohio Com-You have added a flour-millBut whatweyesteriin the ** Hithe Ba extend Johnfit been oreporpWorkahortljthe Pegreat coutrc will blt; .1 oh D spany.and some minor industries.rapidSo;weekare these in comparison to me progress of hundreds of cities withless facilities than we have?For twenty-five years wc have breathed, not lived. The necessities of otherlive cities are now about to force ourInstead of one railroad to thewill soon have two. Intrude.coal mines, w stead of but one outlet by rail V llieEast, we are no v in close connection with two of the greatest railway interests in the country. Gur Uoiinty is being cut up by railroads, and our neighboring counties in West \ irginia are appealing to us to join them jgjrpen-ing up tlieir mineral weidlL^grfprlt we sleep on, Breathe on, and nCW irouse to our intit sts ? We can tell our )eo-pie that there art* men here to-day who are willing to build the road from hereto MftpJetil'-its cost fb 1 resnonslblfciscodollaiall cl dollait wento sitand f thanmen i food, thannot eTia gunof 715 imore than one-fourth of tud in cash. They areagauinonandretugemuueasay and hre able to do it.Cumberland should receive into her lap the product of the South Branchits cattle, its hogs, its crops, itsThere is apern\\Norvalleygardening and its produce, better market here for them than can he found in Baltimore. We quote prices of a few articles, as taken from the Baltimore papers of yesterday :grarenoiwhlt;senhimtheliaUinwre.Cumberland.Kgg»........24 lt;lt;*35batter.....S5CT38 «f30Cheest.....1101314 lt;fcil5Turkey....... 7fc 8io lt;*uChickens.... 0C*‘ 77 moI togs *.*•* « .Dried Yruit.4 tell6 to 15VzeuNow, if the road were built to Hom-ney and tlienee to U reeu Spring Hun, Cumberland uml the people of theBranch Valley would derive no beuellt from it. There would be hut one out-yeaoftinl hais r hit)btlet to market, and the people would first pay freight to Green Spring Hun and then to Baltimore or Cumberland,and just what price the Baltimore company chose to charge. There wouldbe no distinction betweenintariU*probablyHomney and Italtitnore aud Homueymifufinaud Cuuilierlaud.Buppoie we build a direct line up the Branch; then the people tlierc ami here can have their choice as to what outletthey w ill take. Competition will bringdown freights and wo both w ill derivegreat benefit. We will savi enough in ten years, (as between the Hmnney and the direct line here) to build the entireroad. This is plum enough to any one. It costs ID cents per 100 pounds to semi freight from Pittsbprg to Baltimore; it costs Cumberland about U5 cents to Baltimore, while it is 150 miles nearerWhy? Because Pitts-withNthan Pittsburg.burg bus several outlets to market, and the eoottjtetition between romls is great. Suppose liaidy county sends its cuttle and produce t j Green Spring Hun, ami the Baltimore road says “50 centsfreight ier 100 pounds;’* what will youdo about it? Why, you’ll put up. ButIfft Isuppose your road com .** here, uml they ask you 55 cents. You say “No, 1 11 send by another and cheaper route. Thus, you see, you get the ruiiroad where its hair is short.” A gentle* ,*nan from the valley of the Bouth Branch writes us that a railroad company “have people here who are trying to keep our people from taking hold, and want them to aid in the extensioninsiwa!I*uUllUwc«till6'u1'tlahiV 1 i ¥IU10VJVHA ftA'-'w
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Fri, Dec 05, 1879
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