oy ¥ Zhe Centre Bemorrat. | BELLEFONTE ! PENN A S GEOGRAPHICAL | CENTRE. IRON MANUFAC OF THE KEY- | THE FU 1 KE TURING CE N TRE STONE STATE, The Variety and Inexhaustible Quantity, of her Mineral Wealth. i A——- A RICH FIELD WHERE THE GOLD- EN SEEDS OF EASTERN CAPITAL YIELD A PROLIFIC HARVEST OF WEALTH A Manufacturing Hub Where Weicghty Iron Spokes Reach out in Every Direction. w.-W Paradl se “Where The | Manufacturer Finds a Eearty Welcome. of i A Graphic De scription of her Many | Banking and Rail and Minerval | Advantages, Fu road silities Wealth. ag x of | Each decade is crowned of The age we live in is an revolutions with the trinmph every field of enterprise, and improv- ed machinery has multiplied beyond measure, the productive capacity of | every civilized people. | In almost every revolution that has | discovery In been brought about { developments are Peonsylvauia Ea made 3 4) found at the top. th year new which give her increased facilities f vafac- turing and de manu facturiog regi world, Much of thi ment Owes its impetus to the opening | of sections that heretofore inaccessible by railroads; the struggle brought abost by competition in manufactaring and the discoveries of | greater mineral wealth, The part of the old keystone that is receiving the | most attention at the present time is the region of which Bellefonte is the centre. Nowhere within the bounds | of the old commonwealth are there more advantages for manufacturing, “greater mineral wealth aod nr ma stine her to be the great ’ 5 tha Lilt civilized | deviop-} 6 Gf s marvelous have been many | other features that conspire to the centre, give it reference as a manufacturing ® LOCATION Centre county of which is the Pennsyl ¢ $s “i is the seat of ju tral of n ani 1227 squat RCE area emon the ing Arg and in popu twenty-ii eight © monweailh. about u Bh tainons, ha ly fertile ductive ent of which ar valleys. Th gion rannin . moat prom valleys noted for their n i Nittany furmer comprises a as and beaoty, 3 b » Penns and ¥ fa : parallel with the seven stance of about thirty of The latter is separ | mountains a di five miles, with an width about five miles. ated by the Nittany mountain and is | about thirty-five miies long and will | average three miles in width, Each of these valleys is underlaid with the richest limestone in the state. Nestled within the spurs of the Alleghenies is | the Bald Eagle valley, surrounded with natural scenery that is exceedingly beatiful, which is appreciated by those why admire the grandare of mou beaut Bellefonte ie holt the othe oft he chubty of Spving Creek, about two ah south fiw confluence with Bald Eagle Creek at Milesburg, and derives its Anime from a beatitifal spring which rises within the borough, Belle signi- “fying bealital, and fopte a Fountain, bi was Inoorporated as a hHorough in | act #% «nd its population at_present ex. 0 wou las WALRAD yACtLETIVY, : TA Eagle Valley Rallfoad. ath the Penosylvania yrove wid the Philndel- st Lock Haven affords sporiation facilities to simntry., The Belle. wh Lemons Railroad average ’ w _— " 4 we | Milton to soon as well ns a { build roads to it. | gome the | inexhaustible t beautiful fountain. {spring is 145000 | water is that it only varies in Buffalo Kun and Belle fonte Railroad traverse the rich farming and mining regions and gives an outlet to that section of the country. The Nittany Valley Railroad passing from Belle- funte through the rich farming and ore mining region of that part of the county is nother of our railroads in A projected line fiom Bellefonte will materialize to Beech Creek connecting with the Philadel phia and Reading system at that point, vperation, branch { which will give us competing lines ts all parts of the country and bring our h into commercial with all the outside Bellefonte is one of the points that all relations world boroug the principal railroads of the State must tapy as the enormous amount of treight 0 haodle will compel them to All | lines are at present within a rading of We will hub bew iron seventeen miles, 8OON mighty | spokes branch out in every direction, WATER BUPPLY, Natore, a of the attract ons she was capable of be- Bellefonte with of the water that ever gushed from a hillside, The locality known ss the big Bpring, is one of the sight# of Beliefonte, From ot of ice cold whose if to show the extent stowing, blessed An spring purest and for scenic beauty is unrivalled. the side of a hill a tor: water perpetually issues, whose waters would wean the Gods from their tar,” Heoce the Bellefoute not & misnomer as it certainly al the supply | been neds name 18 has That of water is exhaustless has I'he gall over twenty million gall wns in 24 hours: re 1 ] peatedly tested. capacity of this | is & minuie 1d ’ s allowing one hundred gallons to each inhabitant a day it would supply a population of 200 000 people, One | of this temper- of the remarkable features ature two degrees in winter and sum. |i the principal | {as the rock , est and most reliable | is mh sees 5 A oy 5 A mer. It is from this source that | Bellefonte homes, streets and indus- tries are fully supplied. Numerom ewe. There is probably no town in the state more abundaitly supplied with pure water, nothiu near to poi lute it, there is po danger from zymotic diseases, which are in many | cases the result of drinking impure The water works belong to the borough and on account of the walter, people of the town at womionl BANKING FACILITIES, The bauking facilities of Bellefonte are 50 well known in the large money centers that it seems useless anything of them in convection with Bellefonte's advantages. Our | by any means, During the { 1873 Bellefonte Bank checks were re- ceived at par at the large trade centres, all interior other of the lo | while those from almost bauking towns in the State were received at a dis the int way of banks we are pot far the head of the procession and in the our banks are as firm Bellefonte National Baok way of stability, on which The First Bellefonte 8 of of built, with .. An existence the old- in State The old and firmly established Baok- g house of W. F, Reoyolds & Co, synonymous with soundness and success, and is recognized in commer: cial circles, as one of the solid banking institutions in the State. The C Baoking Company with a long and well established repu- twenty-three years is one of the most entre County tation is one of our most popular Baoking institutions and holds a high In the Jellefonte at the mill- | position in financial eircles. Banks of present Lime there are over one several a dollars on deposit. PRESBYTERI RELIGIVUS AND EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES, Bellefonte people, while they may spdnr be dutirdy) infatuated with the coquettish Goddess Dame Fortutle, are not unmindful of their spiritual welfare and hot oly “attesd church with remarkable regularity, but give liberally to the nase of religion and ite attendant. ghasities, | ; There are nine churches, several of them impos. ing structures, that fn boauty and "| sine would grace a The different wre Bhs | tow Lewlburg aod Le mons, sed the | priests, are - ¥ owt Montandon | A points east and SL tefonte and Boow « ov our doors the istic of « ishing shows the fruits of their labor in the of hat region. The vineyard. | | bundaut supply it is furnished to the rates, | 10 say | money | facilities are vot secondary advantages | paaio of | { from {as youth with us | peaceful conciousness, vie with super- BAR 55 555 wr ————— ——————-—— up to a higher grade of usefulness. Pennsylvania State College within pine miles of our town is within easy the elements which contributed to its | success, a* it is recognized ws among the first Colleges of the sae, By way of explanation this is the State Agricultural College of Peunsylvania {and beside the course io Agriculiural | science, both classical and scientific | | courses are afforded: POST OFFICE One of the best evidences of | growth of any town is the increase in | the post office receipts, we find in ex- aminiog the reports of the office here | for the year 1886 and 1887: Total receipts in 1887 “ “ i Increase... Showing ap increase in the year 1887 over the year 1886 « { $090.58 18858 will much larger increase as it the show a been | The receipts of has | more perceptible since begining | of the year. IROUNDINGS fure Perched on an elevation that | nish es a water shed in every diretion | of approach, the location of Bellefonte | be As place of residence our surroundings little | riety of ecenery from the could hardly improved, leave to be desired. Every picturesque | valleys to the | the Allegheny to enjoy, The {alternates between towering grandeur Moustaios surrounding Are ours counly fertile farming and rich mineral lands As a summer resort Bellefonte pos sesses all the lov ting requisites Lo prove her features in this regard, unheralded health is stamped on every feature of our life. Lean cemeteries and struggling physicians uoite in telling the flatteriog tale of Bel wealth of health efonte's Old age 1s common Industry : : : : {ior climatic conditions as agencies ] | drone in this { there was an | of health more fruitful than soy army place for the If ever 50 no community. exotic transferred | the ope nfield it is when indolence is | shares the glory of feeding : The tramp our police transferred wo Bellefonte. | energies with such of the few town | conversational formula of {lina governors and AN CHURCH, We are above all pardonably proud of our graded school system. Education has kept pace with the pro- gress of our borough. There are two large school bulldings, one of which contains the latest improved heating and ventilating system. Our school "buildings are well ventilated, lighted and heated. The apparatus in out wehioold are exerllent and very few towns are. better equipped in school ‘advantages. Filteen it | ployed snd the schools sre “open. months in the year, The igh ch 500 prepares pupils for College. In the past few years a number have passed the examinations of Lehigh Univer Priucipalsbip James P. Hughes it is rapidly the historic the Caro- chacters who still Jove seem to bring into golden relicf the virtues | he No d Be ver O endemi Hefonte visited rest of us, IPAS Are ko wn al diseases ¢ malaria ever exisied el such excellent rded, Be cheap : , ality Ay lime of the very best offers q manuia which superior advantages for Lhe Th found in enormous tures of glass, ¢ sand is 108 quantities, analy ges 071 per cent of silica, making | superior to most others that are ob | tained in this country. At present | we have only one glass works and | they give employment to over one! hundred men. Their specialty is window glass. The capacity of their works is 300 fifty foot boxes a day. furnaces, two four stone flattening ovens, with stone 60x100 inches al- | lowing a capacity for furnishing the largest sizes cylindrical window glass manufactured in the United States, op with of the ate fact, orm “the facilities for oatrying on sucocslully the mnnafuc: the | $600 58 | fn va- | of | and | They have in use two ten ring blow | one hundred and twenty three thou. Hid dollars. The success of demonstrates beyond a doubt that other springs are near to supply larger | access, and moderate terms, agreeable | Belletonte offers superior facilities for demands for manufacturing parposes surroundings aod a learned faculty are wispufacturiog all kiods of lass inasmuch us the raw material is cle by znd does not have to as in be hited 200 * offers Lo those who wish LG ¢u- taany instances over | hepee | | Kage 1 Hla, its manuluture superior ducements from every stand point of consideration, and must claim the v ai- turer as soe of the most suitable places to be found anywhere, LIME, Bellefonte lime nas such a wide repo. seems wimost needless 10 mention ition this article, However it is due to the 0 repeat what ix I Py familiar to the large majority of the that the very best lime for manufacturing 18 B | time interests | of maoufactarers state, purpose manufactured at Belle- fonte, is applied are in paper mills, tanoer- | ies, sud it has a large i of acetate » 08¢ In Lhe | mAantiaciure of lime, of i a We give below an analysis McC cmMists of manufactured by al mont analyzed by the ond RPO ia, Carbonate {he BEC logical survey of Peonsylvsn- [ arbonate of iron Insel at of Hme 95322 C srhon, of magnesia 1.170 | and slomioom 320 able resi 15 to ‘ due 390. These are present Kilns located thet ship lime daily diferent parts of the State. Among { the largest manufascterersof lime is A Gi. Morrison, who has in operstion fif teen kilns bere and on the Baffalo Run railroad besides two powerful | steaa crushers. He will be shipping to inme- th | by mid-summer daily from thirty | i forty cars of lime spd crashe 4 ne 2 11 one, 13] : and his indostry yet in { infancy. COUNTY 8 MINERAL THEM ALL CENTRE INEXHAUSTIBLE WEALTH, SHE LEADS the maoufacture It is scarcely the scope of 8 newspaper article trace its history, Many disadvantages { bave existed in the past to retard its { growth. One of the most prominent | | obstacles that confrooted the mana-| | facturers was the lack of railroad fa~ cilities; but & brighter and better era has come and now section for superior iron. from her seat of Justice to all points A new order of ab of the compass, things el TR hil wealih ution ¢ nd has been br 14 and treasure thr De Sials - : nol permit us Lo trace Lhe Dis an » among the and in The disadvantages for the under Bellefonte, gentlemen labored wonderful Ley have accomplished results For many years they had no rail- | road 10 carry their iron to market, yet with Lhis great disadvantage they se- cured the reputation for making the best iron in the world. The specimens | of pig and masufactured iron which | at the centennial exhibition in took the premium as being the best in | the world was awarded to the Valen ‘tines of Bellefonte and were made from ores taken form their mines near their works here. One of the most valuable features that is re. markable in regard to the iron made by them was its strength and durabil- ity. The Mess. Cartins whose works are Jocated near Bellefonte were awar- ded the contract of supplying the U. 8. Goverment with iron for its use in the manufacture of the best guns and rifles, during the war after experts had visited the different fron Centers of the north and thoroughly tested the different irons made, this coniract was secured ut a bigh figure as it was discovered they, oould not obtain iron of as good any where in the Uvion. lm Are #tiMl in op eration in the manufacture of » sup- erior article of charcont iron. Mess, Lion and y is soother of the enterprising iron manufacturing firms which ~ajoys a national reputation for the manufacture of 8 superior iron. During the war with Russia the Turkish government bought iron from firm for Pusafuppriog ¥ guns. this Te A be 10 take the place of steel rods naps rope. The large screw companies of ine | {elongation wention of Lhe capitalist or manufac- | te I'he principal uses to which it | » | pumber of uew railroads hy nace, | furnace by the C of a a within | {at the present time and railroads radiate | {advatag | that our facilities for | iron from coke are greater than can 1876 | offered anywhere, | the east use their iron entirely for the this | manufacture of the highest grade of screws, Their iron has in several io. tances displaced Norway aud Sweed sh iron for the different uses to which they are especially applied. The test f teosile strength required hy the 1, 5 Government is 55000 povads to the The iron made by this 70000 Fquare inch, firm hes stood 8 test of it also test of from the te 6to7 9-16 1 he husi- Lo quare inch and stood uCoes before it parted in fibre, ntelligent pioneers in the iron # around Bellefonte the have shown to he world tha véry best iron { could be manufactured here end fac- . . > » 1 tatation for ite superior quality that it aff ture ol every g markctable 10 facet ities were wrded for the of where, napufac. i. ie iron This varieties of that nny is due that many Iron ores are in abundance and easily obtained as almost the entire county upder iw laid with iron Owi ore of most excellent » » quailty. Ig Lo Lhe new features that have developed within the past two years the iron interests here are Assuming m t o 4 greater proporti of a which # superindu d by the building » mor facil. Ore isdevs doped pud hetier Lies are gffad a | aaces and sll the lest improve. aud maou - facturing that iron can be made much ments in the way of n.ining The pro- cheaper and in greater quantity } | future therefore is bril ant wi cular field. of 18868 an snder the mise for this partic Io the summer organi- | ation was lormeaq pane of the Velentine Ore Land Association, aad Valen- title the al which purchased the right terest io the properuesot reed] iron works except the tines, that were conne th their farms, where they only secured the mineral right. This association hss erected on this property which was formerly occupi- ad by the old Valentine charcoal far a new foroace for smelting ores with coke, and having a capacity of 100 tons of pig iron a day. The iron | industry i itabl Centre county has been recogoized iui Ary bas spain been Sretkasbiy | for many years as a most important A pified by the weeetion 9f susihe: of doctors and whole acres of drug) | stores, There ie line Bros. having also a capacity of 100 tous of pig iron a day snd which has all the modern improvements to facilitate its manu. This furnace is in operation is out daily a8 most excellent quality of Pig The output ss soon =e the Centre Furnace Company facture, turning iron is In op eration will be almost ten fold greater than it has ever been, and with »li the res that are § 1 a dent to a jellefonte antages 1 erior qualily o rates than any Advar [ros tages in 1 from LOK t issn As 1D POR wit 16 miles nite and within 20 miles of us are several h most excellent quality of coke can be for every- indred large coke ovens where a ybtained that can be used thing, that itcan be applied to in manu. facturing iron. Ore of superior gual ity in great variety and in large quantities all of which are oa the lines It remains 10 be seen manufacturing of railroads. | ADVANTAGES AFFORDED IN THE MAN- UFACTURRE OF A SUPERIOR FROM CHARCOAL. As we have said befgre we have all the material at hand slch as ores and limestone,and the vast area of country lying north & west of Bellefonte which is covered with timber suitable for the best quality of charcoal and railroads passing through it many directions; another feature that is also remarka- ble, and will afford facilities for the manufacture 27. charcoal for all time, is the fact that about every twenly your 8 new crop takes the place of vat which bas been taken away lear: ing always in sight a large amount of timber for charcoal purposes This valuable feature spesks trumpet toved in support of these promises. ROX ORE SUPPLY. ‘The new railroads that have been built from Bellefonte in the past two years, have opened up mines of iron ore that in quality sod extent sre without a parallel. At present there are sixteen openiogs and in capacity IRON
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