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The National Foundry Question.DfrOur citizens seem to be iu earnest in pushing their claim for the location of the National Foun-' thedry at this place. The adjourned meeting of sentIhe!halt;amtprcSaturday uight last was well attended, and decided interest manifested in the proceedings.The committee appointed at a previous meeting to draw up a memorial to Congress, setting forth the cd vantage* of Comlwrland as the site nni o 1 of the proposed National Foundry, made a rc-* port through their Chairman, Gen. Thomas 1.11 I MvKaig. The memorial shows a wealth ot inin-MMiujj]a liS) oral resource and facility of communication tin t!t, I is unequalled by any locality yet *f*»ken of. Af-of 1ter presenting th© icport, Gen. McKaig made a |jcfew pertinent remarks, and the memorial was otl(adopted unanimously. ooiA motion was afterward* carries! that the 1 tks Mayor be requested to bring the matter before ^n, the City Council, and urge upon them the pr»s- hi.s priety of seconding the efforts already marie for |1H( the attainment of the object in view.-iVto nB-a (1eitpriWe append the memorial, as adlt; pted : JMEMORIAL. ! Coevv%uYTo the Honor aide the Senate an t House of Hep- f result at ivts of tht United Stales ; j (The undersigned, a committee appointed at apublic met ting of the citizen# of the city of Cum- ( J* U»rland, in the Shite of Maryland, to memorialize 1!(U iwiwins, «»• w4] your Honorable Bodies on the subject of the lo- i .cation of a National Foundry, beg leave respect* P*1.c!t-re7StlUldilt;thII10i-itn1-itft 1wnfwarfully td state, that iu *he opinion of the under* signed, and we confidently believe that we may add, in the opinion of all men experienced iu \the manufacture lt;4* iron and of ftuch article* a* jthe Vnited States Government will desire to j manufacture at a National Foundry, the city i f Cumberland poaae*©Mi advantages which are unequalled at any point in the Unio.1.In the first place, the city of Cumberland is situated far en« u gh iu the interior of the country »to be protected from the assaults of a foreign foe ei under all the cmitingeiictOH of war.In the second place, it is situated in a county abounding in bituminous coal of the Kstqual- *l! ity to be found on the continent; and in the mi 1st of iron ores of every conceivable quality, and in quantities that are inexhaustible.In the third place, wood is so abundant thatit* value is but notnin d.And in the fourth place, the city is situated atclUschiaK'tin* terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, (p-Ul-IIISI**chyleading to the citi* s of W.udiiiigtou and Alexandria—on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Kail- j ^road, and at the terminua of the Pittsburg and *fVinnelhivillo Railroad, and but a f u miles from • the junction of the Londotm and Hampshire ; v Railroad with the li Utiorc and Old*. By all ^of these avenues a direct an 1 iqieedy transit * would be open to th j government to even part | *of the I’niuti. * IIn determining the proper site of a National j Foundry, the controlling consideration is, ‘ c an ; tt!you obtain the material in abundance, of the | quality and character requiredTpnX-ihe-In answering this enquiry, the uni rMgned can with great confi 1 11 * auswe in th** affirm 4- I live. We have » »al of a *uj»©rtnr quality, for J I the purposes of a foundry, altogether inexhuus-1 i li4, 1 tible, which can las delivered at the foundry at75 to HO cents nor ton, Tht large lt;»r fourth a feet vein of coal produce* a superior coke, andas feet vein of coal works raw or uneoked n.s 1 twell a* any anthracite These fart* in regard to the coke and th© coal of th© nit feet vein have been fatly proved by un ei{*er Lento of it Iuse fr several years, ' t• *In regard t » the ir »n ores of the a Parent re* gam, th© undersigned ran state that iron ore* oto-r-brv*it-ve!*-»r-he,v-atinitoirelalevery kind and description are found in ah i? dance. Brown llcnnaitc or |©|ie »r**is f*und iu ;great abundanc e, ThUort% mixed w th ball or.*, also found in large quantifier in this n gion, pr -ducea an iron equal to any iron in the World, and is {Ksrttliarlv adapted to cauing canu an— Th© fio vti! ores inru* 1 ateh aro:md (’uuh riau !have been Work'd for manv years, and have!# *■lv en found !•« pro*due© a sup *ri »r ir*u. Tic.* I Carbonate of Iron in groat ahuudan **• \* fan • I [ucar l‘nslm*nt. \ a., on the line of the B-ltin. re j and Ohio Itailrou 1, 28 mile* west of lt;'umh r-land. Within a niit of thirty mik*s aruun*! Cum I* riaud. embra ring parts of Virginia, M *ry-lan 1 and Pennsylvauia, ir*»n ore of ev-ry d* - ! _ cription i f *un 1 iu great fthnud inec, wiii* n » t*i !j be brought to th* cay by the tliifcmjl r.ulr m U j ^3 j at ft small 01 t*J Anyone who is at all acqn tinted uiththb111 ’! tegion of the country, knows that a 1 trg* p »r* il- : i**iU i f it is heavily tun1* re I, and that an\ am »U?it of chareoal can lx* furni *h«*l at a c j uat ex e* ding *ix to aevcn cent* per baaiiel, *1?livcre 1 at the Foundry. C *! i bla itJiarclt;* d-ir**t»of tie* firs* quality, can lc mtnufacttired her* : 1 at fr 11 n $21 t* $22.50 n r ton.ru- iml
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Cumberland Democratic Alleganian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sat, Apr 17, 1858
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