I )a Lunnd up all il.o stray barrels and
I I xcs that night in her tumor I Joliu
Guidon retired from being tho host ol
''11c Villapc Tavern," and David Bipe
low rnd Mrs Martha Bir.elow look his
j late, and for twenty years dispensed
its hospitalities ; after which period,
round in purine and person, they gave
way in turn. John Cordon lived many
years after, undisturbed in the wealth
that by legal right belonged to Lctty.
Philip Conger was not rich, but fortune
prospered with him and ho grew bo.
Ou the night of Martha's arrest, with
the iustinct of love, he knew that gome,
thing was being plotted by John Gor.
don, without knowing what, nnd believ
ed it to be a scheme to remove Lctty.
Watching, he saw old Brown drive to
the door with his cart, lie stole noise
Jesslvtothc Latk (I the hoiifc. tic
heard Martha summoned to the p:.rlor
There was no time to lose. I To knew
every step ol the house, and in a nio
meiit was lesule Letty. lLerewas no
time for preparation, for thonpht. While
the two men were aecut-iuir Martha in
!thc parlor, the lovers were fiviii';i.hruigl
the Garden, and ignorant of all that oo
curred, until David Bigelow, by never.
ceasing search, found them and told the
story.
I hope that it is r.ot taking away the
romance of my tale to toll tbnt Letty
Gordon and Martha Field that wore,
are both grandmothers, comely and
handsome at that.
Til CltSDAy, JULY 5, 1SC6.
JOHN O. HALL, KIUTOR i FROPUIKIOR.
j. r. nooke, ri lii.isuiK.
TOR UOVETlN'OIt,
HIESTER CLYMER,
OF BERKS COUNTY.
Card. The programme for the fu
lure publication of this paper, published
iu last week's issue in a notico at the
het d of tue editorial column, was unau
thorized and will uut be followed. As
proprietor, I aiu responsible for what,
ever appears in these column?, editorial
ly, but am not to bo held as adopting
th'j sentiments of articles selected from
oilier papers or communicated, and so
marked. The local column will bo uu-
ucr tho control of Mr. J. F. Moore.
It is duo to Mr. Moure to pay, lljat
business engagements havo prevented
mc from giving him any aid in the con.
duet of the paper for somo time pat;t,
and the credit of its management is en
tirely due to hiu.
JOHN G. HALL.
CoiivspoiCisic for ii): jftiV'tuitk.
Mr, Editor : Philomath's cubical
pit 15,782 miles on a side is too small
to bold 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000 pigeons by nearly eighty. live hun
dredths of a mile. A very email portion
off so large a pit would make a good
deal but if tho 770 pigeons already
thrown off were to bo placed on the side
of no largo a pit they would'nt amount
to the smallest scratch that could possi
bly be made. If Philomath will reduce
15,782 inches, to inches cube tbc num
ber of inches and subtract that cube
fiom the numbcrof pigeons given in the
question ho will find an awful sight
of pigeons left that should be profitably
disposed of. Now I would propose let.
ting Sumner and Stevens have them at i
one cent per dozen to feed colored gtu. j
tiemen ana loan tue amount at six per
ccut for tho interest to bo appropriated
towards paying the National Debt.
For what length of timo should that
sum bo loaned, so that the interest
would pay the debt, allowing tho debt
to be scvou billion of dollars, and how
long would the pigeons debt last. Four
million of those gentlemen, allowing
each gentleman to consume two dozen
pigeons per day, which would be a gen
erous allowance with a liberal supply of
vegetable fool. Will any one answer ?
II. W.
E LK G O U N T
By a Northwestern Pennsylvania!!.
iiAtlLY 8ETTLEMKNT OFRIDC1WAY AND
YICIMTV CONTINUED.
ENOS GILLIS.
This wcllknowu individual and wor
thy citizeu to whom frequent allusion
has been made, may be considered as
tho founder of " Ridgway settlement."
'His adveut to this place, which has al
ready beeu throuicled, was as early as
1321 soou after which he commenced
building his saw. mill and tannery, un
der tho supervision of Mr. Gallagher,
wh'j conducted the tannery as has also
been niouttonod.
He was moro of a quiet and home
um than his brother James. Hiu iu
C 1 in V.I mitteri previous to, and
(V.
.
luring his many years rtsidonco at
Ridgway, was of a character moro felt
than seen. His wisdom and shrewdness
were always in requisition, and had
much to do with not only tho settlement
itself, but in all the affaiis of county and
township influeuco at home and abroad.
As before mentioned, the township of
Ridgway was large, composing about
one-third part of the county of Jefferson.
The south part of tho county could
outvote Ridgway, and they were in a
measure disposed to keep Ridgway " out
in tho cold." In triennial asacssmeuts,
much watchfuluess was required to ob
tain fair play. The expenses of the
county were mainly supported by the
tax on unseated lands, which were, if
we judge by the complaints of the own.
era, often unrelentingly assessed. Thus
for county purposes, the southern part,
holding the offices, and having control
of all the funds, could, and did, too of
ten, make hard rrqtii: itionr upon th ;
tax funds of Ridgway township. Bridg
es and other improvements wort-, made
by county funds in one part of the coun
ty to the entire exclusion of Ridgway
township, it required such a man as
Kuos Gillis to counteract these measures,
which he did to a great extent, and for
which he uesenc.l mure thanks limn lie
got from landholders or citizen.. He
was for many years a prominent manag
er of tho "Milcbiirg & Smethport
Turnpike Company," to tho necessary
details of which he was iudefatigablc
and successful.
Iu iutellect he was far above medioo.
rity. As a magistrate an office which
he held, as well as others, iu the county
of Ontario, N. Y., from which place- tie
removed to Ridgway his decisious and
records were subjects of approval and
comment among legal men. -Ilia object
was more to reconcile and adjust be
tween parties than to litigate.
One case, "however, came boforo him
which required all his tact and recur
rence to ' technicalities " iu the law to
obviate iujustico to a party, and at the
same time to decide according to tho
evidenco, a." a magistrate. The defen
dant was proprietor of a tannery it
was unenclosed, at least so fur as to ex
eludo the canine race in shape of dogs.
These auimals, as U well kuown, havo
an ardent peiwhunt for (.corps of raw
hide, and if not plenty, do not hesitato
to eiirrv of a vhulo shin. A r.rowlins
oue of his species, worthless tosoeietyas
well u: to his owner, had often tfonu
mischief about, the premises, and by
watchfulness the owcer of the yard and
a magistrate to boot caught the snL
mal in tho act and actunlly shot him
poor doggy rati home cud died upou the
ihre.jhholl ot his master's door, whose
wrath was kindled ngaiust an innocent
neighbor. TLc owner was a Hollander,
and like his prototype, (another Dutch
man.) Although bis dog was worthless,
yet, " as ho killed him cut of Fpitc he
should pay for him." lie made infor
mation before Gillis ayaiuAt his innocent
neighbor for malicious mischief, in kill
ing his dog. As a magistrate, aad ac
cording to his usual custom, Gillis tried
to appease the angry owuer offered to
pay something himself, rather than the
scandal cf a suit before him should oo.
cur, and all for tho sake of a pernicious
eur dog ! All of no avail with the
Dutchman ; he tendered the fees and
Jemr.i'.'lcd a warrant, which was finally
granted. Tho trial came on, and to the
annoyance of tiiC mflpialrate, some of his
friends who had an iiitili.'1 of tbc facts
were in attendance, to whncN ;!- fuu.
and tact of the mngitnac.
Jto '.Titne.-scs were nia::y,
swore to the good character of ifco
l. icy
dog.
"lie wai never kuoiui to go off the
farm, and was a quiet dog ; never sto!e
nothing, nor run sheep; hadn't a single
enemy rserpt this neighbor, who had
often said the cuss ought to be killed,"
nnd as it happened that about that time,
this man was actually seen with his gun
and that a dheharge of the same wus
heard just before the dog arrived homo
bleeding and soon lifeless much tcri
mony was evinced before the magistrate
by the parties at suit, as well as witness
es, which required all the authority of
the court to suppress. Tho testimony
closed with ' sure proof that tho man
killed the dog1. The magistrate observ
ed, " as it was a "npecial" case, and de.
serving mud reflection, ho would tako
the four days to maka up a judgment "
before that timo parties had cooled
off somewhat, when the magistrate very
quietly informed the plaintiff, that as
the evidence was not altogether clear,
he could not eonscienciously enter judg
ment against the defendant, and as a
salvo, told hiin that ht need pay no at
tention to the costs, the case never
appeared upou his docket, it k fair to
suppose it was never entered. But the
"fun of the thing" was not for along
time forgnttcu by Li tesociateH; nor
dil plaintilT or dJcnJaut ever unler-
stand tho reason of his decision.
Ilia house was alwayn open to the
traveler, often to tho great discomfort of
tbc household, and it was not uutil
houses of entertainment were set up in
tho vicinity, that he and his family were
relieved from these expensive hos pitali-
tics.
About the your 18 11 ho removed
with his 'family to Sharpsbttrg, near
Pittsburg, and subsequently to Mar.
shall, Michigan; ho was highly esteem
ed at tho latter place, where ho buried
his mothcr.in law, a daughter, then his
wife, and finally, whilst on a visit to
Jiuigway, no a(so uieu, His remain?
were taken mere as iiKewtso those ot ins
son William (a very promising youth),
who died at Ilarrisburg soon after. All
thoso named now sleep in tho same
graveyard far away fiom the scones of
forest lifts in Ridgway.
Public schools had always his warm.
est support, and the Ridgway school U'
was greatly indebted to him for his intli-
vidital exertions in its support.
m.: .!...:.. i. ..L.i... i i.- . n:ii:.. .:n
serve his friends and relations who now
survive as a memento of his parental,
social kindness and moral worth.
Messrs. Winnartu and Dickinson in
1832 partly on business and to visit the
G ill Is mado an excursion into Peuneyl
vauia, via Smethport, Bunker Hill to
Ridgway thev had provided them
selves with a good stout two horso wag
on and were accompauied by Mrs. W
with a child in her arms. They did
not reach Bunker Hill 'till a late hour
The fore part of the evening was exces
sively dark, and the road for tho last
five miles was superlai ivcly bad. Mr.
Scull, who was acquainted with the
road. P. M. Dickinson walked at the
Horses heads carrying " fox fire "
which in the darkness that " could bo
felt," shone quite luminously On
emerging from tho doep forest aud
reaching tho ascent of Buukcr Hill
about midnight, tho full moon had just
aroso in her beautiful majesty, all fu.
ii 1 t 1 1 A 1
iiguo anu apprenensiou nanisncu ar,
once as they drove up to the hou,o of
ouu.u0i u.ms i.sq., no men resiucu on
tbo premises, whoso wifo was a sister of
Mr. Wilmarth. -A Bhort and recogni
tion soon brought all tho raalo members
to tho street, as much surprised as if
the party had dropped from the clouds
chprrlnl mrnl nnd onnyprsation pro.
louged tho night to near tho day. Mr.
Gillis had just then taken a contract to
make tho turnpike from tha " eleven
milo spring" to tho "North Fork " and
he was then commencing thanty life
Wilmarth and Dickinson on horse
back reached his ehanty next day in
time for a dinner on pork and potatoes.
lheir appearance ou tho tablo was a
mystery to them ; where did they come
from av.d how transported to this place ?
Tho answer was. The potatoes were
brought from tho settlement (another
uiy9tery) and the pork had been packed
on a thirty year old roulo from Warren
ty the wifi(7 to Montmorency thir.
ty-fivo miles ; thence fifteen miles to the
shanty ? To those who como from a
land of superabundance, it appeared
like extravagant living. Samuel Gillis
saddled his horso and rodo through to
Montmorency and Ridgway; Charles
Gillis, son of Enos & a mere lad, was at
tho shanty and came through also, and
and hero was first noticed, tho perfect
ease a horso that was accustomad to the
paths would glide over the logs and
stones, compared with those that have
just come from emoth clay roads. The
cry of " hold up " wws often heard as
the experienced animals out distanced
tho others, Tho conversation during
this ride will never be forgotten, Sam "
had very justly appreciated tho riches
lying doimant and scuttcred over this
vast territory. There, was no misttiko
is his enthusiasm as to facts ; ho was
merely ahead of tho age. Wilniarth
was floptical aud had disputed several
probabilities, 'till Sam was losing tern,
per. Whcuto tho question. "What
iu Haavcu's name is to be doue in, or
with this country," his impatience lost
bounds. " Why L. our vdlies contain
tho richest soil, tho wholo country is
covered with the finest whito pino, wa
ter to convey it to market. Supera.
buudance of water power to manufacture
and tho hills are lull of the richest Iron
oro and coal all that combines to make
a country rich " and you will tee it all,"
as his eye dilated, his form t-eemed ex
panded as he rose in his stirrups to point
out the existence of these facta (though
it was next too impossible to disceru
more than four rods, such, was the
density of tho forc3t.) Mr. W. must
have caught tho inspiration as ho in
stantly communicated tho project of ma
king Iron on a largo scale. It was to
luild a (lain across a stream, creating a
water power requisite. An immense
bellows with a bar of iron to reach in the
centre of tho mines of coal and Iron
ignito tho coal. The melting oro could
run itself to tho bank ready to ship to
Pittsburgh. Although it may be euppo.
scd there was a mock seriousness iu the
project - yet might it not have iouml
lodgmci.t iu W's -brain, for in less than
ten months thereafter tho writer saw him
plodding his lonely way over this very
route, accompanied by his wife, and hired
girl on horseback, to fix an abode for his
family atRidgway. The writer is not cer
tain that, had it not been for Dickinson,
every hemlock would have been trans
formed to pine iu his estimation ; Di"k-
in3on was iu tho lumber busiuoss and
could not be mistaken. Tho party
reached tho house of J. L. Gillis at
evening, tho capabilities of the soil were
(hen examined and discussed. The
next day they proceeded to the "creek"
and were domiciled with their old friend
- uos Gillis. Next day a ride was ta
ken up tho turnpike towards Kersey,
from tu0 posit-iou and summit, could be
seen the waving tops ot those pino that
thereafter became so highly valued.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Letter from JL.T. JL.
Mb. Editor Dear Sir: Some
thrco mouths ago I took the privilege of
communicating to you tho result of
somo reflections upon the question of a
representative from tho 19th District in
tho next Cougress. Thoso reflections
you deemed of sufficient importanco to
be submitted to the publio. Tho recep
tion they have met with has boen quite
as fuvorablo as could have bocu expeo
ted. Every conservative paper in tho
(jstr;ct.
with a siusrlo exception, has
spoken of iheni in terms of approbation
Tho W'arreu Ledger an influential and
ably conducted paper, commenced
column leader as if the purpose of the
writer was the total annihilation of my
suggestions ; but before tho author got
half through I was pleased to find that
ho was actuated by precisely tho same
motives that should influence the action
of every man who is not a fauatical
ila(jicali If the Democrats wcro strong
. t ; reasonable hope that a
nHghfrout Democrat could bo elected
it would be wrong in them not to pre
sent such a man. And the Johnson
Republicans would bo equally at fault
if they attempted to offer one of their
own men ; but they should, (in case Mr,
other mau holding tho revolutionary
opinions ho docs) make every effort to
secure the election of such Democrats
Dut the editor of tho Ledger cannot
havo the slightest idea that there is any
Democrat in the district and it has
some 0f the best mcif in the State-
wrj0se selection woi-.ld give any ussu
ranee of success. Then I take it for
K,anted that the Lcdacr may be proper
hy rauked with the other conservative
jia,)0rs ja the district, as favorable to
eucu acti0!1 ng w;n USUl-e tho defeat of
tle Radicals.
Any man who bag any knowledge of
the history of politisal parties in this
country must kuow that tho questions
growing out ot reconstruction will en
tirely engross the attention of our pub
he councils lor at least three or nur
years. All other questions will fjive
way to these. If so, ichy should Demo
crats hesitate to trust Conservative, or
Johnson, Republicans ? It is tho aim
cf every patriot to restore the Vuion to
what it wus before tho war. This can
only be dono by seeming to all the
States prccitJy the santo rights as ind
pendeut communities that they posse
sed previous to the attempted secession
Are not i;ciuocrais ana Johnson men
in perfect harmony ou this question
Do the Democrats demand any measure
looking to re construction that tho con
servatives aro unwilling to concede ?
not, are they any tho less iu favor of
them because they aws supported by th
aim. Abolition clement f io assume
that they are, o' would be, is to
sumo that party guilty of the mest mer.
cenary character.
It is uow quite certain that Mr. S
;co
field will be rc-nomiuated not becauso
a majority of tho men who voted for hi
in 1SG1 endorse his radicalism, or aro
in favor of his return to tho trust
las so persistently violated but simply
because the machinery wbijli controls
the nominations of tho Republican party
in this district is iu the hands ot men
who aro as heedless of publio opinion as
Mr. Scofield himself. No. mau of cither
branch ot Congress has been more obe
dient to the will of tho Traitors
Oi in .n
elevens auu oumner, tnau nc. to say
that a majority of tho people of this dis
triet or even of tho Republican party
of 18G4 endorse the sentiments of bucb
men is preposterous. I would just as
soon believe that they were in favor of
placing our glorious old Commonwealth
in Vr tr.e protcc'iou of Masamilliau
Not less than two thousand cood and
tiuo menwhu voted for Scofield in 1804,
arc now ready and anxious to voto for
any man of known moral integrity who
will faithfully and fearlessly stand by tho
President iu tho next Congress upon all
questions touching reconstruction. Will
the Democrats give them tho opportuni.
ty? It may bo asked, why not take a
Democrat, whose support of the Presi
dent's policy cannot bo doubted 1 Tho
auswer is, because so largo a portion of
these two thousand anti-radical Rcpub
cans might withhold their support as to
render success doubtful. I kuow that
there are many men of this class who
feel assured that the next Congress will
be entirely occupied with these ques.
tions and are perfectly willing to sup.
port any man tho Democracy are likely
to select. But is their number sulli-
cient to insure success? I, fear not.
Then why throw away a ccrtaiuty for
an uncertainty '(
The radicals will make utrpreeeden.
ted efforts to carry this district. Forney
boasts of the " substantial injlumce " of
tho Union League. By this ho means
its vast wealth, as a Corruption Fund.
Let patriots tako warning. This dis
trict can bo saved : tho hands of the
President strengthened j the " Traitora"
and Radicals rebuked ; and our country
restored in all its elements of greatness.
Ymi.-n,
L. T. L.
(From the liuffalo Daily Courier.)
The Coat Fields and the Buf
falo and ttt shing ton It. Ml.
The rapid increase of manufactures
in this city, tho importance of an abun.
dant supply of cheap coal, and tho con
ceded advantages of this point as a coal
market render of practical interest all
projects designed to render the immense
ccal fields of Pennsylvania more accessi
ble to our citizens. Every Duffalonian,
whether engaged in commerce or manu
factures, or coucerncd in real estate, has
pecuniary interest, first in securing di
rect and easy access to tho coal which
is needed fur local consumption aud can
be profitably shipped, and, second, iu
securing the largo and constantly in
creasing trado with the thriving towns
which are springing up on tho line of
tho Philadelphia and Erie Railroad and
on the route of the projected road from
this city to Emporium. We hazard
nothing in sayiug that this regiou of
country will requiro supplies of a value
equal in amount to that of ibu uoul we
should require for homo consumption
and for export.
It was w ith the views of ascertaining
the extent ot the Coal Filds to be reach
ed directly or indirectly by the Buffalo
and Washington Railroad that a conv
mittee of the Common Council and other
gentlemen were invited to visit the coal
regions in Elk and Cameron counties.
Leaving the city Tuesday morning, the
party went to Erie, and from thence by
the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, to
the junction of this road with tho Da
gnscahonda road, at a point 'between
Ridgway and St. Mary's, about 125
miles from Erie. The line of tho P. &
E. road passes through a rough and un
cultivated country, Warren being tho
only considerable town after leaving
Corry. There are numerous derricks-in
the valleys along the route, which stand
inscripticulcss tomb stones, not very
sacred to the memory of some defunct
oil company.
At Kane '94 J miles from Erie, tho
party were met by Gen. Thomas L.
Kane, who did some service during the
war as a commander of " IJucktails,"
nnd i3 now devoting himself to the do.
vclopmcr.t of a large tract of coal and
lumber lands, and is superintendent of
the Erie Miuing Company which was
organized iu January 1805. This gen.
tleman desired to call tho attention ot
tho party to the fact that they were ap.
proaehing the "Johnson's Run Coal
Basin," tho northernmost coal lands of
Elk county, which could be relied on to
supply coal iu largo quantity. The
lands of this company are about twelve
miles south-cast of Lafajetteo, McKean
county, a station on the New York and
Erie extension, and would be crossed
by a road from tho state lino to John
sonbnrg. Joseph Leslie, Geologist for
tho State, has made a lengthy report on
the mineral and coal properties of this
tract, in vhich ho classes it as belonging
to " tbo Middlo coal system to that por
tion of it lying below tho Freeport sand
stone. In this report Prof. Leslie
says, " Tho coal measures are thicker in
this basin, than in any locality to the
west or northwest, or indeod north of
the railroad in cither Cameron, Elk or
MoKean Counties. The on.
ly coals now being mined and seeking
a market are those of St. Mary's which
are the lowest coals of the measures,
and ar distant 129 milos from Erie.
The Dajircahonda wAt, iu tjio same
basin as the last named, will havo to be .
carried 131 miles before reaching Erie."
V e make these extracts to present the
opinion of a distinguished gcologint up
on tho character of this tract, which is
the only one lu the section more acces.
siblo to Etio than to Buffalo.
At tho junction abovo named, we
were met by Lyman Wilmarth, Super
intendent of the Daguscahonda Coal
Company, and a party of gentlemen fiom
Ccntrcville, and taken upon a platform
car to tho present termination of the
road, about four and ono-half miles from
tho Philadelphia and Erie road. It is
in contemplation to extend the road fur
ther so as to give outlet to the coal of
this Basin which covers an erea of about
six and one-half miles wido by twelve
or fifteen miles long. At tho junction,
aro the works of the Elk County Min
ing aud Improvement Company. This
company has made somo progress in
opening their mines, and have erected
tho necessary facilities for loading their
coal upon the cars when there is a de.
mand or a market for it.
At the termination of the Dagusoar
honda road, which has been built by
tho company bearing this jaw .breaking
name, aro tho buildings and improve,
mcnts of tho company, comprising tho
shutes, a blacksmith-shop, &c. The
drift of this company has been extended
about 1,300 feet and somo thirty cham
bers have already been mined. This
company can take out two hundred tons
a day, and havo 1,000 tons ready for
shipment. They havo already expen
ded some 0250,000 in developing tho
property, including the building of tho
railroad. Tho vein of coal averages
three feet in thickness and the quality
improves as the drift proceeds. Min
ing is for the present, suspended.
After an examination of this mine,
tho party were taken in carriages, by
tho good people of Ccntreville, to in
spect the various mines and coal open
ings in tho vicinity of Ccntreville, which
is a village sis miles from St. Mary's
Station, ten miles from Ridgway, and
thirty miles from Empooium. It is in
Fox township, Elk County and claims
to be in tho centre of one of tho richest
of the bituminous oaI basins in tho
stale. Among the citizens to whom wo
are indebted for courtesies are Dr. Ear
ley, J. S. Hyde, C. W. H. Eicko, and
Mr. McCaulcy.
Tho sectioual maps of tho coal com
panies in this vicinity indicate seven dif.
ferent veius of coal, designated as fol
lows :
Conl marked JI, measuring 2 ft 6 in to 3 ft.
" " G, 3 fect.
' " F, 4 ft to 6 ft.
1 " 3ft6iuto6ft.
C, " 4ft 6 in.
" " Y; " 2 ft Gin to 3 ft.
" " A, " 4 feet.
At least three of these veins aro re
garded ad workable. The party visited;
openings or mines, in which four or
these veins are exposed, extending over
an area ot several miles. The strata are
all accessible, and can be worked at
comparatively small expense. Tho coal
is of fair quality, and unlimited as to
quantity. It is claimed that the lands
will average fifteen feet of workable coal
in thickness, and that there are 15,00
tons of coal to an acre. A large pro.
portior. of the most available land is
already held by companies for purpo.
scs of speculation, or development.
loai bearing land is Held at about 5100
an acre.
Tho following oompanies havo been
organized, ia the knmediate vicinity
within the past two years, in addition to
those already named :
Toby Creek and Philadelphia. Own
four hundred acres of land and havo
expended 54,000. Have a tram road,
and shalu to two veins. Can mine 100
tons of coal a day.
Toby Creek Coal and Oil Company.
Own oue thousand acre3. Capital stock
?250,000. Havo started drifts. Have
one and ouo.balf miles of road to build.
Kersey Coal Company. Own five
hundred acres. Have expended $50,.
00 J. Have pockets nearly done and
will soon bo ready to run coal.
Elk Mountain Company. Own 2100
acres for which $50,000 was paid. -4ro
waiting (or railroad, beforo commencing
developments.
Boston Cjal Company. Own 3,000
acres. Havo expended some $100,000
in mining rights.
ShawmutCoal Compauy.Own 5,000
acres, some ten miles from Centrevillo.
Have a branch road from tho P. & E.
seventeen miles in length. Have ex.
ponded $1,500,000 and are mining 250
tons of coal a day.
Nublo Coal Company. Own three
bundled aoros. Have expended $180,.
000 iu land and improvements. Are
waiting for railjoad facilities.
Halse, King, Vail and King, of Now
York. Own three hundred acres.
Havo drifts iu and are ready to mine
and ship coal as soon as there are facili
ties for shipment.
Wellington aad Co., have eight hun.
dred acres and are ready to ship coal.
The people of this vicinity are partio.
ularly desirous of a railroad connection
with Buffalo. They aro fully persuaded
that the Philadelphia & Erio road will
uevcr furnish them adequate faoilitieff
for shipping thoir coal, and that all thyL
business interests and prospects are with
Western New York, "
The country about Ccntreville and
tta nn nt 11 , t a I. tt Mmi'd .?!! V. J
w ' j wu uo inscri
bed in a subsequent article; whila the
visit to Emporium and Cameron will
constitute-the theme of a third.